Space

Komarov

Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov [http://www.astronautix.com/astros/komarov.htm] was the first man to die in space. The Russian cosmonaut died aboard Soyuz 1 on April 24th, 1967, which crashed on its

Kittinger

Joe Kittinger was the man who fell to earth. In 1960, Kittinger, USAF test pilot, ascended to an altitude of 30Km, in a high-altitude helium balloon, before stepping into the void. Kittinger fell