How many astonauts have died due to space missions/ explorations?

Question

Links will be helpful for facts or evidence.

Answer 1

there was hte columbia, the discovery, and the capsule fire inside one of the apollo missions

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_disas...

Answer 3

i know for us there was the Columbia thing u should look that up on google and thats all i know

Answer 4

Jan 27, 1967 - Three astronauts died in Apollo 1 - fire;

April 1967 - One cosmonaut died in Soyuz I - crash landing, parachute failure;

1971 - Three cosmonauts died in Soyuz II - valve activated before re-entry, suffocation;

Jan 28, 1986 - Seven astronauts died in the Challenger - shuttle exploded 73 seconds after takeoff at 46,000ft;

Feb 1, 2003 - Seven astronauts died in the Columbia - shuttle distintegrated on re-entry due to defective tile on wing edge.

So far, recorded at the link below, 17 astronauts and 4 cosmonauts have died. There may be more. Too many IMO. But each accident led to changes and advancements, hopefully making it safer for future missions.