There are a lot of movies and video games about survival (or murder) in space, but what's the deal with actual death in the final frontier? Has anyone died up there? What's the plan if someone does? What are we thinking about body disposal for longer term missions? Get your space nerd pocket protectors out and let's go!

 

If you'd like to read more about the Body Back system, check out this article from Slate. Or if you'd like to listen to the entire Apollo 13 mission comms, you can find those here in NASA's archives.