Baikonur Cosmodrome: The Soviet Gateway to the Stars

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    Source/Further reading:
    History: www.space.com/33947-baikonur-...
    History (somewhat outdated site, but its info largely appears accurate): www.russianspaceweb.com/baikon...
    www.russianspaceweb.com/baikon...
    Sputnik: history.nasa.gov/sputnik/
    www.esa.int/Science_Explorati...
    Sergei Pavlovich Korolev: www.theguardian.com/science/2...
    Laika and Sputnik II: www.space.com/17764-laika-fir...
    Kazakhstan-Russia lease agreement: www.globalsecurity.org/space/...
    On rituals and faith in spaceflight: www.popularmechanics.com/spac...
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  • @geographicstravel
    @geographicstravel  Před 4 lety +62

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    • @xtramoist9999
      @xtramoist9999 Před 4 lety +3

      Check out Simon's other-other-other-other-other-other-other channel Business Blaze! It's a lot of fun!
      I got ya, bro.

    • @MrWhangdoodles
      @MrWhangdoodles Před 4 lety +6

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    • @richcity3573
      @richcity3573 Před 4 lety +1

      After World War II the Russians stole missile technology from the Germans in 1945 year then appropriated themselves allegedly they created,America also stole rocket technology of the Germans

    • @tribalrhino
      @tribalrhino Před 4 lety

      Booo fellow brit, they don't ship to the UK anymore/ever/currently :(

    • @mjuneoginn
      @mjuneoginn Před 3 lety

      Revision:
      The Soviets' Gateway to Space...
      And Intercontinental Ballistic Warfare._

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 Před 4 lety +1056

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    • @SEAZNDragon
      @SEAZNDragon Před 4 lety +204

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    • @dragonsword7370
      @dragonsword7370 Před 4 lety +30

      A conversation from venture bros. "Shaving? What are y- THATS. My Daisy! I use that for my head."
      "But dad, I thought God shaved your head?" "He does Dean... but he always leaves the sides and back!"

    • @fishflake1209
      @fishflake1209 Před 4 lety +6

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    • @whatyoumakeofit6635
      @whatyoumakeofit6635 Před 4 lety +1

      @Ferry Heerdink gillette boycott? What is this about ? I use gillette, is there something I should know ?
      Thank you

    • @SEAZNDragon
      @SEAZNDragon Před 4 lety +30

      @@whatyoumakeofit6635 A year ago Gillete release an ad called "The Best Man Get Be." You should be able to find it on CZcams. The commercial basically tried to encouraged men to behave better and not engage in toxic masculinity (ex. tell your buddy not to catcall or excusing two boys fighting as "boys will be boys"). For some reason this pissed off some men and a boycott was called.

  • @ferrodeus4090
    @ferrodeus4090 Před 3 lety +94

    One of my favorite bits of knowledge about Korolev is that, when Sakharov and some of his colleagues went to visit Korolev to explain why they couldnt make the warheads any lighter, Korolev just smiled and said something to the effect of "alright, I see. I'll get back to working on vetter missiles then." When asked why he seemed so happy about having to undertake more work, he led them to a globe standing on a counter and told the nuclear physisists and engineers about his dreams. He dreamed of mankind one day going to space, but he knew there was no way the Soviet government would fund such a program at the time. So, he said, he decided to do the closest thing possible, and design extremely long-range missiles. Because who knows, if he keeps having to make better rockets for bombs, someday he might be able to put a person in one, and send them to space.

    • @dfuher968
      @dfuher968 Před rokem +14

      Korolev is such an interesting person. Both a brilliant scientist and a tragic figure. And also the personification of the selfdestructive nature of the Soviet Union, as he died due to their shortsighted, unfounded and inhuman treatment of him, and with him died not just the lead in the Space Race, but the heart, the soul and the competence of the Soviet Space Program.
      The short history of the Soviet Union is filled with such mindboggling incompetence and shortsightedness, making them their own worst enemy. But noone personifies it more clearly than Korolev.
      I am always left wondering, how the Space Race and the further exploration of space would have evolved, had Korolev survived.

    • @Cemi_Mhikku
      @Cemi_Mhikku Před rokem

      @@dfuher968 Stalin literally fucked up everything he ever touched.

    • @mtshyna
      @mtshyna Před rokem

      Nice.

    • @JimAllen-Persona
      @JimAllen-Persona Před rokem

      He sounds kind of like the Russian Feynman.

