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Gagarin died during a test flight, this is not some sort of pre-Twitter trolling. Perhaps it was not your intention to suggest it, but it was my first thought.
by papito 6y ago
Gagarin died during a test flight, this is not some sort of pre-Twitter trolling. Perhaps it was not your intention to suggest it, but it was my first thought. Maybe the social media broke me.
- nabla9 6y agoIt's not a list of people who died in space or during space flight. It's list of people who died while serving as astronauts or cosmonauts. Astronaut Edward G. Givens Jr. included in the Fallen Astronaut plaque died in a car accident before being assigned to a prime or backup spaceflight crew.
- zabzonk 6y ago> Gagarin died during a test flight Actually, not a test flight - a rather routine one, and most sources seem to think that the problem was adverse weather. From wikipedia: "On 27 March 1968, while on a routine training flight from Chkalovsky Air Base, Gagarin and flight instructor Vladimir Seryogin died when their MiG-15UTI crashed "
- arethuza 6y agoI just thought it was an awesome mark of respect to their colleagues of all nations.