Soyuz 11: Death in Space
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- On June 30th, 1971, three soviet cosmonauts were returning from what was, at the time, the longest period any humans had spent in space. Their re-entry appeared to be normal, and the Soyuz capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan, not far from the Soviet spaceport at Baikonur. Outwardly, the capsule appeared undamaged, but there was no response when Soviet workers knocked on the exterior. When they got the capsule opened, they were shocked to find all three of the cosmonauts dead.
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Politics aside, these men did their jobs and were true pioneers of space exploration. RIP
Indeed, it speaks to the tragedy that both sides of the cold war that for a moment both sides stopped to pay respects. Kind of like the impromptu Christmas truce that happened in a few places in WW1, for a moment both sides dealt with each other not as advisories bot as people.
@@tenofprime @tenofprime nice typing. Adversaries not advisories
This holds no weight if you agree with communism. It would make more sense if you were centrist to say this.
@@Marin3r101 - thanks for tip on vocabulary usage. Everyone loves the "grammar police." Also, political leanings have little or nothing to do with respecting the achievements of the dead ... or the living.
@@Marin3r101 politics is not a centerline to all measures
Outer space is utterly harsh and unforgiving; space exploration is inherently risky. Astronauts and cosmonauts are very brave people!
Outer space is inhospitable, uninhabitable. The basic requirements for human existence are non-toxic, breathable atmosphere and consistent ranges of temperature.
@@yomasane3670 All environments are hostile, with unique advantages and disadvantages. Humans adapt to all climates. Vacuum of inner space is no different. Raw materials in meteoroid belt, free solar energy so abundant you're more worried about heat shielding than having enough energy for any and all purposes.
@@harrymills2770 Yes the vacuum of inner space IS different than the atmosphere in which we evolved. What is the point of you being so petty and contrary? You voted? You need attention maybe? Either way you lose and I win. 😂 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
How do you know what outer space is like? You been there?
@@fresatxHow do you know China exists , you ever been there? How about North Korea? the Sun? You ever been to the sun? How about Uzbekistan.. you ever been to Uzbekistan? Antarctica?
A timely reminder of those three brave Cosmonauts. Thank you THG.
The cosmonauts sent broadcasts down to Earth daily and those were shown on Soviet TV. The three men gained rock star status among the citizenry. When they came down and were found dead it, was for the population, like Challenger was in the USA.
Heartbreaking loss.
My Russian-born wife (may G_D keep her close) told me how devastating it was to learn the news -- like what America experienced with the Apollo 1 fire.
Very good analogy
One Ellison Onizuka, once an ROTC cadet at the University of Colorado - Boulder, was one of those astronauts, on the Challenger. He found his mark . . . I'm still in search . . . of mine ! 😎🇺🇸
More precisely they are Space Stars.
Hero of the Soviet Union. We may not have agreed with their politics but it doesn’t make this any less of an honour for these men.
Too right. These men risk their lives and their sacrifice helped advanced safety. It's honourable regardless of politics or ideology.
Agreed.
Hero of humanity
well said
Perhaps our biggest mistake of the past hundred years has been a lack of self reflection, on both sides of the curtain. In hindsight, maybe it was too soon for the markets to go away, perhaps that's why all the socialist countries left turned to them somewhat, and perhaps in the future, with technology and innovation we can one day reach a state where "To each according to their need, from each according to their ability" can really be instituted, without a loss of individual expression or thought. That's how I feel at least. Think of the great art and inventions that died too soon to black lung in the coal mines, or the people whose dreams died a slow death to monotonous grind, paying for circumstances outside their control.
Such a sad episode, but necessary for people to remember the sacrifices made in the earlier years of space exploration
And to remember....
Indeed, between decades of science fiction, government space programs and now private industry getting into it spaceflight has become demystified. It is important to remember the lives lost to get us here and the risk that every space launch still carries.
I was 11 years old. It took me many more years to find out how they died after the cause had been officially revealed. It troubled me when the news broke that the cause was never properly explained. Although I have now known for many years what went wrong, this episode of THG still provides details that I was unaware of. Excellent work!
I was 11 days old.
My mother was never aware of the first human deaths in space at all, and was 7 days old when it happened.
@@MatthewHarrold 😊
@@florjanbrudar692 😊
But was it an abiding memory?