    • @gpkarter71
      @gpkarter71 Před rokem

      The show “for all mankind” legit pivots our timeline massively, based on the fact he survived in 1965. The SU made it past 1991 😂

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 Před 4 lety +524

    In Soviet Russia, Ruble Shave Club is a woman with one straight razor who comes to your house.

  • @mrmacguff1n
    @mrmacguff1n Před 4 lety +237

    The launch rituals sound like the beginning of the Tech Priests from 40k

    • @beruman
      @beruman Před 4 lety +36

      machine spirits demand a golden shower and some landscaping on the blasted steppe

    • @jovee6155
      @jovee6155 Před 4 lety +21

      The emperor protects

    • @jovee6155
      @jovee6155 Před 4 lety +8

      It also sounds like an SCP foundation ritual

    • @stagofsteelport
      @stagofsteelport Před 4 lety +5

      Oh my abs

    • @mrmacguff1n
      @mrmacguff1n Před 4 lety +3

      @@stagofsteelport I see you too follow the path of the Swole

  • @into_the_void
    @into_the_void Před 4 lety +176

    America : we must go to space !
    Tunguska Soviet Russia : space comes to you..!

    • @shebbs1
      @shebbs1 Před 4 lety +6

      The Tunguska Event was in 1908, 9 years before Soviet times.

    • @davidroberts1689
      @davidroberts1689 Před 4 lety +3

      @@shebbs1 close enough, 1908 1917 whatever.

    • @samosasosa6684
      @samosasosa6684 Před 3 lety +2

      @@davidroberts1689 let's not get facts in the way.

    • @oldworldpatriot8920
      @oldworldpatriot8920 Před 3 lety +1

      @@shebbs1 pro-Soviet sentiment was brewing strong during Tunguska.

  • @henrysmommy7
    @henrysmommy7 Před 4 lety +215

    I love the fact that the cosmonaut rituals are something they have everyone who's flying out of there participate in. It's a unique way to bring everyone together in a clearly very silly and inclusive way. Seems like a good plan right before they all embark on what is definitely an extreme experience that will require teamwork to accomplish...

    • @martinsundhaug4701
      @martinsundhaug4701 Před 4 lety +14

      There's also a female version of the pee-break - they bring a sample.
      There are other traditions in space-travel: Astronauts travelling out of KSC will have a steak etc for breakfast. During critical mission-phases the JPL mission-control room will have peanuts, ...

    • @therealturdferguson8355
      @therealturdferguson8355 Před 4 lety +1

      Martin Sundhaug let’s not forget the fastbass!

    • @davidolsen2495
      @davidolsen2495 Před 4 lety

      Definitely agree

    • @michaelbee2165
      @michaelbee2165 Před 2 lety

      @@martinsundhaug4701 That would be Cape Canaveral.

    • @GonkDroid0923
      @GonkDroid0923 Před 2 lety +3

      Pissing on the bus is actually smart. The cosmonauts get to empty there blader before there 3-9 hour journey to the ISS.

  • @alexmiller3349
    @alexmiller3349 Před 4 lety +24

    My grandmother met my grandfather on one of the Baikonur construction sites, she was a civil engineer, he was an officer in the Soviet army combat engeneers.

  • @rollog1248
    @rollog1248 Před 4 lety +212

    Okay Korolev, enough fun in the gulag! Time to make Sputnik!

  • @r.a.alvarez6063
    @r.a.alvarez6063 Před 4 lety +106

    By reason of that punch to the jaw, the USSR planted their own demise.
    They lost not because of what they were doing but because of what they had done.

    • @danieljob3184
      @danieljob3184 Před 3 lety +4

      I have yet to design a spacecraft epic enough to deserve the name Korolev.

    • @michaelbee2165
      @michaelbee2165 Před 2 lety +1

      @@danieljob3184 Thank you but that's been done. The world knows that epic as Apollo. Perhaps his name can be part of the next great epic. It seems he earned it.

  • @Zman44444
    @Zman44444 Před 4 lety +23

    Biographics on Yuri Gagarin.
    His story seems... amazing. A peasant from nowhere to cosmonaut. That’s some goals.

  • @goodchessactor
    @goodchessactor Před 4 lety +79

    Guard: "Come with us Sergei Pavlovich. You must help send satellite."
    Korolev:"You can do it yourself, it is not rocket science."
    Guard: Ah, but it is, Sergei, it is!

