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number Name Date of birth Date of death Age on day of death Reason of death

1 Anderson, Michael Phillip Dec 25, 1959 Feb 01, 2003 43.1 Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon

2 Artyukhin, Yuri Petrovich Jul 22, 1930 Aug 04, 1998 68.0 Cancer

3 Belyaev, Pavel Ivanovich Jun 26, 1925 Jan 10, 1970 44.5 Post-surgical sequela (duodenal ulcer surgery)

4 Beregovoy, Georgi Timofeyevich Apr 15, 1921 Jun 30, 1995 74.2 Post-surgical sequela (bypassing of the heart coronary vessels)

5 Brady, Charles Eldon Aug 12, 1951 Jul 23, 2006 54.9 Apparently self-inflicted wounds

6 Brown, David McDowel Apr 16, 1956 Feb 01, 2003 46.8 Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon

7 Carter, Manley Lanier, Jr. Aug 15, 1947 Apr 05, 1991 43.6 Aircraft crash

8 (w) Chawla, Kalpana Jul 01, 1961 Feb 01, 2003 41.6 Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon

9 (w) Clark, Laurel Blair Salton Mar 10, 1961 Feb 01, 2003 41.9 Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon

10 Conrad, Charles Peter, Jr. Jun 02, 1930 Jul 08, 1999 69.1 Motocycle accident

11 Cooper, Leroy Gordon, Jr. Mar 06, 1927 Oct 04, 2004 77.6 ?

12 Dobrovolsky, Georgi Timofeyevich Jun 01, 1928 Jun 30, 1971 43.1 Depressurization of capsule while returning (landing) to the Earth. 3 astronauts were perished: Dobrovolsky, V.Volkov and Patsayev

13 Dyomin, Lev Stepanovich Jan 11, 1926 Dec 18, 1998 72.9 Cancer

14 Eisele, Donn Fulton Jun 23, 1930 Dec 02, 1987 57.4 Infarction (heart attack)

15 Evans, Ronald Ellwin Nov 10, 1933 Apr 06, 1990 56.4 Heart attack

16 Feoktistov, Konstantin Petrovich Feb 07, 1926 Nov 22, 2009 83.8

17 Furrer, Reinhard Alfred Nov 25, 1940 Sep 09, 1995 54.8 Airplane crash (ME-109)

18 Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich Mar 09, 1934 Mar 27, 1968 34.1 Aircraft crash while training fly with colonel Seryogin V.S. near Kirzhach (Vladimir region, about 100 km to east of Moscow) approximately at 10h.31m. Moscow Time (7h.31m. UT)

19 Glazkov, Yuri Nikolayevich Oct 02, 1939 Dec 08, 2008 69.2

20 Griggs, David Stanley Sep 07, 1939 Jun 17, 1989 49.8 Aircraft crash

21 Grissom, Virgil Ivan Apr 03, 1926 Jan 27, 1967 40.8 Fire in cabin of "Apollo" when doing ground tests. 3 astronauts were perished: Grissom, White and Chaffee Roger

22 Henize, Karl Gordon Oct 17, 1926 Oct 05, 1993 67.0 Cardio-vascular deficiency (respiratory and heart failure during a climb of Mount Everest)

23 Husband, Rick Douglas Jul 12, 1957 Feb 01, 2003 45.6 Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon

24 Irwin, James Benson Mar 17, 1930 Aug 08, 1991 61.4 Heart attack

25 Jarvis, Gregory Bruce Aug 24, 1944 Jan 28, 1986 41.4 Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe

26 Khrunov, Eugeni Vasilyevich Sep 10, 1933 May 19, 2000 66.7 Heart attack

27 Kizim, Leonid Denisovich Aug 05, 1941 Jun 14, 2010 68.9

28 Komarov, Vladimir Mikhailovich Mar 16, 1927 Apr 24, 1967 40.1 Breakage of parachute system while landing of capsule "Soyuz-1"

29 Lazarev, Vasili Grigoryevich Feb 23, 1928 Dec 31, 1990 62.9 Misadventure (poisoning)

30 Lenoir, William Benjamin Mar 14, 1939 Aug 28, 2010 71.5 Car accident

31 Levchenko, Anatoli Semyonovich May 21, 1941 Aug 05, 1988 47.2 Tumour of cerebrum

32 Low, George David Feb 19, 1956 Mar 16, 2008 52.1 Cancer

33 Makarov, Oleg Grigoryevich Jan 06, 1933 May 28, 2003 70.4 Heart attack

34 Malyshev, Yuri Vasilyevich Aug 27, 1941 Nov 08, 1999 58.2 Sudden death (infarction ?)

35 (w) McAuliffe, Sharon Christa Sep 02, 1948 Jan 28, 1986 37.4 Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe

36 McCool, William Cameron Sep 23, 1961 Feb 01, 2003 41.4 Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon

37 McNair, Ronald Erwin Oct 21, 1950 Jan 28, 1986 35.3 Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe

38 Nikolayev, Andriyan Grigoryevich Sep 05, 1929 Jul 03, 2004 74.8 Secondary infarction

39 Onizuka, Ellison Shoji Jun 24, 1946 Jan 28, 1986 39.6 Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe

40 Overmyer, Robert Franklin Jul 14, 1936 Mar 22, 1996 59.7 Aircraft crash

41 Parise, Ronald Anthony May 24, 1951 May 09, 2008 57.0 Cerebrum tumour

42 Patsayev, Viktor Ivanovich Jun 19, 1933 Jun 30, 1971 38.0 Depressurization of capsule while returning (landing) to the Earth. 3 astronauts were perished: Dobrovolsky, V.Volkov and Patsayev

43 Popovich, Pavel Romanovich Oct 05, 1930 Sep 29, 2009 79.0 Apoplexy

44 Ramon, Ilan Jun 20, 1954 Feb 01, 2003 48.6 Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon

45 (w) Resnik, Judith Arlene Apr 05, 1949 Jan 28, 1986 36.8 Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe

46 Roosa, Stuart Allen Aug 16, 1933 Dec 12, 1994 61.3 Complications of pancreatitis

47 Rukavishnikov, Nikolai Nikolayevich Sep 18, 1932 Oct 19, 2002 70.1 Infarction (?)

48 Sarafanov, Gennadi Vasilyevich Jan 01, 1942 Sep 29, 2005 63.7 Post-surgical sequela

49 Schirra, Walter Marty, Jr. Mar 12, 1923 May 02, 2007 84.1 Natural causes

50 Scobee, Francis Richard May 19, 1939 Jan 28, 1986 46.7 Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe

51 Sevastyanov, Vitali Ivanovich Jul 08, 1935 Apr 05, 2010 74.7 ?

52 Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr. Nov 18, 1923 Jul 21, 1998 74.7 Oncological illness

53 Shonin, Georgi Stepanovich Aug 03, 1935 Apr 07, 1997 61.7 Acute cardio-vascular deficiency

54 Slayton, Donald Kent Mar 01, 1924 Jun 13, 1993 69.3 Sarcoma of brain (complication of brain tumor)

55 Smith, Michael John Apr 30, 1945 Jan 28, 1986 40.7 Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe

56 Strekalov, Gennadi Mikhailovich Oct 28, 1940 Dec 25, 2004 64.2 Cancer

57 Swigert, John Leonard, Jr. Aug 30, 1931 Dec 27, 1982 51.3 Bone marrow cancer

58 Titov, German Stepanovich Sep 11, 1935 Sep 20, 2000 65.0 Cardiac arrest

59 Vasyutin, Vladimir Vladimirovich Mar 08, 1952 Jul 19, 2002 50.4 Cancer

60 Veach, Charles Lacy Sep 18, 1944 Oct 03, 1995 51.0 Cancer

61 Volkov, Vladislav Nikolayevich Nov 23, 1935 Jun 30, 1971 35.6 Depressurization of capsule while returning (landing) to the Earth. 3 astronauts were perished: Dobrovolsky, V.Volkov and Patsayev

62 Walker, David Mathieson May 20, 1944 Apr 23, 2001 56.9 Cancer

63 White, Edward Higgins II Nov 14, 1930 Jan 27, 1967 36.2 Fire in cabin of "Apollo" when doing ground tests. 3 astronauts were perished: Grissom, White and Chaffee Roger

