That was a hell of an achievement for 1971, going in blind and managing to get the lander down safely. What happened then was just lousy luck on the timing.
Only people on the fringes still thought there were canals on Mars before any flybys or landings in the 60s. In the early 1900s better telescopes had shown the canals not to be so visually and spectroscopy had shown that there simply wasn't enough water there.
Can we just relish the fact, that USSR/CCCP managed to - more or less blindly - land a vehicle on mars at 2nd attempt, setting the template for all future landings? Well-produced and well-told, thanks for the good work! Ending was a bit abrupt, though! :) Would have liked to know more about why the failure etc, since the archives were scrounged when the Soviet Republic collapsed....
History is written by the victors and both of these countries are known for their disinformation. Hard to believe they landed on mars and decided NOT to say anything
It shows how competition entoxicates the science and all the other stuff. No sharing of informations and no really help. The US gov tried as well for the space progam the socialistic model of a public project in science and production. Companies were included like in a public, sharing of everything process and the rescources were used after they were available, not after the crazy artificial cost. Of course the german scientists like v Braun were extremely useful, or lets say decisive(He had his success as well in a public national cooperative-supportive system before). The SU had accidential tried once in their progam two a bit competing scientists projects, that shared not so much(information and rare stuff). So they were slower and less efficient like normal capitalistic big companies.
@@tomsterbg8130 Thanks for that. We can expect flawless performances. Dronescapes was saying something very similar about traditional test pilots and the modern methods
"our closest planetary neighbor." Incorrect. At :55 seconds in. Venus is our closest planetary neighbor. The USSR also landed a probe on the surface of Venus. Further, you could make a case that 'on average' Mecury is closer to the Earth than Mars.
@@KailamiMwiinga "friend zoned" Spot on. And for some good reasons. Venus surface,,, the bottom of an acid based atmosphere at a temp that can melt lead and zinc, where as Mars with a pressure suit, you can walk around, 24 hour day, an atmosphere , very, very thin,, but CO2 and water vapour. Sooooo, you could say,, 'closer to Earth',, and mean surface conditions.
Thank you for using all correct international units (i.e., km) without apology (miles in parentheses). You are one of the few UA-cam science communicators willing to take this bold step. I salute you!
I'm 59 and grew up during the US-Soviet space race. Of note is that the US/NASA always covered its space launches and missions live on TV while the Soviet missions were always a secret until/unless they were successful. If successful, the world would hear about it in the news after the fact. During the space shuttle years, the US/NASA did have numerous missions that were entirely for the Department of Defense. We knew from the news that these missions occurred, but there were no details as to the specifics of those missions. Even to this day, I don't believe that much is known to the public about those NASA/DOD missions.
Surprise, surprise, NASA did not reveal what they did on their military missions... 😂 Of course not, and maybe a lot of this stuff is still classified even today, for good reasons.
@@stscc01 I have no problem with the NASA/DOD missions being classified. The general public does not need to know any details of those missions. In 50, 75, or 100 years, we may learn the details of those missions, usually after all of the main people involved have died. For at least a couple of decades now, NASA/DOD (initially) and now (apparently) the US Space Force have been operating secret flights of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. This is a vehicle that looks like a mini space shuttle, is unmanned, and is entirely remotely controlled. Google it to see photos. This spacecraft remains in space for often 1-2 years at a time. Then it returns and then goes on another mission. There has never been (to my knowledge) any credible information about the purpose of details of those missions.... only guesses.
You’re gawdamn right. The irony is that we have learned much about the Soviets space missions after the Cold War.. and still know little about ours. The Burans, the Soyuz, the RD-18-.. “built with pride in the US!”, lol
@@MrMoon-te5xw Немецкие ученые в СССР плохо приживались, потому он начал постепенно отставать от США. А после 1990 года последние могикане из немцев из РФ уехали и тут у нас все встало!.. ))
@@MrMoon-te5xw you wrote complete nonsense. German scientists left the USSR even before the launch of the first satellite. and for that matter, these scientists did not make much of a contribution to the Soviet missile program, unlike the US
Only liberal pha660ts try to shame America. A Nazi masterminded the US Space Program. They say the visionary of Tesla and SpaceX is racist. Yet they have no problem buying a Volkswagen, the people’s car envisioned by Adolph Hitler.