    • @elnicedude559
      @elnicedude559 Před 4 lety +7

      "And after you must help send satellite, you must go back Gulag."

    • @hds66nl29
      @hds66nl29 Před 4 lety +3

      Come with us Sergei, it is god's, uhhhh Stalin's will.

  • @cameronjenkins6748
    @cameronjenkins6748 Před 4 lety +136

    Okay, Sergei Korolev had nothing to do with the Nedelin disaster. The rocket designer in charge there was Mikhail Yangel, and he wasn't even at fault for the disaster. One first that wasn't mentioned was Luna 3, which gave us our first view of the far side of the moon. Next, Gagarin was not launched in a Soyuz, since that was only created after Korolev's death. Also, the first woman in space and first spacewalk happened while Korolev was still alive, not after he died. Just some little things...

    • @adimifus
      @adimifus Před 4 lety +38

      Yuri Gagarin's flight was in a Vostok capsule. Vostok capsules were launched by Vostok rockets. Additionally, Voskhod capsules were launched by Voskhod rockets, and Soyuz capsules are launched by Soyuz rockets. It's pretty easy to remember 😉
      They're all variants of the R-7, but a Soyuz variant never launched a Vostok.

    • @cameronjenkins6748
      @cameronjenkins6748 Před 4 lety +8

      @@adimifus Exactly right.

    • @altergreenhorn
      @altergreenhorn Před 4 lety +2

      Jp and luna mean moon in Russian and some other languages not to forgot Luna 9 was first man made thing successfully landed on the moon surface only 3 years (rofl) before US supposed space victory by landing on the moon

    • @theflanman420420
      @theflanman420420 Před 4 lety

      Greenhorn well history doesn’t even mention that fact in the West so it doesn’t matter to us... we won.

    • @22steve5150
      @22steve5150 Před 4 lety +3

      @@theflanman420420 did we? America's president seems to have his lips fixed to Russia's dictator's ass.

  • @SEAZNDragon
    @SEAZNDragon Před 4 lety +90

    6:00 anyone had flashbacks to the Cannibal Island episode?

    • @TickleBall
      @TickleBall Před 4 lety +1

      SEAZNDragon YES!!!

    • @billrentz
      @billrentz Před 4 lety +2

      That one gave me nightmares!

    • @WTF-vv8ic
      @WTF-vv8ic Před 4 lety

      👍

    • @22steve5150
      @22steve5150 Před 4 lety +3

      The soviets couldn't even assemble a lego set without causing untold human suffering.

  • @HovektheArtist
    @HovektheArtist Před 4 lety +31

    I love it when the cosmodrome is brought up, one of the most interesting and important places of modern history, and to all
    Per audacia ad astra

  • @Veregh
    @Veregh Před 3 lety +56

    “Eyes up, guardian” 👻
    Yes...it’s the Destiny videogame’s cosmodrome

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 Před 3 lety +11

    1:25 - Chapter 1 - The missiles are flying
    4:30 - Chapter 2 - Sky's (no longer) the limit
    8:00 - Chapter 3 - Satellite of love
    11:20 - Mid roll ads
    12:45 - Chapter 4 - The madman & the eagle
    17:25 - Chapter 5 - Magic & ritual
    20:40 - Chapter 6 - The gateway closes

  • @exoplaymaster-9018
    @exoplaymaster-9018 Před 4 lety +56

    Some centuries later in the Cosmodrome: A new Guardian has risen and prepares to kick Sepiks Primuses butt.

    • @josephhalbohn5962
      @josephhalbohn5962 Před 4 lety +7

      I came here for this reference and was not disappointed

    • @admiralsnackbar69
      @admiralsnackbar69 Před 4 lety +6

      Unless that hero was a hunter...who just sits in the shadows eating ramen 🤣

  • @ramacandra4554
    @ramacandra4554 Před 4 lety +150

    "In Soviet Russia, missile tests chose you"

  • @Darkess343
    @Darkess343 Před 4 lety +93

    if that requires urinating on a bus and planting a tree to maintain then
    "SO-VI-ET" ba dum tssss...

  • @alexandergustafsson2276
    @alexandergustafsson2276 Před 4 lety +48

    This is the episode I didn't know I wanted! Just have to open a bottle of wine to accompany the episode... Geographics rocks!

