The Most Disastrous Space Mission Ever Executed

[@TodayIFoundOut]

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[@ShadoeHaze]

I appreciate the fluctuation in tone in this video! Thank you for the extra effort. Great video with some awesome information!

[@CaptainDangeax]

No subtitle ? Even automatic ones ?

[@GuntherRommel]

You never posted the link to the American sighting off the Moon, Whistle Boy.

[@Sypher_rogue]

It doesn't work I just tried it and it says that code has expired

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

You really gonna trust the soviet transcripts?

[@Strike_Raid]

Komarov knew he would probably die, that's why he asked for an open casket, 'so everyone can see what they did to me'. The amazing thing is that they honored his request.

[@DeliveredCarCare]

How strange, dark and mysterious…

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

@@DeliveredCarCare delivered in a story format!

[@KendrixTermina]

Even though he was essentially pressed into a cookie? Damn. the poor wife though

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

@@KendrixTermina Yes, I know that was terrible for her but I think he wanted this for a few reasons. Maybe part was 'look what they did to me' but a lot of the reasoning was probably to get a message out to the rest of the world and maybe save other Cosmonauts. The Soviets would politically Not want a duplication of the embarrassment (even if they didn't care about the crew's safety) and thus be forced to try to make their space program safer. Ya'll Take Care and be safe, John

[@KendrixTermina]

@@JohnDoe-pv2iu I didn't mean that as criticism, just as sympathy.

[@beefgoat80]

Who needs science fiction when we have true stories like this? Komarov was the sort of human being that puts our fictional heroes to shame.

[@RobMacKendrick]

All of the early cosmonauts were beasts. Look up what Yuri Gagarin actually had to do to return to earth after the first manned flight. Seems utterly impossible. And that's just one example.

[@christobalcolon6601]

Laika likes this video.

[@luxuryxcoffin]

History ruined fiction for me.

[@scoutobrien3406]

As soon as history includes alien sexy times I'll give up scifi for good.

[@iainburgess8577]

Honest answer? Good sci-fi is based on history - you really can't make this up, just riff on it- but grants distance from the reality of the surrounding horrors of human indifference, and worse, but still acknowledgement of that horror & education of it. I like history, but a good fact based historical fantasy or sci fi is a far more enjoyable vehicle for learning facts & concepts that are then applicable to reality, and often counter to my core perspectives. It's very helpful for giving an in-head perspective of events in a way history can't without deep dives that require some interface, as they are impossible for the inexperienced. And in end, it's a great vehicle for stoking interest in history of this detail; I'm here in large part because of several series by a military history buff, who included an incredible array of historical fact & function in his books; thus I'm fascinated to find 200 years of real history that I have a personal association of.

[@johnstevenson9956]

The most dangerous part of space flight is not the vacuum, not the temperature extremes, but political and bureaucratic idiocy.

[@mindaugasradavicius8007]

Yeah, f*** the soviet union. So much damage done for the Baltic states...

[@mxMik]

@@mindaugasradavicius8007 Sveiki! Ironically, during the soviet times, all (ordinary) russians envied the quality of life in the baltic states. The soviet union did occupy the baltics, but the "internal" occupation of the whole ussr by the communists was monstrous. Stalin did kill lots of lithuanians, poles, koreans, tatars, chechens, etc., but he killed orders of magnitudes more russians. It is unbelievable how soviet nostalgia is on the rise in russia. By the way, are you aware that your last name is of old Belarusian origin?

[@iplayfhorn]

@@jayspeidell They used the Soyuz capsule because the Shuttle had reached its shelf life, and was going to be replaced. Once it stopped flying, the astronauts had to get there somehow. They should have just stuck with Apollo, and upgraded the Command Module over time, like the Russians do with the Soyuz.

[@mihan2d]

So as in any industry. It's not the conditions which kill people, it's people themselves.

[@DanielBrown-sn9op]

Politicos and bureaucrats are no worse than the rest of us, and no better.# Greed, jealousy, ambition, fear, uncaring.

[@robswystun2766]

Not sure if it's true, but in another video I saw about this incident, it was said that the guy who perished made sure to officially request an open casket funeral so the high-ranking Soviet officials had to endure looking at what they had done to him with their incompetence. If it is true, I'd argue that you left out the best part of the story.

[@SEAZNDragon]

On the Renegade Cut channel the host tried to make the point the Soviet space program was superior to the US space program as the Soviets sent out probes to Mercury and Venus in the 70s while the manned moon missions were just propaganda. I wasn't too surprised as the host was fairly far to the left and the part about the probes was fair. But one thing got my blood boiling. He tried to make the US program look far unsafer by noting the higher astronaut deaths the US had compared to the Soviets. Not just ignoring the Soyuz disasters but also the Nedelin disaster which killed up to 300 support crew, engineers, and military officers. The way he rushed through that part seem to me an indication he knew he was reaching.

[@daftirishmarej1827]

Yep. Mr Ballen

[@Ye4rZero]

@@SEAZNDragon In *some* ways the Soviets had an edge, but absolutely not in safety.

[@robswystun2766]

@@SEAZNDragon Sounds from the description like someone taking a contrarian viewpoint for clicks, but I haven't actually seen the video.

[@moonasha]

the soviets only announced missions after they were completed and the cosmonauts were back on earth. The US televised them live. That should tell you all you need to know.

[@jamesdedeckere6403]

When it was announced on US TV that a Russian Cosmonaut had died, I cheered and said “ yea, that means we are ahead in the space race” I was about 10 years old. My father scolded me severely and told me it was wrong to celebrate any one’s death. I have always remembered it since.

[@leolyon2373]

Carry that with you through out your life,I wager. God bless the Fathers!!!

[@scheimong]

Sadly had Komarov refused to go up in flames (in all three senses of the phrase), he probably would have been demoted, neglected, fired, or all three. Between an honourable death and a hopeless life I'm not sure which is worse. Guy was truly stuck between a rock and a hard place 😔. Considering that in death he at least could ensure his family was taken care of, It's entirely possible that flying the suicide mission was objectively the better option for him. You know you've got yourself a systemic problem when your astronauts are literally incentivised to die.

[@eduarddv00]

*cosmonaut

[@benn454]

@@eduarddv00 Same thing.

[@eduarddv00]

@@benn454 so why didnt yall use cosmonaut instead?