This channel is flat-out some of the best content on TH-cam and a damn travesty that it isn't on History Channel.
TV studio executives are notorious for their self centered belief that only they, in their infinite wisdom, have the ability to create and deploy programs to be broadcast; of course, because profits are of primary importance, closely followed by feeding their own egos by moving shows around on the schedule, always trying to one-up each other, often screwing up a successful show by pitting it against an even more successful one, and despite the former being excellent and able to profit greatly, all they care about is being #1, no matter how much else must be sacrificed. Today's history channel abandoned history, in pursuit of ratings and profits.
I agree, his content is well written and he speeks with calm passion.
History Channel has been AWOL for some time now. I expect it wouldn't recognize history if it fell on their heads. I quit watching when they started calling Aliens and Conspiracy theory History. Alex Jones & the History Channel what strange bed fellows.
Then we might be getting ancient alien history. TH-cam will eventually destroy most television channels. It's all reality show bullshit as it is.
I stopped watching the History Channel years ago when their content became unbearable. Independent content creators on YT have filled the void for me.
No great venture comes risk free. Thank you for reminding us of these brave men's sacrifice.
All safety measures are paid with the blood of the predecessors. RIP Soyuz 11...
Safety rules are written in blood.
@@biggusdingus7496 When we listen to (or not) safety presentations by cabin crews before a flight, we should remember that thousands have died to form our current pool of flight safety measures.
@@flagmichael I was thinking more like "keep all limbs inside of the ride at all times" or "do not step out of the reach truck wile it is still moving" but that works too. Now you've got me wondering.
I was about to condemn the Soviet space agency for being reckless with lives, but remembered the space shuttle program and thought better of it.
Both countries have overlooked major problems in the pursuit of space. The death of Victor Komarov is the worst example of such recklessness, his capsule going up with hundreds of known defects.
Let us not forget Grissom, White, and Chaffee who died in the Apollo One fire, in a poorly designed and built capsule.
@@edschools5580 and the two space shuttle disasters. NASA was completely responsible for the challenger disaster.
@@shackdaddy7106 Challenger should never have launched that day. But Columbia was damaged on takeoff, the only way to save her crew would've been sending up a rescue shuttle. It might not have been possible.
@@Jake-rs9nq Absolutely correct.
In 1967, another Russian cosmonaut, Vladimir Kamarov, died as he attempted to descend to Earth in Soyuz 1.
His death Was a failed parachute. That can happen with planes, too.
@@amadeusamwater But it was a fully expected failure. Every1 in the program knew, it would happen. The scientists said, they werent ready, and this would happen. Gagarin knew, this would happen, and tried as Kamarov's back-up to be moved up, thinking they wouldnt allow their "great hero" to be killed. Kamarov knew, this would happen, thats why he demanded an open casket ahead of time, so they would be forced to see, what they have caused.
That capsule should never have gone up, but it was ordered from the highest political places. So much more than "just" a failed parachute. This is all documented by witness accounts and written records.
@@dfuher968 Interesting to know that, but seems to be in line with Soviet thinking. Not sure how much they had left to put in the coffin, the capsule supposed to have hit the ground at 600MPH.
@@amadeusamwater The capsule in which he flew in was complete junk! From what I understand the preflight inspection uncovered many flaws and problems. He went up anyway because of he hadn't, Gregarin would have had to go.
Mr. Ballen has a photo of his remains at the end of an episode, where he talks about this incident.
Trial and error....Then learn. That's why history is so important and deserves to be remembered and not destroyed. Thank you!
Mike Collins, alone in orbit deserved a mention also.
In a lot of ways, what he did took more courage than Armstrong & Aldrin's remarkable achievement.
Man, he must have felt mighty lonely, always knowing he might even have to make the journey back to Earth by himself too... Takes a special kind of person to do that.
I was quite disappointed when THG forgot Michael Collins, whom I may remind passed away earlier this year.
Also interesting, and little known, about Mike Collins, but he and John Young received the highest radiation dosage of any astronauts on a space flight. It was on Gemini 10. Gemini 10 was boosted into high earth orbit by the Agena rocket, into the area of the Van Allen belts. Gemini 11 actually went higher up, setting a pre-Apollo 8 altitude record, but they came right back down into a lower orbit, while Gemini 10 was kept in high orbit overnight because, as Collins said, he and Young were "Guinea pigs", as the amount of time they spent there would be more than an Apollo spacecraft, passing through the beltson the way to the moon, would spend.. I guess since both Collins & Young lived very long lives afterwards, they didn't suffer permanent damage.