Regarding 13:20: Olympus Mons is in fact NOT the tallest mountain in the solar system. It is the tallest volcano, but the tallest mountain is actually Rheasilvia on the protoplanet Vesta, which is about 0.6 kilometers taller than Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is 21.9km, whereas Rheasilvia is 22.5km. Rheasilvia is also technically a central crater peak, which means it is measured from the bottom of the crater floor, but since Rheasilvia covers 95% of Vesta's mean diameter, it's hard to decide whether or not it really counts.
I would still count this as a first landing. Just not the most productive one. And the method the rover used to move is actually pretty good for some really sandy environments. More traction than wheels and less complex than tracks.
The Russians have established a base on Titan, one of Jupiter's moons. It has running water, restaurants, & exuberant dance halls. I had a super vacation there last year.
@@thatguyoverthere8355 , "needless", or worthless: "...Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them. But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, 'Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?' "Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.'” You seem in perfect sympathy with Christ!
Over eight trillion dollars has been spent on lost or unwinnable wars in recent two decades. Imagine all the science that could have been done with that sort of budget. The (admittedly somewhat tragic) fact that even the first "space race" and the moon landings would nver have happened if it wasn't for the ARMS RACE.
What makes USSR space program so special is that it's accomplished by a country generally poor, which suffered almost 30 000 000 human losses during the war, and used to be outdated in technology by far than Europe since the previous centuries. Imagine all these peasants, most of them slaves, suddenly knowledgable about space and physics. I think the Humanity doesn't know such a fast rise.
That's cool. Pretty shady that we didn't tell them about the storm though. If wasn't for that history would've been a little different in the mars domain
I kinda feel bad for the scientists. Not only were they so close to greatness, but the massive achievement they actually achieved was hidden just because it wasn't good enough
USSR: "We've managed so be first at so many space exploration stuff during the space race." USA: "Yeah, those don't count. The Moon landing is the only thing that matters lmao."
Think about how much humanity would have accomplished if the USA and the Soviet Union worked together in space even now we could do so much more if we just tried to work together on something.
Honestly, Soviets could have probably could have done more in space, with basically infinite money I think (because the Soviet Ruble wasn't that real) theoretically they could accomplish way more.
Too bad for the scientific community that russias probe failed after it landed. The data that it could’ve provided would’ve been invaluable for future missios
Imagine being a Martian (marsian) hiding from the deadly sun rays in your cave All your friends and family call you crazy for thinking aliens are real Then a weird looking spaceship crashes into your planet
@@IvanPlayStation4LiFecan't colonize Mars either. Just SciFi. In 50 years since manned flight to the Moon...we still have no colony because it is likely impossible to sustain humans on for longer than a few weeks. Thats even without an atmosphere...that is easier than hostile and corrosive atmospheres. Powerpoint animations are cool, but they aren't real
@@STho205 who said you need to sustain human life to colonize Moon could be an automated industrial colony,most human presence will be for tourism and a few administration, Mars ...I don't think is that good for industry since everything there is also here and atmosphere,it will be mostly tourists
If Communism ideology didn't take itself so seriously, the USSR would have embraced their "failures" and celebrated these "imperfect" accomplishments. What a waste of talent and knowledge!
Dr James Lovelock determined in about 1961 there was no life on Mars based on his analysis of the atmosphere of Mars. He was fired from the nascent Viking program after this.
A few years ago i sended my microwaves to the Sun to find traces of water , some problems with the solar panels because it arrived at night but everything is working good now
The Soviets had the lead in powerful rockets because they needed those rockets to carry the massive (at that time) hydrogen bombs since they lacked long-distance fast bombers. U.S. foolishly thought it didn’t need rockets since it had jet-powered bombers. Von Braun to the rescue.
If you could have kept out the glib comments about how the USSR's first attempt at landing on Mars failed because the lander only transmitted once and went dead and focus on the fact that they did it first that may have helped keep this video on the objective and scientific side.