[@scheimong]

I absolutely hate this thing where some people insist astronauts of different nationalities be referred to by naut (if you can call them people). Like bruh, we're speaking English here no? So just get over it and use the English name. We don't do this with any other profession; both Russian and American firemen are firemen, so why should Russians be "cosmonauts", Chinese be "taikonauts", etc? Frankly, ridiculous.

[@minagica]

Indeed!

[@moosemaimer]

Terrifying fact: in order to fit back into the capsule Leonov had to deflate his suit by opening a valve and letting some of the air out into the vacuum.

[@TheZackofSpades]

The amount of paperwork that preceded this suicidal mission absolutely chills me. So much evidence he was doomed the second he sat in the capsule.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Apollo 1 was exactly the same... when the mission commander is hanging lemons on the simulators and sending the company president building the spacecraft a picture with the three astronauts praying over the model of the spacecraft, it's pretty evident they think there's some BIG problems... BUT when you have upper management with "GO fever" and a "no circus stops because of a couple of missing monkeys" attitude (as a former A-hole boss of mine once put it) what are you going to do?? NASA astronauts were in much the same position, and Grissom, White, and Chaffee knew it. TO refuse to fly on Apollo 1 til the problems were solved would have been the end of their careers, and they knew it! Being "the face of the program" as it were, SUCH public figures, to refuse would have been scandalous, and NASA, the gubmint, and the entire power structure would NEVER have forgiven them... They would have found all the doors closed in their faces, all the opportunities dried up, and ended up completely washed out of anything space/aeronautical industry related for the rest of their lives, and they knew that. I was shocked and amazed that the two chief astronauts in turn of the current "Starliner" Boeing space capsule stepped down before flying it... which is virtually unheard of in the astronaut corps... Probably should be a BIG hint about the status of that vehicle and their confidence (or lack thereof) in it... which given its multitude of problems, shouldn't be surprising and seems pretty smart I bet... OL J R :)

[@PoliticalCineaste]

@@lukestrawwalker and look at the problems uncovered a few weeks ago with Boeing's CST-100 Starlinger: Parachutes that may not work and flammable tape on wires. At least NASA and Boeing cancelled the launch date, and have left it TBA indefinitely.

[@deltaarena2447]

It's amazing how much of human history you could reconstruct if simon's videos were the only documents available.

[@clueless4085]

"Severe injuries to the skull, spinal cord, and bones." *No shit.*

[@davidharrison7014]

The coroner's name was Captain Obvious.

[@IndovilliaSpace]

@@davidharrison7014 I know this may or may not be a joke but are you actually serious?

[@davidharrison7014]

@@IndovilliaSpace Yes, I was referring to the "no shit" in the previous poster's answer.

[@IndovilliaSpace]

@@davidharrison7014 I understand thanks for the info

[@brandonaldaymachuse6669]

His remains were 12x31 inches in total.

[@CountArtha]

The fact that he even made it to re-entry is an astonishing feat of improvisation. It's like the most epic nail-biting space drama ever written, except it's missing that one final catharsis at the climax when the parachute opens and he survives against all odds. 😢

[@TecSanento]

I guess they would have made him say: "great maiden flight - without problems" anyway. But having him killed cannot be reversed/sugar coated

[@hannahmore9118]

Wow. Thank you for this. I got teary there for a bit. A true patriot and hero. He gave his life for his friend. God bless him.

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

How is that patriotic? The patriotic thing would have been to risk his career and life and publicly refuse to fly the unsafe space craft.

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

Not sure that story was actually true. But great urban legend

[@iplayfhorn]

@@TomsBackyardWorkshop Some things are worse than death, like being sent to a Soviet gulag...

[@conors4430]

Poor fella. At the end of the day, there is nothing routine about spaceflight, and there never will be. Costs what it costs and it takes what it takes, anything less is just opening up yourself for failure and tragedy. The Soviets and the Americans both learned this

[@detritus10001]

A hero of spaceflight. It brings tears to my eyes every time I hear his story. They placed his remains in a casket about the size of a shoebox, and eventually placed them in red square. It still doesn't excuse the higher ups who basically murdered him. Bastards.

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

A video about the Apollo-Soyuz space docking would be cool. It was a milestone I remember vividly. It was probably the first event of the Cold War tensions 'cooling' just a little bit. Ya'll Take Care and be safe, John

[@a.ndy.nonymous]

Ive heard this story before, but you tell it so well, bravo!

[@originaljackofhearts]

How about the story of the last USSR citizen. The cosmonaut that got stuck in space because of a revolution.

[@killman369547]

Oh man. Imagine being up in space and then mission control comes on the radio and says (in russian) "Sorry Boris, you're going to be up there a bit longer than planned, there's a revolution happening".

[@Shadowkey392]

It wasn’t a revolution, it was the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

[@alexhobbs1208]

@@Shadowkey392 illegal dissolution

[@Bacopa68]

@@alexhobbs1208 Thank you comrade. We are still here and will return soon.

[@cult_of_odin]

@@alexhobbs1208 can't illegally dissolve something that was illegally established. Come on commie, time to head to the helicopter.

[@AlexGreat87]

This one was bad, but I'm pretty sure the Challenger and Columbia were way more disastrous than this one

[@codahighland]

The motto of the state of Kansas is similar: "ad astra per aspera" -- to the stars, through difficulties.

[@henrya3530]

Some clarification to this video: Soyuz 1 was a 7K-OK spacecraft that would launch on an R-7 rocket (specifically Soyuz 11A511) not N1! For the record N1 would have 7K-L1 spacecraft. Also, to put things into perspective consider the following - Spaceflight fatalities above the Karman line - Russia 3, USA 0. Spaceflight fatalities below the Karman line - Russia 1, USA 15. Fatalities during training or testing for spaceflight - Russia 2, USA 9. The Russians were not alone in having a less-than-optimal first generation of a spacecraft that led to fatalities. See Apollo 1 for more information.

[@iplayfhorn]

If it had been the N-1, Komarov would have never made it into space, but he might have survived; it seems that the escape system was the one thing on that rocket that actually worked.

[@rdspam]

Keep in mind that the US has send nearly 3x as many people into space. Including the only vehicle capable of carry large numbers on a single flight.

[@henrya3530]

@@rdspam Turns out America sent twice as many fliers to space (bearing in mind that some people have flown more than once). For example the STS program flew 355 people for a total of 852 fliers. I think it is also worth pointing out that there have been no fatalities aboard a Soyuz spacecraft for FIFTY years and it's still in use today - albeit with progressive upgrades as technology advanced.