@@viennapalace - worth reading his book, “Carrying the Fire”. I think it’s by far the best of all the astronaut authored tomes.
I remember this tragedy, as well as the Apollo 1 fire. I think at the time we were told the Soviets died during reentry. The truth is even sadder. Thanks for this episode.
These brave men, along with all persons who have lost their lives in the pursuit of space, are the true pioneers and heroes of our age. tavi.
Not to mention the main engineer Korolev and the rest spent years in Stalin's prison. Here is your answer for space disasters and overlooked safety problems. Lives were cheap back then and not too expensive now.
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First, my father was around 3 years and 1 month old during Apollo 11. Second, I find it *most shocking* that my mother was 7 days old when these guys, the first and only humans, died in space. She never knew this either.
But I find it very disrespectful that someone would even dare to vandalize and destroy a monument dedicated to people who died outside of the world. I hope the vandals are being haunted by the crews' ghosts.
I think that if you deliberately destroy a monument or abandoned place, you're telling us that an event (based on a monument) never happened or the people who lived years ago deserve to be forgotten (yeah, sounds too cruel)
The courage that it must take to climb into a giant rocket that’s really a giant bomb and launch into space especially in the early days of humans even doing this. I can’t imagine the incredible strength you need to stay on task and reduce your fears. True heroes.
Thanks for this History Guy! These men were pioneers in the uncertain and often overlooked part of human space flight. R.I.P. Soyuz 11
Thank God for The History Guy
Amen.
THG covers such a broad spectrum and is always at the perfect balance between depth and brevity. Thank you for your work, and keeping up the history of these three heroes, which reserve to be remembered!
Like the Block 1 Apollo spacecraft (including Apollo 1), the early years of Soyuz were marred by tragedy, with Soyuz 1 ending the life of Cosmonaut Komarov in 1967. After the three cosmonauts were killed in 1971, redesign changes eventually turned Soyuz into the reliable workhorse it continues to be to this day.
There was a postal mailing stamp issued by Argentina?? for this mission,, showing the capsule door being opened and the 3 inside,,without suits. Very, very, rare.
Have a picture?
@@cathyheston3029 Starts at about 7:10>>th-cam.com/video/CyjvGGFC3zg/w-d-xo.html Looks like is was Republic of Guinea??.
Awesome video! Thanks!!!
There is never a video that does not expand my knowledge.
Don't you just love that? Learning something is still my greatest joy in life.
I've known cosmonauts, and of course, astronauts. I can tell you without any doubt, they are all the most remarkable men you could ever meet. I respect the cosmonauts especially, and all their fellows in the Soviet space business, because they did all of this in the most backwards country ever, while it was collapsing. That is a miracle. Men born in the last few decades will not fathom how hard this was to do with slide rules and no computers or calculators. We can barely do the same thing today, with machines doing most of our thinking for us.
People will never understand how hard it was to go to space the first time. How hard it was to drive a wagon to the west coast. How hard it was to fight Indians. How hard it was to drive a boat across the Atlantic the first time. How hard it was to leave the middle East and live in the snow country. How hard it was to leave Africa. How hard it was to be a mother at 16. How hard it was to be a child among cobras.
These are our parents, and we stand on their shoulders.
Plllllease. I went to space in a paper bag and jogging.
The most backward country?
Not quite.
I can well remember this news!
Bad and horrible as it was, another stark reminder of how dangerous this "New Frontier" of Space Exploration really was.
So incredibly sad.
May these "Heros" of the Soviet Union rest peacefully.
Even sadder is the historical fact that animals were sacrificed for space exploration.
@@Russia-bullies So....you value animal life over human life....
Was??
@@Russia-bullies even sadder? What is wrong with you?
Excellent HG ... There are many heroes "of the Soviet Union" that are heroes of all of humanity on this planet, and a lot more than we'll ever know about, rip brave explorers and condolences to their loved ones.
Poor guys. Definitly pioneers of space for all of mankind. They deserve a salute from all of us.