    • @whatyoumakeofit6635
      @whatyoumakeofit6635 Před 4 lety +7

      If the videos were only alittle longer. I just want more ! Lol

    • @ilpazzo1257
      @ilpazzo1257 Před 4 lety +8

      @@whatyoumakeofit6635 nah, totally doable to drink a bottle in 25 minutes on your own. :P

    • @SAnn-rf3oz
      @SAnn-rf3oz Před 4 lety +2

      So agree with your philosophy!

    • @whatyoumakeofit6635
      @whatyoumakeofit6635 Před 4 lety +2

      @@ilpazzo1257 lol. Ya, true that

    • @SAnn-rf3oz
      @SAnn-rf3oz Před 4 lety +1

      LoL😂

  • @JasonDoe1000
    @JasonDoe1000 Před 4 lety +43

    Didn't Geographics just upload a video about the Hoover Dam yesterday?
    And here we have another one already
    Simon is really going to take over CZcams, not that I would complain

    • @geographicstravel
      @geographicstravel  Před 4 lety +21

      We try to do 4 a week on Bio and 2 a week on Geo. Sometimes we manage, sometimes we don’t :).
      And then there are the 7 a week on TopTenz, 7 on TIFO, 3 on Business Blaze... And the list goes on.

    • @CaptainGyro
      @CaptainGyro Před 4 lety +8

      @@geographicstravel Simon and Crew, you guys are amazing and a world treasure.

    • @WildStar2002
      @WildStar2002 Před 4 lety +5

      @@geographicstravel Are you twins, triplets, or more?

    • @henryvandeventer2457
      @henryvandeventer2457 Před 4 lety +3

      @@WildStar2002 Well it's definitely not due to cloning. We all saw how that worked out for Michael Keaton in Multiplicity. A copy of a copy of a copy is never the best idea

    • @JasonDoe1000
      @JasonDoe1000 Před 4 lety +3

      @@WildStar2002 I mean there is Simon and then there is Michael from VSauce, so atleast twins

  • @barovan
    @barovan Před 4 lety +16

    I love these Kazakh locations he does. LIving here I have been to both that I have seen, Baikanur and Semy! Thanks for the stories!

    • @negativeindustrial
      @negativeindustrial Před 4 lety +1

      Jeff Stier
      How is Borat doing these days? Please ask him to visit again.

    • @jasonsan6708
      @jasonsan6708 Před 2 lety

      Would love to visit Kazakhstan one day such as Nur-Sultan and Almaty and of course Baikonour

  • @carschmn
    @carschmn Před 4 lety +44

    Love all the rituals the Soyuz crew have to go through.

  • @jeffpetric
    @jeffpetric Před 4 lety +9

    despite the number of comments that I don't understand, I appreciate your work and your channel, thank you

  • @a24396
    @a24396 Před rokem +4

    I absolutely LOVE the rituals they've established over time... Obviously it's all nonsense, but it really makes each cosmonaut/astronaut part of a lineage and tradition - which is a really important of our collective human story. (Especially the tree planting 😀) such an interesting story, thanks so much for posting!

  • @michaelhughes9553
    @michaelhughes9553 Před 4 lety +2

    Simon, your lead- ins are getting really good. Keep up the great work!

  • @andrewlyon9292
    @andrewlyon9292 Před 4 lety +3

    Thank you so much for having in-video ads! It’s so nice to not have my learning interrupted by a noisy ad (especially since I live in Taiwan and can’t even usually understand them lol) and is so nice to be able to listen to these videos as I go to sleep and not be rudely awaken by the ad at the end!

  • @westernproducerSWP
    @westernproducerSWP Před 4 lety +6

    18:02 - "the Soyuz rocket..." but we're shown the N1 (the Nositel), the failed lunar rocket design.

  • @AwfulWaffle8474
    @AwfulWaffle8474 Před 4 lety +3

    I've been marathoning you channel. Keep it up mate.

  • @whitenoise509
    @whitenoise509 Před 3 lety +1

    Nice job, this is one of the best videos you guys have ever made!

  • @judyfps5059
    @judyfps5059 Před 4 lety

    Simon’s super clean aesthetic goes way under appreciated. Either way have a good day, much love from Kentucky , thanks for another enlightening video

  • @MrStubbs8157
    @MrStubbs8157 Před 2 lety +1

    The craziest thing is the poor guy, that had to fly up to the MIR spacestation in the midst of a revolution/breakdown and got forgotten up there for freakin 1 year.
    Thats soo crazy.