[@henrya3530]

@@iplayfhorn Not quite true... 1st stage of Soyuz 2-1v (14A15) uses surplus NK-33 engines from N-1.

[@iplayfhorn]

@@henrya3530 In 1967? They were still using the R-7, right? Or were they using N-1 engines on the R-7? I was going by the failure of the N-1 itself, not just one of the components (of course, it was only a couple of components that caused the rocket to fail anyway).

[@missheadbanger]

I love that astronaut means star sailor and cosmonaut means universe sailor.

[@mindaugasradavicius8007]

Hi Simon, thanks for the video! I would really appreciate a channel of yours featuring really long videos on a space race subject matter. You took a really great episode of the whole picture in this video, I would love a full long video with such a deep dive on basically ALL of the missions that happened during the Space race either on US or the soviet side. Maybe an idea for another channel for your growing KZbin empire? :)

[@andrewkoines6389]

Maybe I misunderstood you, but I thought you said "launched on top of the massive N1 rocket". The N1 was a complete failure and never put anything in space. I believe it failed 4 times and then the Soviets gave up on it.

[@andyheffling5000]

This was how I understood things as well.

[@andyheffling5000]

He also says the Saturn 5 was more powerful than the N1 which is not true so hes gotta be talking about the soyuz rocket there

[@TecSanento]

I guess he meant it was designed to b3 launched together with the K1? lander on top of the n1 - but as a barley manned flight, It could easily fly without the Lander on another rocked

[@vustvaleo8068]

there's actually a photo of his funeral that shows his charred remains, poor guy.

[@ErickSoares3]

His funeral was with an urn with ashes.

[@newkleerwynter]

@@ErickSoares3 That's so untrue and easily verifiable with that thing, you know, the internet.

[@ivylearog]

@@ErickSoares3 False chap, it was an open casket with his charred remains, really grim.

[@MitchJohnson0110]

@@ErickSoares3 nope. That 30cm long charred mass he talked about in the video? thats what was in the casket.

[@MitchJohnson0110]

@@newkleerwynter except if you actually used the internet to research that you'd know the photo is in fact real.

[@GrinderCB]

Initially, the FAI didn't recognize Yuri Gagarin as the first man in space. Their requirements included the pilot actually having control over some aspects of the flight, as well as returning with his spacecraft. Gagarin was essentially "spam in a can," performing some basic tasks, flipping some switches but not actually controlling the flight, which was controlled remotely from the ground. He also bailed out of his capsule after re-entry, parachuting down separately from the capsule. The Russians hadn't yet perfected the landing procedure and were afraid that a cosmonaut might die if he stayed in the capsule when it landed.

[@MrT------5743]

I do not understand why all that would be a requirement to first man in space? He was in space, even if he was asleep the whole time. Physically was there. Does not matter what he did or didn't do. Now someone could say someone else was the first pilot in space, but first man, he clearly was.

[@jonsouth1545]

@@MrT------5743 They made that stipulation so they could claim a US astronaut was the 1st

[@MrT------5743]

@@jonsouth1545 why would the FAI care? I never heard of them so I Google them. They seem to be French or something not US based anyway.

[@kokko9507]

Yeah the Soviets won the space race. Even today USA and majority of it's population can not accept that fact.

[@MrT------5743]

@@kokko9507 I think you are watching too many flat earth KZbin channels.

[@PsychoMuffinSDM]

This sounds like an average day in KSP for me.

[@Gyrocage]

People keep forgetting that for the first 135 missions the Space Shuttle and Soyuz had exactly the same safety record, two fatal accidents. A lot more people died on the Shuttle because it carried more people. Comparisons beyond 135 are impossible because the Shuttle was retired and we will never know how well or poorly it would have performed had it remained in service. Each orbiter was intended for 100 flights so in theory the Shuttle could have continued flying for decades. The best to be said for Soyuz is that its fatal accidents both occurred early on, While the Shuttle’s second loss occurred over twenty years into the program.

[@remo27]

We know the shuttle was a poor design that they were afraid to change, and it was the lack of changes that led to those astronauts deaths, pretty much ALL of which were perfectly avoidable. Both shuttle accidents were the result of KNOWN hazards, hazards that NASA had warnings about well before the fatal accidents. That's on NASA and the shortsighted American Congress, which was all too eager to fund the parts of shuttle that made good pork, but not so much things that might just save astronaut lives. For NASA's part it wasn't just recklessness on the part of Administrators, many of whom put political considerations over engineering ones, but also the fact that NASA is a huge bureaucracy and this made any change to the design or any add on to the shuttle much more likely to take many years and add much expense the program as a whole.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@remo27 Exactly... while shuttle might have been 'designed" to last for 100 flights, the fact was they had already found SERIOUS issues with fatigue and cracking in the shuttle structures, including the fuel manifolds inside the shuttle feeding the main engines from the ET, and which the shuttle was built around and COULD NOT be removed or replaced. The foam strike that doomed Columbia had caused near-misses on other missions before, and after working on the problems for YEARS NASA finally had to admit to itself, and the leadership, that it was an unsolvable problem. It was inherent in the shuttle's very design and could NOT be corrected. Had shuttled kept flying, it was INEVITABLE than another would WOULD have been lost, no question about it it, given the law of averages and the nature of the problems... In addition, shuttle was cutting edge technology-- for *1974* when it was designed... Had shuttles continued to fly, they were GOING to have to have a multi-billion dollar, years long refit program to bring some of the technology, particularly the avionics, up to date with modern computers and systems. It was going to be ENORMOUSLY expensive, just to fix and keep flying an antiquaited and outdated and fundamentally limitied and unsafe vehicle that was ridiculously expensive to fly ANYWAY... So the decision was made, and RIGHT FULLY SO, to retire the shuttles and replace them with a new vehicle. Later! OL J R: )

[@remo27]