64 Yegorov, Boris Borisovich Nov 26, 1937 Sep 12, 1994 56.8 Cardio-vascular deficiency

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Order number	Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Age on day of death	Reason of death
1	Anderson, Michael Phillip	Dec 25, 1959	Feb 01, 2003	43.1	Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
2	Artyukhin, Yuri Petrovich	Jul 22, 1930	Aug 04, 1998	68.0	Cancer
3	Belyaev, Pavel Ivanovich	Jun 26, 1925	Jan 10, 1970	44.5	Post-surgical sequela (duodenal ulcer surgery)
4	Beregovoy, Georgi Timofeyevich	Apr 15, 1921	Jun 30, 1995	74.2	Post-surgical sequela (bypassing of the heart coronary vessels)
5	Brady, Charles Eldon	Aug 12, 1951	Jul 23, 2006	54.9	Apparently self-inflicted wounds
6	Brown, David McDowel	Apr 16, 1956	Feb 01, 2003	46.8	Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
7	Carter, Manley Lanier, Jr.	Aug 15, 1947	Apr 05, 1991	43.6	Aircraft crash
8	(w) Chawla, Kalpana	Jul 01, 1961	Feb 01, 2003	41.6	Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
9	(w) Clark, Laurel Blair Salton	Mar 10, 1961	Feb 01, 2003	41.9	Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
10	Conrad, Charles Peter, Jr.	Jun 02, 1930	Jul 08, 1999	69.1	Motocycle accident
11	Cooper, Leroy Gordon, Jr.	Mar 06, 1927	Oct 04, 2004	77.6	?
12	Dobrovolsky, Georgi Timofeyevich	Jun 01, 1928	Jun 30, 1971	43.1	Depressurization of capsule while returning (landing) to the Earth. 3 astronauts were perished: Dobrovolsky, V.Volkov and Patsayev
13	Dyomin, Lev Stepanovich	Jan 11, 1926	Dec 18, 1998	72.9	Cancer
14	Eisele, Donn Fulton	Jun 23, 1930	Dec 02, 1987	57.4	Infarction (heart attack)
15	Evans, Ronald Ellwin	Nov 10, 1933	Apr 06, 1990	56.4	Heart attack
16	Feoktistov, Konstantin Petrovich	Feb 07, 1926	Nov 22, 2009	83.8
17	Furrer, Reinhard Alfred	Nov 25, 1940	Sep 09, 1995	54.8	Airplane crash (ME-109)
18	Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich	Mar 09, 1934	Mar 27, 1968	34.1	Aircraft crash while training fly with colonel Seryogin V.S. near Kirzhach (Vladimir region, about 100 km to east of Moscow) approximately at 10h.31m. Moscow Time (7h.31m. UT)
19	Glazkov, Yuri Nikolayevich	Oct 02, 1939	Dec 08, 2008	69.2
20	Griggs, David Stanley	Sep 07, 1939	Jun 17, 1989	49.8	Aircraft crash
21	Grissom, Virgil Ivan	Apr 03, 1926	Jan 27, 1967	40.8	Fire in cabin of "Apollo" when doing ground tests. 3 astronauts were perished: Grissom, White and Chaffee Roger
22	Henize, Karl Gordon	Oct 17, 1926	Oct 05, 1993	67.0	Cardio-vascular deficiency (respiratory and heart failure during a climb of Mount Everest)
23	Husband, Rick Douglas	Jul 12, 1957	Feb 01, 2003	45.6	Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
24	Irwin, James Benson	Mar 17, 1930	Aug 08, 1991	61.4	Heart attack
25	Jarvis, Gregory Bruce	Aug 24, 1944	Jan 28, 1986	41.4	Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe
26	Khrunov, Eugeni Vasilyevich	Sep 10, 1933	May 19, 2000	66.7	Heart attack
27	Kizim, Leonid Denisovich	Aug 05, 1941	Jun 14, 2010	68.9
28	Komarov, Vladimir Mikhailovich	Mar 16, 1927	Apr 24, 1967	40.1	Breakage of parachute system while landing of capsule "Soyuz-1"
29	Lazarev, Vasili Grigoryevich	Feb 23, 1928	Dec 31, 1990	62.9	Misadventure (poisoning)
30	Lenoir, William Benjamin	Mar 14, 1939	Aug 28, 2010	71.5	Car accident
31	Levchenko, Anatoli Semyonovich	May 21, 1941	Aug 05, 1988	47.2	Tumour of cerebrum