When exploring new frontiers progress is always erratic, great successes surrounded by a series of failures. Thanks for featuring these soviet heros.
I remember hearing about this and even as a child I was saddened. Soviet or not, these brave men were doing what I wanted to do. I'm glad We learned what caused this, and steps were taken to make sure it didn't happen again.
A book I’m currently reading is Outposts on the Frontier by Jay Chladek. It explores the various space stations humans have placed in orbit. There is a chapter discussing the Salyut and the loss of the three cosmonauts. Very well researched.
That is a good book
@@technologyinnovationandwar7583 I know the author. He’s part of my SF modeling group.
@@Cydonia2020 I know Jay as well. We met on the crawlerway at Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B, the night before launch of the Ares I-X rocket in 2009. His books on space models are fantastic.
Another Soviet space tragedy to cover is Soyuz 1. The Soyuz space capsule was discovered to have many flaws, so the mission was asked to be delayed. The Soviet Politburo would hear nothing of it, and forced the mission forward anyway. In an attempt to force the mission to be delayed, backup pilot Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space and Soviet national hero, attempted to force himself into the pilot’s seat. Pilot Vladimir Komarov willingly entered the capsule to spare Gagarin’s life, and it cost him his own. He was remembered on the “Fallen Astronaut” memorial left on the moon by Apollo 15.
Yeah, it sounds like Komarov and Gagarin knew the Soyuz 1 was simply not space worthy, with the race for the moon leading to poor quality control and a badly designed Soyuz spacecraft. Sadly both Soyuz 1 and Apollo 1 crews met similar fates. Both accidents led to massive modifications and eventually, high quality spacecraft. Unfortunately for the 3 cosmonauts in 1971, all the changes did not come soon enough.
Wow, i just found your channel and i am seriously impressed by your presentation and the ammount of information you are able to expertly explain. Thank you 👍
Thanks and welcome
A life with no risks is not much of a life.
As we are experiencing now....
I never felt more alive than when the enemies of our Great Nation were trying to kill me.
But gods never occurred to me.
Its one thing to engage in risky behaviour that will only pose a physical risk to the risk-taker; but another thing entirely to take a risk that can have terrible consequences for other ordinary people who are inadvertently and unwantedly exposed to physical danger from the risktaker. Like somebody who drives drunk, or drives double the speed limit on a busy city street. Or refusing to take commonsense steps to avoid spreading a highly communicable disease.
@@goodun2974 Societal responsibilities are essential indeed.
This was not risk. It was design fault.
I remember this, my Dad was an engineer in the Apollo program. He was concerned....I found out later he worked on some of the saftey systems. He had a pretty good idea of the most likley dangers of going to space. Good video, some old memories came flooding back.
Thanks for covering this topic. Nice bit of info about Apollo 15 factoring this into their procedures; if I already knew it I'd forgotten it!
I'm curious why someone gave a dislike 👎 to this video... 🤔
Thank you for that video. I was not aware of that story and it was a good history lesson!
Thank you history guy. This is the first time I've heard the entire occurrence of events. This is history that deserves to be told.
I'd love to see The History Guy do the story of the 1967 Soyuz 1 disaster that killed cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov. This was another example of the Soviet space program cutting corners to the point that lives were likely, and were, lost in flight. Even Yuri Gagarin tried to stop that launch knowing that whomever got in that first Soyuz capsule would not live to the end of the flight. I'd suggest careful thought as to whether to include the photo of Komarov's remains.
Great channel. Every episode is a joy to watch.
Thank you for remembering a tragic but important moment in history. Much appreciated episode. -Former Mission Control engineer (ISS PHALCON, 1999-2011).
This isn''t shown in documentaries and other space programs. Space Race series only mentions the accident where the Second Stage goes off and killed 91 scientists. What about looking closer at this accident?
My dad had all of the most beautiful stamps from this era. His Stamp Album was so awesome I spent hours (under supervision) looking and dreaming at those stamps. My mother just gave the albums away. I was so shocked! I never forgave her.
I had forgotten about this incident. The forst project I worked on was called MOL. It was for the Air Force but it turned into Sky Lab. All the work was done and paid for by the Air Force then the name was changed.
I listen to a lot of space shows and you. This is like a dream mix of the two. Thank you!