@@lukestrawwalker The original shuttle was designed in the late 60's and was supposed to be but one part of a "Space Transportation System" that would include a small, rapidly and cheaply reusable shuttle, a space station and, if I recall correctly , a space tug that would help enable farther missions to the moon and maybe Mars. With the STS largely canceled along with the funding for the so -called "Apollo Applications Program" the shuttle became the only manned project that NASA had left after the last lunar landing they could afford in 1972. Thus , it became a priority for NASA. Problem was, NASA was competing with the Airforce at that time for limited rocket money as the AirForce at the time designed its own launchers such as the Atlas in order to launch its spy satellites. So, in order to get that money, NASA had to agree to launch the Air Forces spy sats. Thus the shuttle, meant to be a small , cheap vehicle capable of carrying two to 4 men to low earth orbit to the space station, needed massive redesigns. Polar orbit ability(needed for some spy sats) required the huge wings, the size of the sats (which could vary but was usually pretty damn big) required a large cargo bay, this larger, heavier shuttle needed a bigger engine, this all required more heat protection (the infamous tiles) and of course the solid booster program (for nukes) was brought in, ostensibly to save on costs. This made the shuttle less safe because you couldn't throttle a solid rocket booster unlike liquid ones. Basically the idea of reuse was emphasized, but 'cheap' and 'fast' reuse went out the window as the shuttle went from a sleek pony to some sort of warhorse/pig hybrid. This was done purely for political, military, and monetary reasons, engineers had nothing to do with it and next to no say. It's sad that the unsafe,expensive, slow, and only partially reuseable shuttle would be considered by some to be a 'cutting edge' test of the technology and economics of resuse and this argument (the shuttle couldn't do it, so why should you be able to?!) was thrown at Space X repeatedly and served as the excuse for other countries and companies to continue to go with expendable rocket technology. Not sad for Space X though. Even though it only has partial reuse technology as of yet, the partial reuse is CHEAP and has fast (compared to the shuttle certainly ) turn around and this has enabled it to dominate the global launch market.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@remo27 True and well said... couldn't have said it better myself. Shuttle IMHO went off the rails when they dumped the fully reusable "Fluffy" internal fuel tank, metallic heat shield straight wing small payload bay orbiter with the reusable flyback booster system, and jumped in bed with the Air Force to get their funding help building shuttle, and accepted all their "requirements" for the Shuttle as well. Most of the Air Force requirements were rubbish anyway, because doing things like sabotaging enemy spy sats by spray painting their lenses, stealing them out of orbit, etc. would have just created havoc in the Cold War and given them incentive to do the same thing, or shoot our spy sats down. All the mods to the shuttle, like the huge payload bay and switching to the huge delta winged glider, was ultimately useless anyway because it was never used. The next launch after Challenger IIRC was to be the first launch out of Vandenberg AFB of a shuttle into polar orbit, which of course never happened and was cancelled. IMHO the writing was on the wall after Challenger that shuttle was flawed and would NEVER live up to the promises of "cheap, easy, routine" spaceflight made about it, and relying on a complex, fault-prone, easily delayed MANNED spacecraft to launch time-sensitive national security payloads like spysats was just rather stupid. Some things are just more easily and better launched by unmanned rockets, even if they're expendable. IMHO Shuttle should have been retired after Challenger and replaced with a new capsule, evolved from Apollo tech, and a new booster rocket like the JARVIS launcher, which would use used shuttle External Tank tooling to build a new core stage using kerosene and LOX to fuel a pair of F-1A engines, improved models in storage since Apollo and never used, and a new second stage using a common bulkhead LOX/Hydrogen tank and a single J-2S engine, again an improved model designed and perfected for Apollo and the second order of Saturn V's that was never built. This launcher in a 3 core "heavy" booster or with single smaller F-1A boosters would have given us a heavy lift vehicles capability decades ago. Later! OL J R : )

[@R32R38]

One big US accomplishment: during the Gemini 5 spaceflight in 1965 astronauts Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad became the first humans to drop a deuce in space.

[@salty__kansan]

🤣🤣

[@twocvbloke]

Now that's a shit fact... :P

[@sardot4960]

It didn't really drop in zero-g .🙂

[@robswystun2766]

In space, no one can hear you grunt.

[@kevinfreeman3098]

...That they told you of that is, I'm sure the first guy they shot into space shit himself, much as I'm pretty sure William Shatner shat himself on his lil hop.

[@dandare6865]

I just love the Soyuz design, Its a shame they didn't build a follow up spacecraft like their LOK moon ship. But the Soyuz has been one of the most successful designs (even tho its been uprated alot) ever, being that it is still in use today and designed in the mid 60s is amazing.

[@IndovilliaSpace]

One of the most successful designs…. I agree with this but there is a glaring problem with this statement that I can say in two words. Soyuz 11

[@dandare6865]

@@IndovilliaSpace agreed, best not mention Apollo 1 or the shuttles then

[@IndovilliaSpace]

@@dandare6865 don’t worry, I know about what happened in those missions

[@TheSLOShadow]

It is not amazing when considering Russian design and innovation. It is essentially the same as it was when it was first built. It is good enough, it works. That is all one can really say about the Soyuz. Could the Soyuz be made way better? Absolutely! Just don't hold your breath waiting for Russians to revamp the design and bring it into the 21st century

[@nagantm441]

​@@TheSLOShadowit's not the same as it was in the 60s. That's silly.

[@hdufort]

Gagarin died shortly after this. I've always wondered if his "accident" was a way of silencing a man with a conscience, making him a "monument" that would be far easier to manage.

[@DanielBrown-sn9op]

Yes.....And many Americans tried to take over the Capitol by force, while they swore that they were the 'PATRIOTS' of America.🇺🇸😪

[@floydlamuel4618]

I think you hit the nail on the head. Very suspicious circumstances indeed.

[@jaymudd2817]

I think he died in a plane crash about 7 years later.

[@MS-qx9uw]

@@jaymudd2817 He died in March the year after Soyuz 1

[@christheghostwriter]

Sometimes people really do just die. Seriously, it seems like every single death in history has some kind of conspiracy theory attached to it

[@TheFloridaStig]

The US space program had a number of near misses which are talked about within NASA. Including a shuttle nearly lost when a the flue used to attach a blanket in the cargo bay failed and they thought it might get jammed when the bay doors closed. It could be fixed on a spacewalk but once the bay doors closed the astronaut would have no way no way to re enter the shuttle. Working at the agency I heard a lot of harrowing tales.

[@JamesOberg]

Missions carried manual cranks to allow a spacewalker to ratchet the doors closed if the motors failed, then if necessary ride back inside the bay in his spacesuit.

[@TheFloridaStig]

@@JamesOberg This particular mission meant the bay doors would need to close possibly with the astronaut outside. I heard the story directly from the head of flight control. I was on the advanced spaceflight training team at Ames research/Moffet Field and spent a lot of time with the flight controllers at Building 5 at JSC. There were a lot of near misses getting crews up and getting them home. Every NASA manned launch was, after all, an experimental craft. Sure, there were safety procedures. But many were like the escape hatch on a submarine. There so the crew could tell their worried mother "its ok ma, we got an escape hatch.."