32	Low, George David	Feb 19, 1956	Mar 16, 2008	52.1	Cancer
33	Makarov, Oleg Grigoryevich	Jan 06, 1933	May 28, 2003	70.4	Heart attack
34	Malyshev, Yuri Vasilyevich	Aug 27, 1941	Nov 08, 1999	58.2	Sudden death (infarction ?)
35	(w) McAuliffe, Sharon Christa	Sep 02, 1948	Jan 28, 1986	37.4	Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe
36	McCool, William Cameron	Sep 23, 1961	Feb 01, 2003	41.4	Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
37	McNair, Ronald Erwin	Oct 21, 1950	Jan 28, 1986	35.3	Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe
38	Nikolayev, Andriyan Grigoryevich	Sep 05, 1929	Jul 03, 2004	74.8	Secondary infarction
39	Onizuka, Ellison Shoji	Jun 24, 1946	Jan 28, 1986	39.6	Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe
40	Overmyer, Robert Franklin	Jul 14, 1936	Mar 22, 1996	59.7	Aircraft crash
41	Parise, Ronald Anthony	May 24, 1951	May 09, 2008	57.0	Cerebrum tumour
42	Patsayev, Viktor Ivanovich	Jun 19, 1933	Jun 30, 1971	38.0	Depressurization of capsule while returning (landing) to the Earth. 3 astronauts were perished: Dobrovolsky, V.Volkov and Patsayev
43	Popovich, Pavel Romanovich	Oct 05, 1930	Sep 29, 2009	79.0	Apoplexy
44	Ramon, Ilan	Jun 20, 1954	Feb 01, 2003	48.6	Disintegration of the Shuttle "Columbia" 16 minutes before planned touchdown at Florida. 7 astronauts were perished: Husband, McCool, Anderson, Chawla, Brown, Clark, Ramon
45	(w) Resnik, Judith Arlene	Apr 05, 1949	Jan 28, 1986	36.8	Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe
46	Roosa, Stuart Allen	Aug 16, 1933	Dec 12, 1994	61.3	Complications of pancreatitis
47	Rukavishnikov, Nikolai Nikolayevich	Sep 18, 1932	Oct 19, 2002	70.1	Infarction (?)
48	Sarafanov, Gennadi Vasilyevich	Jan 01, 1942	Sep 29, 2005	63.7	Post-surgical sequela
49	Schirra, Walter Marty, Jr.	Mar 12, 1923	May 02, 2007	84.1	Natural causes
50	Scobee, Francis Richard	May 19, 1939	Jan 28, 1986	46.7	Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe
51	Sevastyanov, Vitali Ivanovich	Jul 08, 1935	Apr 05, 2010	74.7	?
52	Shepard, Alan Bartlett, Jr.	Nov 18, 1923	Jul 21, 1998	74.7	Oncological illness
53	Shonin, Georgi Stepanovich	Aug 03, 1935	Apr 07, 1997	61.7	Acute cardio-vascular deficiency
54	Slayton, Donald Kent	Mar 01, 1924	Jun 13, 1993	69.3	Sarcoma of brain (complication of brain tumor)
55	Smith, Michael John	Apr 30, 1945	Jan 28, 1986	40.7	Explosion while tenth launch of Shuttle "Chellenger". 7 astronauts were perished: Scobee, Resnik, M.Smith, Onizuka, McNair, Jarvis, McAuliffe
56	Strekalov, Gennadi Mikhailovich	Oct 28, 1940	Dec 25, 2004	64.2	Cancer
57	Swigert, John Leonard, Jr.	Aug 30, 1931	Dec 27, 1982	51.3	Bone marrow cancer
58	Titov, German Stepanovich	Sep 11, 1935	Sep 20, 2000	65.0	Cardiac arrest
59	Vasyutin, Vladimir Vladimirovich	Mar 08, 1952	Jul 19, 2002	50.4	Cancer
60	Veach, Charles Lacy	Sep 18, 1944	Oct 03, 1995	51.0	Cancer
61	Volkov, Vladislav Nikolayevich	Nov 23, 1935	Jun 30, 1971	35.6	Depressurization of capsule while returning (landing) to the Earth. 3 astronauts were perished: Dobrovolsky, V.Volkov and Patsayev
62	Walker, David Mathieson	May 20, 1944	Apr 23, 2001	56.9	Cancer
63	White, Edward Higgins II	Nov 14, 1930	Jan 27, 1967	36.2	Fire in cabin of "Apollo" when doing ground tests. 3 astronauts were perished: Grissom, White and Chaffee Roger
64	Yegorov, Boris Borisovich	Nov 26, 1937	Sep 12, 1994	56.8	Cardio-vascular deficiency