  • @EarthWormJM2
    @EarthWormJM2 Před 4 lety

    Simon, Thank you. These videos are great and super interesting. Keep it up!!

  • @kempyj98
    @kempyj98 Před 4 lety +2

    I’ve spent all day on these videos and I can’t imagine I’ll be doing much else tomorrow

  • @ChristineCAlb1
    @ChristineCAlb1 Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome. I love your Geographics and Biographics channels, especially the ones on the old Soviet Union. Very informative.

  • @HasBeensNAddicts
    @HasBeensNAddicts Před 4 lety +2

    I've been listening to you not to long after you started the TIFO podcast. For every major part of my later life, your voice is in the background lol. Thanks for the years & years of content

  • @liberate72000
    @liberate72000 Před 4 lety +2

    Another great piece. I thought knew everything about his story but you managed to cover areas I have never heard of.
    Thanks . Love all the pieces you do on the Soviet/ former Soviet Union.

  • @vernicethompson4825
    @vernicethompson4825 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for this video. I have learned a lot from this one.

  • @tabc6870
    @tabc6870 Před 2 lety

    I’ve watched this 5 times completely enraptured! Well done!

  • @DarkGlass824
    @DarkGlass824 Před 4 lety +2

    3:53 this is one of the main reasons I love anything Simon does........ :)

  • @VincenzOmaha
    @VincenzOmaha Před 4 lety +3

    That green reflection in his glasses is almost all I can even see.

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 Před 4 lety +1

    You guys are the very best...An l thank you for it....Back in the 1950's l remember sitting in the living room in our house in Kentucky, listing to Sputnik...Beep on our big Radio Set....All those many years ago now....Dame l am old....Thanks again...1

  • @markplain2555
    @markplain2555 Před 4 lety +5

    Baikonur was also chosen as it is one of the most Southern points of the Soviet Union. The closer one launches a rocket to the Equator the more "free load" you can carry into orbit. Hence the Baikonur's location us a geographic requirement.

    • @AtliTobiasson
      @AtliTobiasson Před 2 lety +1

      Hence, NASA's launch sites also have their geographic locations

  • @oscarjones3575
    @oscarjones3575 Před 4 lety +123

    It's always the soviet/communist places that has the most interesting stories!!

    • @mikedrones537
      @mikedrones537 Před 4 lety +5

      LOL

    • @lakesheppard5466
      @lakesheppard5466 Před 4 lety +37

      Yeah communism does make for some great stories from cults to countries want to hear something dangerously messed up? Try communism!
      (try communism at your own risk, you may experience oppresion, unfair pay, government corruption and possibly death)
      "Communism, "
      "Because it is what your nation needs."

    • @oscarjones3575
      @oscarjones3575 Před 4 lety +17

      @@lakesheppard5466 good on paper, but in reality it never works!

    • @lakesheppard5466
      @lakesheppard5466 Před 4 lety +12

      @@oscarjones3575 that's true, I dream of a world where communism works, we are all treated fair paid what we're worth and live livable lives, I wished it worked but it doesn't, humans are good at ruining a good thing, especially when you give them power.

    • @oscarjones3575
      @oscarjones3575 Před 4 lety +2

      @@lakesheppard5466 and dream where there's no divison in ANY shape or form.

  • @joshualim1339
    @joshualim1339 Před 4 lety +4

    Hundreds of years from now, a tiny robotic drone will stumble upon a corpse here, resurrect it from the dead, and say,
    "Eyes up, Guardian."

  • @blakhorizon915
    @blakhorizon915 Před 3 lety

    Great story telling!!

  • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
    @MAGGOT_VOMIT Před 4 lety +1

    _Awesome vid and I can't wait to get my Dollar Shave club products._

  • @Luke..luke..luke..
    @Luke..luke..luke.. Před 4 lety +3

    More of this!!!! Love it.

  • @pythagorasaurusrex9853
    @pythagorasaurusrex9853 Před 4 lety +6

    Two points about this video:
    1) A bold but bearded man making ads for shaving tools.
    2) Geographics partly turned into Biographics introducing Sergej Korolev.
    -> LOL!
    EDIT: Simon, at 14:38, did you say "Soyus rocket"? Actually it was a Wostok rocket!