[@JamesOberg]

@@TheFloridaStig -- Cool, thanks for the fully-credible inside story. We need to capture as many as we can while witnesses still live.

[@TheFloridaStig]

@@JamesOberg Very true. Example: When launches were delayed and the public was told something like "faulty transfer valve" or whatever it was usually a personnel thing in reality - like one of the crew had a bout of diarrhea.

[@JamesOberg]

@@TheFloridaStig -- I've gotten interested in his weird UFO stories he told after he left NASA. Cooper also claimed he'd saved the shuttle program from a lethal design flaw by relaying to NASA a telepathic warning from space aliens. He became an avid supporter of the authenticity of Billy Meyer's Swiss UFO and alien encounters photos and stories, and even claimed that contactee Daniel Fry had arranged for him a ride around the moon on a UFO, for which he packed his camera kit and a travel bag and sat by the phone awaiting the pickup location, but then was disappointed to learn the aliens had cancelled it due to political conflicts on their home planet [it's in his autobiography]. He told folks about a secret sensor on his Mercury-9 flight by which he spotted precise locations of sunken Spanish treasure galleons [but kept it secret from NASA]. He described taking photos in 1965 from Gemini-5 so sharp you could read auto license plates and that he later even tracked down one driver from a plate number who confirmed he'd been in the city on that day. He also told a tale of being peppered by meteoroids during his 1965 flight that left deep gouges in his capsule’s hull - none of which can be seen on the capsule on display in Houston. He told the tale of hand-controller flying a manmade UFO prototype from a Utah inventor around his barn [it just hummed in its cradle but never moved, according to the inventor’s daughter, who was there]. Wowsers, is all I can say.

[@wulf2121]

17:57 "first crewed dragon spacecraft mission in 2020" picture: uncrewed dragon v1 cargo spacecraft

[@whyjnot420]

When mentioning Yuri Gagarin, every time, there is a glaring oversight. You keep forgetting to say "and man with one of the single greatest smiles in the history of smiles." This might sound like a joke, but think on it for a moment, if the USSR had someone 10000x more qualified and able to fill Gagarins role, but was missing an eye, had deep scars running down his face and neck and came with a smile that would literally cause babies to cry.... do you think they would have used him or Gagarin? I hate the USSR for many many things. But damn, they basically wrote the book on 20th century propaganda. And that smile, you could buy several small countries several times over with the value of that smile converted to money.

[@randomthings8247]

Gagarin wasn't the first man in space, if he ever even went. The first, when landing, the retrorockets failed and he hit hard. But he survived and spent 6 months in Siberia to recover. This was never reported as this was regarded as a failure. Can't have that, can we?

[@brandonaldaymachuse6669]

Man, this needs to be made into a movie. It's such an exciting, dramatic and tragic take.

[@AntonLennikov]

Well presented case of Souz-1 disaster. Too many you tube video picks up on urban legends rather than facts about this mission. The reason was indeed the ablative coating baking and yes indeed souz-2 had the same issue with the parachute system. The only factual error the fire was from remaining peroxide in the attitude control system, but it’s negligible detail. The thing about Gagarin and Komarov relationship is that nobody would let Gagarin to fly dangerous mission even though he was the backup crew for Komarov. While mission was dangerous both men was eager to fly it for the development of Russian space program.

[@dazsmith3201]

'Per Ardua at Astra' is the motto of the Royal Air Force, I've never heard of it being used by space exploration.

[@rbrtck]

I have, on a number of occasions, and of course it is slightly more literal in the case of space exploration. One of NASA's mottos is the similar "Ad astra per aspera." Such Latin phrases expressing this very fundamental concept did not originate in 1912 :)--they have existed for ages (in other languages, as well). The exact phrase had been used in several works from the 1800s (and may well predate those), and the figurative concept of achieving grand goals being referred to as "ad astra" dates back at least to Virgil in his _Aeneid_ (and probably even before that).

[@5150Rockstar]

the statues in Moscow dedicated to Gagarin are stunning.

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

Yup. I stayed in the Hotel Cosmos in Moscow in 1989 and you can see the Space Tower outside it

[@aliteralpothole9205]

Not so fun fact: Yuri ended up dying in a plane crash in his mid 30’s

[@brandonaldaymachuse6669]

A year or less later in 1968

[@TomTimeTraveler]

March, 1968

[@nursesteve2004]

barely a year after the mission that Komarov took instead of him....there are conspiracy theories that said that Gagarin's crash was not an accident but that authorities feared he was going to go public with his knowledge of the behind-the-scenes dealings with Soyuz 1, and they could not have that, so they did away with Gagarin, and made it look like an accident, thus sparing him public humiliation as a traitor, and allowing him a place in the Kremlin wall.

[@agatabonilla7732]

At least he didn't burn up in the atmosphere

[@petr7694]

​@@agatabonilla7732...at least he didn't drink himself to death.

[@dbphotography2770]

Columbia disaster was by far the most criminaly treated space mission ever. NASA for years was burying reports about failures off thermal insulation plates literally every after flight...( You were saying about corruption ?? ) They even prevented or blocked engineers to pass their reports to DoD and other agencies regarding their concerns ( You were saying about Gagarin's note ? ) They had 3 weeks of orbiting time to spare for troubleshooting but they didnt even considered. By that time even the crew training-mentality-selection was deteriorating...( Columbia re-entry video from the interior reveals that ). Watch their reactions during lockdown in flight control...nobody is shocked. There was even the mentality "If thermal insulation is damaged let em die in their ignorance".... For me its way different thing having an accident in a nearly prototype flight and a whole different thing what happened with columbia. P.S : I understand that for years soviets had to be portrayed as idiots that were sending people to die in "cross fingered" missions but also every Apollo mission faced issues rating from abort mission level to disaster level ( NASA even dumped the risk analysis model because it was providing with concering statistics and predictions ).

[@nagantm441]

Challenger might have them beat.

[@zacharyyoung9984]

Loved this video! While it was an extremely dangerous mission, this wasn't the most deadly space launch in history. The Chinese Intelsat 708 actually failed its launch in 1996, crashing over a nearby village, killing an estimated 700+ people. The government tried to claim that only 6 people had died until video of the launch leaked and anyone can tell there is no way only 6 died from it.

[@JamesOberg]

That story still needs deeper investigation. At a hotel bar in Baykonur in 1997, I talked to a guy whose company's commercial payload was on the rocket, who had been there. He said after the explosion they were allowed back to where their hotel had been, to retrieve their personal property, and found the hotel [and contents] spread as knee-deep confetti in a field.

