Cosmonaut candidate Anatoly Kartashov was badly injured during a centrifuge test in July 1960 and was subsequently suspended from the program without appeal.
Sources
- How Yuri Gagarin Was Picked to Be First in Space (smithsonianmag.com)
- https://www.nasa.gov/history/60-years-ago-soviets-select-their-first-cosmonauts/ (nasa.gov)
- http://www.astronautix.com/k/kartashov.html (astronautix.com)
- https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2024/09/the-mysterious-death-of-yuri-gagarin/ (todayifoundout.com)
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