I think it would be a good idea to add in a radio blackout during atmospheric re-entry. During radio blackout, the image for the crew would turn to static. Also, we wouldn't know it they were dead or alive until blackout ends. So if they're dead, their image would disappear, like when they normally die and we would know that they didn't survive re-entry. But if they were to be alive, then the static would disappear and their image would reappear as if nothing happened. Also, not all of them will die, either, some might survive.