[@zacharyyoung9984]

@@JamesOberg Incredible! This channel should do a deep dive on that subject. The events that took place should be more widely known and it is insane how suppressed it has been to the public at large. Thank you for this great insight and tidbit!

[@zacharyyoung9984]

@@FutureBoyWonder Wishful thinking on my part I guess haha. I've since seen the TopTenz vid on space disasters and he did cover it briefly on there.

[@stellviahohenheim]

commie lives don't matter lol

[@spencerjackson3754]

That's pretty cool of the american Astronauts sending that letter.

[@GrievousReborn]

Yep didn't let political ideologies get in the way of mourning a fellow astronaut

[@Chris-hx3om]

I think you'll find that it's not only astronauts who know no political boundaries, but scientists as well. There are many many documented cases of Jewish scientists collaborating with Iranian and Iraqi scientists, even when the tensions between the countries were at their height.

[@Greg-yu4ij]

We tend to forget there is another person reading these texts and people can be harsh. So much so that those same words spoken face to face would not end well.

[@Chris-hx3om]

@@Greg-yu4ij ?????

[@KS-PNW]

It was definitely the classy response

[@scooby45247]

imagine where space flight would be if the 2 countries could work together rather than opposed to each other..

[@alex786]

honestly not where it is now. competition is good. The greatest achievements are always during wartime, but even outside wars you do need competition in order to really progress. I'm not talking about engineers here, the working class always works towars the better, but the working class is never in charge, therefore when competition is absent, all is left is greed.

[@WaywardVet]

Ummm, like the international space station? Because we have countries working together.

[@BlueBirdsProductions]

It worked out better this way. When they are constantly competing to do better than the other, then they are constantly innovating and improving. Look at the state of space flight since the end of the cold war.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

@@alex786 Naw, the working class works toward getting the most money from the least work. As do most executives.

[@scooby45247]

@@BlueBirdsProductions yea, exploring the universe more than ever before and having a colaborative venture.. ISS, Mars exploration, Europa exploration, new technologies utilized and shared by all space exlporers, including the lay person like you and I.. seems like another 90 years in the past would have helped solve the peace we have today and the innovations we see.. while technology and war may still be imminent at the time (even now), the idea of have one safe area to harbor free thought like space seems like it may have given each country a new idea to develop.. just sayin

[@dungbeetle.]

Simon. Whilst appreciating that there's often a lot to get through in your videos, would you consider slowing your speech down a bit? The pace of your narration seems to have gradually increased as time has gone by. Things were better paced and easier to listen to in many of your earlier videos however, as always, thanks for another interesting and well presented video. :)

[@christheghostwriter]

You can slow down the playback speed. Tap on the screen, then tap on the settings wheel that appears in the upper right, then tap playback speed, then tap .75

[@malcolmpierce825]

Not what I was expecting, and I really enjoyed the history! Thank you!

[@dexter111344]

Thanks for doing this video. I recommended it a couple of months ago on another channel. These guys definitely deserve to be honored and their sacrifice should be remembered.

[@MahraiZiller]

Do Soyuz 11: the first crew to enter a space station and the only 3 people to have ever actually died in space.

[@bradlemmond]

Amy Shira Tietel did an episode on The Vintage Space channel. Along with many, many other videos about Soviet and US space flight up to about 1980

[@lukestrawwalker]

No I think the Columbia crew would also qualify, as they died when the shuttle broke up on reentry, and it was certainly high enough and fast enough... Later! OL J R :)

[@xbolt90]

The history of spaceflight is always a fascinating subject for me. One thing though, at 18:00 that's a picture of the old cargo Dragon, not the new Crew Dragon.

[@snkybrki]

Interesting. That off the top of your head, or did you see that somewhere?

[@xbolt90]

@@snkybrki I just know how they look. They updated the design significantly between version 1 and 2.

[@snkybrki]

@@xbolt90 Gotcha.

[@RetroJack]

There are many mistakes in this channel's videos. This is done to promote "engagement" in the comments section which causes the video to in turn be promoted via KZbin's algorithm and ultimately results in a higher payout for the channel's owner.

[@snkybrki]

@@RetroJack Sounds pretty conspiracy theory-like, but okay

[@matthewluecke3704]

"Mission control, spaceship out of control. Requesting guidance." "Comrade, press the 'Vodka' button. It is the only button on the ship that works."

[@bettygreenhansen]

Thank you for correctly quoting Neil Armstrong’s words upon stepping on the moon! Nine years old, I watched the moon landing that night on a tv in the dining hall at Girl Scout Camp with dozens of other girls. We were dozing when the leaders roused us for the big moment. I was so sleepy and thought I must have misunderstood because what I heard Armstrong say made little sense to me. Years later I learned that there was a glitch in the communication transmission and we heard everything except that oh so tiny but very important English word, “a”. “One small step for A man; one giant leap for mankind” -that makes sense!

[@TheSLOShadow]

Wait wut!? I watched the rerun of the moon landing several times. I have always heard "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". In all books I have read it was printed that way too. Yeah makes more sense if u throw in an "a"

[@kolelokaram8541]

I'm Simon Whistler, fly safe! wait, wrong bald space guy

[@Strongbadathlon]

LOL

[@dandare6865]

Your "quote" ..."We feel compassion for this test pilot" but on screen it says "We feel comradeship for this test pilot". Which one is it?

[@MidasFotog]

I think the Challenger and Columbia easily outrank Komarov's death as 'most disastrous'

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

Depends on the metric. Number of souls lost? Or the sheer insanity of the craft built (Soyuz over the shuttle for safety at any time)

[@industrialmonk]

Per ardua ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "through adversity to the stars" or "through struggle to the stars" that is the official motto of the Royal Air Force & It dates from 1912, when it was adopted by the newly formed Royal Flying Corps.

[@Bartaci]

It's also my seconday school's motto, dating to 1882 :)

[@Chris-hx3om]

Per ardua ad astra is a Latin phrase meaning "through adversity to the stars" Which was what was displayed on the screen at the time. Did you watch the video?

[@kaipien9398]

Whatever overlay was used for the scroll over the Saturn V and the N1 made me think my screen was insanely dirty for a second

[@pjimmbojimmbo1990]

I would place the Challenger Accident, and the Columbia Accident as the worst disasters. In both cases, the incompetence of the Management, was in clear sight, and the poor design of the shuttle exposed

[@PetersonZF]

The thing I find rather offensive is the United States' proud claim that they've never lost a person in space. It's hiding behind a technicality that rather disrespects the memory of the Apollo 1, Challenger and Columbia crews.