Can't believe im only today learning about this fateful mission.
Never too old to learn, i guess
Three cosmonauts have brought THG very close to ONE MILLION subscribers.
This was a tragic tale told with great respect. Thank you.
I had forgotten this piece of history, Thank You for the reminder! Excellent episode Professor! Keep up the Great work!
Great episode! Hope this means more Space history to come!
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Indeed! Lance is very articulate!
Many times I find myself listening to the History Guy as simply a radio program. I am 70 and listened to more radio than tv by far as a young person. We had only two decent tv channels when I was young p, and I was interested in only a couple programs, mostly historically based programming. This gentleman presents programming that is as good as any radio programs I listened to in my youth. Thank you.
Thanks for bringing these three heroes to our attention, and our remembrance.
What steve irwin is to zoology, Mr wizard is to science, bob ross is to painting, history guy is to history.
These men & all of the original explorers of space had a special kind of courage
Lance, you should be remembered for great history telling, have a good one and stay safe
No unnecessary frills is a good way to go. From my layman's perspective, fewer possibilities for technical failures.
High capacity microcircuitry also presents itself as an essential advance.
RIP all brave souls who have perished in this manner.
Thank you for this video History Guy
Very interesting. I pride myself as a "history buff" however....your wonderful videos prove that there is so much more to learn.
I had totally forgotten about this. Thanks for the reminder!
I guess that’s why we have so many redundant systems on space flight now the Soviets have always had issues with the little things and obviously this was one of them
These shorts are always so well done!
Thank you for this content! I was encouraged to look this up after a Hank Green short.
Always love your stories. Endlessly thankful for you and your staff. God Bless.
Thanks for sharing
You always have a knack for learning about History fun. Thank you!
Another excellent episode. Thanks THG. Looking forward to you hitting 1 million subs soon.
Thank you for sensitive presentation of the solemn event. Good vid. Keep it up.
Great show. Outstanding personality.
As always, very well done. Learn something new every time I watch one of his shows.
True heroes for the advancement of technology and this channel is remarkably easy to listen to as well
A most excellent telling of the tragedy. Thank you HG.
Thank you, History Guy, for a thoughtful and informative video on the 'first deaths in space'. Well researched and presented.
Excellent video. Thank you
Great story with awesome narration. Also early congratulations on 1M subs.
Thank you History Guy!
Thank you, History Guy, for covering the story of these pioneering cosmonauts. I'm always excited when I see you've got a new video about space history, or the history of the Soviet Union, so this video ticked multiple boxes for me!
Thank you for the lesson and the story of great men involved.
Wow, one of the few places I found this full story. Thanks for sharing!
thank you for all the great subjects
Here in Indiana Spencer State Park has a wonderful permanent display of US space travel. Of course Gus Grissom attended Purdue University and graduated with an engineering degree in 1950. Gotta say this, all hail to old Purdue. Completely unpaid advert for one of the best state schools in the US! And of course, RIP to these cosmonauts. Sad and scary story. Thank you THG.
Must make a correction. The state park I mentioned is not Spencer, it is McCormick Creek SP. it is very near Spencer IN.
Love your channel!!!
In the history of all humanity, every human has died within Earth's atmosphere - except these 3 men.
Great vlog as always! I see you only have 5k left to pass 1mill. subscribers. Is it a platinum award? Good job. Looking forward to more!
so close to 1 million subscribers, I remember when you had like 200k. excellent work as always.
difference..aside .common goals.
.you the man...writer.
.very much a Paul Harvey vibe..
Excellent as always.
Nice episode, spacetravel is always inspiring :)
Great work
I remember when this happened. For those of us who followed the space it was a shocking and sad moment.
So very well done!
Dad spent decades on Unmanned and manned Space flight. The good old days....
As always, a fantastic video
Another great upload
Nice job as always
A very interesting and respectful video.
Sad Situation and very well explained of the events. TY.
Other people when they are young had nightmares about scary movie characters and other stuff. When I was young I had nightmares about this.
Thank you for again sharing a bit of forgotten history. I was kinda obsessed with space for a time as a kid, but if course only had info from the American perspective as we were still in the cold war.
A great presentation of an important and tragic event.
Great story as always. Thank you from this regular guy from South Dakota