  • @QAMan23
    @QAMan23 Před 4 lety +1

    When I worked for Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space back in the late 90's, we used Baikonur to launch communications satellites all the time. There were only 4 good places on earth to launch from (Kazakhstan, Florida, French Guiana, and one other that was much less popular. The ESA would often launch from the French Guiana location). We did follow a few rituals borrowed from the crew at Baikonur and they seemed to bring us luck. I never saw a launch failure, though I do know of one that delayed everyone's schedule for at least a month. it happened on a pretty old launch pad that had never had a failure and was considered very lucky.
    Baikonur was like visiting a military camp. A very poor military camp as accommodations were spartan to put it mildly, but they got the job done and did it very well.

  • @davidcox2264
    @davidcox2264 Před 4 lety

    Great vid Simon

  • @tonykennedy9811
    @tonykennedy9811 Před 4 lety

    Fantastic! Great video 👍

  • @thetangieman3426
    @thetangieman3426 Před 4 lety

    I want a Business Blaze version of this so much. Soooo much.

  • @emilrogengellschwaner3555
    @emilrogengellschwaner3555 Před 4 lety +12

    Eyes up guardian

  • @alanramsay2821
    @alanramsay2821 Před 4 lety +1

    Would love to see you do a full Biographics feature on Sergei Korolev. What an absolutely brilliant man.

  • @tasiatyler4662
    @tasiatyler4662 Před 4 lety

    So interesting! Way to go GEO!

  • @michaelhowell2326
    @michaelhowell2326 Před 4 lety +2

    Man, I love these videos. Could you guys at Geographics do me a solid and make a video about the Potola Palace? Thanks.

  • @akr01364
    @akr01364 Před 4 lety +4

    Can I get Simon saying the "in Soviet Russia" joke as a ringtone?

  • @lllPlatinumlll
    @lllPlatinumlll Před 4 lety +16

    "...it seemed too good to be true, and of course it was."

  • @tokul76
    @tokul76 Před 4 lety +9

    If "White sun of the desert" is like Python movie, the US westerns are like The Great Dictator.

    • @Christopher-N
      @Christopher-N Před 4 lety +1

      I wonder if the "Satellite of Love" (7:54) was a nod towards _MST3K._ I particularly enjoyed _Jack Frost_ from s8e13.

  • @DrewberTravels
    @DrewberTravels Před 4 lety +2

    0:01 I legit think Simon nearly forgot the name of the razor until he lifted it up.

  • @sweetchariotengland
    @sweetchariotengland Před rokem

    When things are going well it easy to forget what it feels to struggle.
    Try and look out for each other folks. A small act of kindness can do more good than you can imagine

  • @mrdumbfellow927
    @mrdumbfellow927 Před 4 lety

    13:20 Holy cow, that dude stumbling around at the bottom of screen! The heat must have been insane.

  • @willmarsden7657
    @willmarsden7657 Před 9 měsíci +1

    Unrelated fun fact: the outskirts of this Cosmodrone was featured as a level in 2010's Call of Duty Black Ops 1.

  • @Stabacs
    @Stabacs Před 4 lety +1

    First woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova. Just in case someone wonders, since this video mentions her without saying her name.

  • @mikewilliams1782
    @mikewilliams1782 Před 4 lety

    Great vid!

  • @zoehopwood8463
    @zoehopwood8463 Před 3 lety

    I freaking love this channel

  • @mishapurser7542
    @mishapurser7542 Před 4 lety +1

    Yes! Thank you!

  • @philrabe910
    @philrabe910 Před 16 dny

    Oh my. I see this vid came out in the before times. Simon, Dude, your world is about to change dramatically.

  • @akeembarnes-woessner7788

    Watching these and then realizing how close some events were to my birth or after is insane. I was so oblivious to world knowledge.

  • @dvwegner
    @dvwegner Před 4 lety +2

    You should do a biographics on the R-7/Soyuz rocket. One design, with progressive modifications leading to the current version that is still used to transport people to/from the ISS. It's not a person, but it does have a lengthy and important role in history.

  • @loupiscanis9449
    @loupiscanis9449 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank You .

  • @boiwth5406
    @boiwth5406 Před 4 lety +1

    i love this channel.