[@jonsouth1545]

While a disaster it was far less disastrous than either of the US Shuttle disasters

[@bobjk3455]

i think the most disastous space related mission conducted was the Nedelin catastrophe. the r16 rocket blew up litterally on take off and killed up to 300 people.

[@herbertkeithmiller]

I believe a general ordered ground crew to check on the misfiring rocket even though he was told it wasn't safe.

[@bobjk3455]

@@herbertkeithmiller intrresting, i rememmber reading that base commander survived because he was having a cigarete at the time and was outside the blast area.

[@iplayfhorn]

@@bobjk3455 He actually went into a bunker to have a smoke, still out of harm's way.

[@iplayfhorn]

@@herbertkeithmiller He sat in a chair near the rocket to observe, and the other engineers and workers didn't want to be seen as cowards, so they went with him. As I recall, it was a test launch, and it didn't take off as planned. Nedelin ordered them to work on the rocket without emptying the fuel first. Also, they didn't disarm the timer on the second stage, so while they were working on the first stage, the second stage fired up, and blew the whole thing to kingdom come.

[@bobjk3455]

@@iplayfhorn yes thats right. kind of amazing though everybody else was killed yet he managed to survive.

[@huntera123]

The worst Soviet disaster paled in compaison to Columbia and Challenger.

[@JamesOberg]

We also need to compare like-to-like sorted by category of vehicle. Just like safety rates for private planes and fighter planes and jumbo passenger jets can differ due to the level of required operational envelope and technological challenge, humanned spacecraft can also be differentiated. There are suborbital vehicles, then orbit-and-return-capsules, and there are runway-landing reusable orbital vehicles and there are beyond-low-earth-orbit vehicles such as Apollo. In the latter two categories, the US has had fatalities in prep and in flight, yet Russia tested but never flew crewed versions of either -- so no statistical comparison is possible. Both countries have had fatalities in suborbital programs. In category 2, orbital spacecraft, the US has had zero fatalities and the USSR two fatal missions.

[@KellyJK07]

I'm amazed that Nedelin is ignored

[@DanteTheAbyssalBeing]

Good God, does this man actually sleep? Pumping out videos like his life depends on it 😉

[@Chris-hx3om]

He's locked in a basement, his life DOES depend on it!

[@heavenst.murgatroyd3128]

Cocaine's a terrible drug......

[@ADHJkvsNgsMBbTQe]

Another good video. But couldn’t you have found a picture of a SpaceX Crew Dragon instead of the previous non-crew Cargo Dragon?

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

There were a few inaccuracies in the video. I thought I’d let that one slide

[@iplayfhorn]

Does anybody else see the irony of the astronauts on the first Crew Dragon being named Bob and Doug? ("blast off, eh") 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@caryd67]

Simon reads, “we feel compassion” while the letter reads, “we feel comradeship” . Which version is correct?

[@cavemanlovesmoke4394]

Da

[@vinny9988]

Comradeship, comrade.

[@inyrui]

I didn't even know comradeship was a word lol

[@jchoneandonly]

Comradeship. Communists don't have compassion

[@JPMadden]

@@jchoneandonly And apparently neither do you. We don't need politics infecting every part of KZbin. Go away.

[@yelsew816]

I have a quick comment concerning the thumbnail. The part of the Soyuz that the arrow points to is the orbital module. The crew module is the tapered portion between that and the service module in the back.

[@blitzofchaosgaming6737]

I mean, the Challenger?

[@ammosophobia]

Or, Columbia. lol

[@blitzofchaosgaming6737]

@@ammosophobia I was in 7th grade watching The challenger live. It's that thing on tv from my childhood I'll never forget.

[@JamesOberg]

The Soviets never even TRIED to launch cosmonauts in =THEIR= shuttle.

[@KOZMOGRAFX]

A cautionary tale... a perfect storm of unchecked arrogance/power/ambition mixed with fear of reprisal at every level... a recipe for disaster.

[@johnchedsey1306]

Perhaps it's time to drop Hello Fresh as a sponsor given their track record treating employees very poorly. Or, support their right to unionize for better working conditions.

[@LiamNajor]

What do you think the odds are that simon sees your 2 week old comment with 2 likes? Damn near zero

[@truepennytv]

I swear I discover more of Simon's channels on a near daily basis

[@BedsitBob]

Have you done (if not, could you make) a video about Valentin Bondarenko?

[@HM2SGT]

And now, Nonagenarian pop culture idols who were pretending to be spacemen when this man of courage and valor sacrificed himself for a friend and national emblem can make the same journey. How strange, mildly amusing and wonderful it all is.

[@remo27]

And if William Shatner had ever tried to steal Komarov's valor, your backhanded swipe at him might have done some damage.

[@lukestrawwalker]

I hardly call these 15 minute "space hops" making the same journey... just rich people fads... OL J R :)

[@legatvsdecimvs3406]

Pretend "Apollo 1", "Columbia" and "Challenger" never happened and the title makes sense then.

[@virpiovanmeteran1599]

when he was showing the sketch of the soyuz my wife asked me to pause it so she could look closer, i though she had noticed something insightful... but she just though it looked like a Bellsprout pokemon! >.

[@JohnDoe-vn1we]

How pathetic, I swear you weebs cannot go more than 5 seconds without mentioning those garbage cartoons.

[@brandonaldaymachuse6669]

@@JohnDoe-vn1we lighten up John...life's too damn short

[@just8310]

I was just watching this video and you could conduct an orchestra with the way your waving your hand

[@That_Guy78]

The Russians have excellent engineers... but it seems like the money and resources rarely get into the hands of those who can actually make things happen.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Much like the US, unless it's a "National prestige" program like the moon landings... once they were accomplished, funding for the space missions in large part "dried up" and it's been hand to mouth more or less ever since... OL J R :)

[@randomthings8247]

@@lukestrawwalker Because, robotic missions do as much, or more, than any human landings.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@randomthings8247 no disagreement from me, on that score, but human exploration has it's place... But I agree anything that can be done robotically should be, WAY more bang for the buck... OL J R

[@josoffat7649]

Hello fresh has tiny portions 👎 it ends up being the same as restaurant prices

[@Yeskimo1]

Ladies and Gentlemen: Simon Whistler; the hardest working man in KZbin! I want to see a video on him!

