They started the expedition with 19 Siberian ponies, most died along the way, the remaining ponies were shot for food. wikipedia
Many expeditions to the “Unknown” ended gruesomely because they didn’t know and were not prepared; While going to these places today one has a very good chance to survive. I can only assume it will be the same with space explorations (once we’ll get there). The first trips will have extremely poor surviving rates but later you might as well go there with your class field trip.
I can only assume it will be the same with space explorations (once we’ll get there).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents
Orbital fatalities so far are just Soyuz 1, Soyuz 11, STS-51-L, and STS-107. We are still a bit early, but Space exploration has been surprisingly safe so far.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatalities_from_aviation_accidents
There were many more fatalities in the early days of aircraft, though airplanes proliferated more quickly than spacecraft have.
There were far more successful ones at the same time that did well. This one is just infamous for bad management.
Amundsen, the one that succeded in the race to the South Pole lived by a great motto: You only need good luck if you didn’t plan properly. He was a true adventurer with a sharp mind, shame he disappeared on a rescue mission.