  • @danielalfieri4205
    @danielalfieri4205 Před 4 lety

    Very interesting, thanks

  • @DaveStarr100.3
    @DaveStarr100.3 Před 4 lety +3

    When mixing these episodes with this particular microphone, you need to either run a de-esser or pull down some of those air frequencies. The sibilance is debilitating. He's already a rather sibilant voice talent, so some extra attention in these areas would be helpful. Otherwise great video! 👍

  • @adrianraicu886
    @adrianraicu886 Před 4 lety

    COVORUL ESTE ABSOLUT SUPERB

  • @randallporter4835
    @randallporter4835 Před 4 lety

    A friend of mind as part of a launch and tour group got to go in the flame trench and scrounch for stuff. I got a big washer.

  • @crypto66
    @crypto66 Před 4 lety +1

    You just know someone's going to make a sound byte out of 3:54-3:56

  • @plushman3685
    @plushman3685 Před 4 lety

    I’d love to see a video on Carlsbad Caverns; the Ansel Adams photos are amazing there...also a good Biographics.

  • @22vx
    @22vx Před 4 lety +1

    Really. Love. Your. Vids.

  • @poordecisionsgarage9834

    Where I live in central Canada those temps are not out of the ordinary lol.

  • @roobscoob47
    @roobscoob47 Před 3 lety

    Big 'Whistle Out' to Whistler

  • @MattClare1
    @MattClare1 Před 4 lety

    Great video. Surprised the N-1's July 1969 explosion (one of the largest in human history) was not mentioned.

  • @reaxxionabyss9623
    @reaxxionabyss9623 Před 3 lety

    This will always be the final GLA mission in Command and Conquer Generals for me

  • @respectbossmon
    @respectbossmon Před 4 lety

    A Soyuz launch facility was also built at the Guiana Space Center. Supposedly it was to provide a medium lift capacity Arianespace lacked. I wonder if they'll ever used for crewed launches?

  • @liviu-dantimar9492
    @liviu-dantimar9492 Před 9 měsíci

    Oh Fact-Bway... pretty close, like to encourage and for being usual A+! 😅 Love your work, keep 'em pouring! : D

  • @swappinqentertainment
    @swappinqentertainment Před 3 lety +3

    When he left the gulag: “Teammate Redeploying!”

  • @osvaldobravo1772
    @osvaldobravo1772 Před 3 lety

    3:53 might just be the best thing I've ever heard

  • @RobSchofield
    @RobSchofield Před 3 lety

    Excellent!

  • @luckthewolf7123
    @luckthewolf7123 Před 4 lety +2

    Warning, re-entry detected. All security personnel on high alert.

  • @loughkb
    @loughkb Před 3 lety +2

    Excellent writing and presentation. Kept me engaged and interested. And I learned quite a few new things thanks to your research.
    Also, I'm writing this long after SpaceX successfully delivered astronauts both to and from the I.S.S. I was happy to hear your mention of it pre-event.

  • @kilgoretrout6938
    @kilgoretrout6938 Před 4 lety +1

    A couple of corrections: While talking about Yuri Gagarin, you mention that he flew on a Soyuz rocket, but the Soyuz didn't fly until 1966; Gagarin flew on a Vostok spacecraft. Also, the picture shown at 18:01 is the failed N1 moon rocket, not the Soyuz

  • @Tamburello_1994
    @Tamburello_1994 Před 4 lety

    Could have stuck with Tyuratam as that's how referred to back in my SAC days.

  • @Mike-tg7dj
    @Mike-tg7dj Před 4 lety +1

    The vehicle doing the towing at 18:07 is a diesel-electric locomotive that has only one headlight!

    • @mammuchan8923
      @mammuchan8923 Před 4 lety

      It’s beautiful, I think it needs a name a la Thomas and Friends - One Eyed Dmitry?

  • @CptMoroni35
    @CptMoroni35 Před 4 lety

    Simon, you and the crew should cover Cape Canaveral in Florida.........please!! 🍻

  • @Christopher-N
    @Christopher-N Před 4 lety

    (20:33) 1991-1993: I was totally unaware of these goings-ons at Baikonur, being preoccupied with more local matters (school, and MS-DOS computers). I don't think it was even mentioned in the news.

  • @huntyboy100
    @huntyboy100 Před 4 lety

    Yuri Gagarin's Flight into space was onboard "Vostok" carried by the R7 Rocket. Not the Soyuz , which is a later design

  • @thefamousemickey
    @thefamousemickey Před 4 lety +2

    Since you've featured a lot of remote russian locations and austrian royals recently, what about an episode about Franz Joseph Land and it's discovery?

  • @Blaklege63
    @Blaklege63 Před 4 lety

    that was a great and interesting story.