[@sandybarnes887]

Ok. Search for a video titled, "Simon Whistler interview"

[@dfgdfg_]

Smells like simp round here 😆

[@Bacopa68]

He should be in a WatchMojo video.

[@TheLastOilMan]

NASA would have had worse if they ever got out of the studio

[@GreeceUranusPutin]

"Government officials more than willing to place political and ideological goals above the safety of their cosmonauts" See Challenger Disaster.

[@duanevp]

Well, not quite. In the Soviet's case it was, as I understand, politicians making those decisions to disregard safety for political reasons - they all wanted to look good to other politicians especially Soviet leadership, ironically by taking maximum risk of looking bad to the point of callous disregard. In the case of Challenger it was NASA administrators (mid-level, not top-level) as opposed to politicians making those decisions to ignore safety warnings for largely budget reasons and not passing on to top administration any concerns that were expressed by engineers. They had too many missions to fly and delays were too costly in terms of both operational funding and further jamming up scheduling. They decided they needed to keep launching as fast as possible and were repeatedly and perhaps willfully dismissive of warnings from engineering subordinates about safety. In short, they should NOT have been people who would be in a position to ever sacrifice safety for purely administrative reasons. So, in the American case, not politics and ideology, but more accurately money and managerial convenience.

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

@@duanevp spin it all you want, but the reality is that for all the Soviet corruption, the Soviet program killed less people than the "transparent, incorruptible, lovers of life" Americans.

[@AH-wm9nx]

This is so sad. I have no words.

[@MrChopsticktech]

The mission and loss of a single cosmonaut was tragic, was nowhere near as disastrous as two NASA Space Shuttles with the loss of 14 astronauts.

[@benozzy003]

A life is a life just bc u add more deaths does not subtract from the one death being tragic more disastrous is just a point of view bc I'm sure for his friends and family it was much worse than the Americans loosing 14 people

[@JamesOberg]

The fractions are about the same since there so fewer Russian flights.

[@leramar]

Imagine going through all that to get back to Earth and being so close to safety, only to die from a busted parachute.

[@metropolisatlantas]

The one thing the usse had the utmost disregard to was human life. What a tragic story.

[@badluck5647]

This is how they treated Cosmonauts who were heros of the USSR. Imagine how they treated ordinary citizens.

[@anthonylegore1517]

That is practically the foundation of the State, from the early Revolution days, through the era of Stalin and WW2, all the way to the Cold War. Human lives were discounted as nil.

[@AlejandroLZuvic]

Opposite to the Americans who were perfectly incorruptible and protected human life... wait, Apollo 1 and the Shuttle weren't Soviet missions? Oh my bad.

[@iplayfhorn]

My question is, if the "real" mission tapes showed that Komarov was not cursing and screaming as he hurtled to the ground, where did the "other" tape come from? It purports Kosygin (or somebody) saying words and stuff (I don't speak Russian) about "Letchik Cosmonaut (Pilot-Cosmonaut - had to look it up) Komarov," and Komarov yelling something about "parachute," with background noise which sounds like the whistling noise one hears when something is hurtling toward the surface of the earth at great speed. Then after another salutation from Kosygin (or somebody), he speaks very rapidly in an angry tone, and then yells something and sounds like he's moaning, after which Kosygin (or somebody) repeats the original salutation, and then you hear beeping that fades out. Either somebody at the Soviet/Russian space program wasn't being entirely honest (ya think?), or somebody put a lot of time and effort into a very elaborate and convincing hoax. I can't remember if James Oberg wrote or mentioned anything about that, but if he did, I'd say he'd have the definitive last word; I imagine he's heard both recordings and knows which one is genuine. But I've heard tapes and seen footage of Komarov, and heard his voice, and the "official" tapes don't sound like him.

[@JamesOberg]

That story first appeared in 'Ramparts' [Perry Felwick IIRC} and even there, it was claimed to be only a second-hand report.

[@AsbestosMuffins]

Mishin was also a total alcoholic, even by soviet standards. Imagine the exact opposite of Deke Slayton and he's forcing you into this mission.

[@rogertulk8607]

"Per Ardua Ad Astra" was also the motto of the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1924 to 1968. Copycats!

[@katemaloney4296]

So, basically, in a nutshell, green energy killed an astronaut.

[@russellfitzpatrick503]

As ever ... clarity without prejudice

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

"Components, American components, Russian components...all made in Taiwan!" - Lev Andropov, Armageddon (1998)

[@PHDiaz-vv7yo]

Ah Armageddon. A throughly accurate documentation of space flight right up there with 2001 and Apollo 13

[@olliedee]

This story breaks my heart, so brave,so sad 😪

[@agatabonilla7732]

That's a sleeping emoji

[@olliedee]

😴 this is a sleeping emoji

[@agatabonilla7732]

@@olliedee but still, its a tired emoji

[@poorman-trending]

One small step for A man... get the quote right

[@andrevandiggelen-bg5fz]

Can you imagine being bricked into a wall housing the same people who likely ineptness, geeed and corruption are responsible for killing you ? What a nightmare. I would think his ghost would haunt them but that group is far more horrifying than any ghost could ever be.

[@sirridesalot6652]

One death was more disastrous than the death of the entire crew of the Challenger space shuttle?

[@JamesOberg]

Compare spaceship type to spaceship type. The Soviet's never even risked a single crew on their own shuttle. For ballistic capsules, the only type both countries flew, on actual missions the Soviets killed two crews and the US zero.

[@enoughothis]

The most surprising part of early spaceflight is how these managed to fit their MASSIVE balls into those tiny capsules.

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[@TomTimeTraveler]

Could you do a video on the Soyuz 11 decompression accident?

[@bibidiboop5697]

You mean to tell me… it‘s not Jeff Bezos… going into space for literally no reason… in a phallic rocket?!?

[@mdansbyjr]

Why has this story NOT been made into a movie!

[@Heartless38260]

Luckily American politicians would never waste lives for a public relations win.

[@josevelazquez5721]

I’m watching it now! Appreciate the content :)

[@MosoKaiser]

3:40 Cosmonauts having to diet in order to fit in the spacecraft is a prime example of Soviet ergonomics. Not about making the machine fit the user, but the other way around!

[@mxMik]

Bullshit. How about race car drivers? And many more examples from various extreme endeavors.

[@Yeeeeeeesh]

Idk about this title. The challenger didn't even make it to space