According to the statements of our friend John Lear we went to the Moon in 1962 and to Mars in 1966 so could the Apollo 18, 19 and 20 missions that were hidden from the public be missions to Mars?
Just picture being as sophisticated as the USSR in it's prime, but thinking it's still not good enough to own your shortcomings. This attempt to be perceived as superhuman cost them the valuable lessons of owning their mistakes and learning from them. Power through respect outlives power through fear.
nothing sophisticated about USSR in its prime. A dirty industrial hole with low living standards and some north korean style focus on military technology at the cost of anyones wellbeing involved.
The "space race" is always presented as having being about landing a man on the moon. That's because if it were presented in any other way, the Soviets would have won. First object in space, first man in space, first woman in space, first object around the moon, first object on the moon, etc..
USSR won the space race by being first in space. USA won the Moon race by being first on the Moon. I can say for example USA did not won the space race because they did not land on Alfa Centauri.
The Russians wanted us to think that they had crashed on Mars even though they didn’t most did land safely well before America did they have also mapped it looking for. Alien tech same as the moon and Venus that’s why so many missions went to all three bodies
The Russian products demonstrate that it has highly qualified and innovative research and development activists. At times when one hears of USA as Americans distorts the fact that such nomenclature supposed to cover North and south America.
Ohh, I guess this means that we must be sharing space on Devon Island with the Russians so that they can also provide their people with beautiful footage of their exploits on "Mars".
Sounds more like a russian author sci fi story, intended as a hello to the moon mission, but their cinematography wasn't up to spec so they kept it to themselves
That was a hell of an achievement for 1971, going in blind and managing to get the lander down safely.
What happened then was just lousy luck on the timing.
I do allways get the lotto numbers righ, but my timing is still way out.
You are a victim of Soviet propaganda. Apparently there are a lot of you. I suspect you are also a victim of socialist American teachers.
did you know they went to Venus too insane what they did sure their country was crapy but the stuff they did was impressive
Thank you for not playing obnoxious dramatic LOUD music in your videos... We can actually understand your narrator... Thank you!
Agreed..
Yes. Agreed
Except for the incessant frog croaking in his voice for affectation! DRIVING ME NUTS!
Only people on the fringes still thought there were canals on Mars before any flybys or landings in the 60s. In the early 1900s better telescopes had shown the canals not to be so visually and spectroscopy had shown that there simply wasn't enough water there.
Arthur C Clarke did a nice debunking of them in a docu in the 80s.
Can we just relish the fact, that USSR/CCCP managed to - more or less blindly - land a vehicle on mars at 2nd attempt, setting the template for all future landings?
Well-produced and well-told, thanks for the good work! Ending was a bit abrupt, though! :) Would have liked to know more about why the failure etc, since the archives were scrounged when the Soviet Republic collapsed....
History is written by the victors
and both of these countries are known for their disinformation.
Hard to believe they landed on mars and decided NOT to say anything
We watched the video…
Yes I agree. Congratulations America copying Russia and taking all the credit bravo
You must be russian loll
It shows how competition entoxicates the science and all the other stuff. No sharing of informations and no really help.
The US gov tried as well for the space progam the socialistic model of a public project in science and production. Companies were included like in a public, sharing of everything process and the rescources were used after they were available, not after the crazy artificial cost.
Of course the german scientists like v Braun were extremely useful, or lets say decisive(He had his success as well in a public national cooperative-supportive system before).
The SU had accidential tried once in their progam two a bit competing scientists projects, that shared not so much(information and rare stuff). So they were slower and less efficient like normal capitalistic big companies.
That walking robot was pretty genius.
ahead of its time
They do that for massive mining machinery because wheels wouldn't support it enough
@@rillumaexcept it didn’t work lol
It's really cool to be able say that in 1971 humanity invented Mars walkers!
Imagine being the Russian guy probably running on 3 hours of sleep and mistyping “150” instead of “1.5” lmao
"Gulag for you!"
@@raedwulf61 How does SpaceX handle such lapses. Presumably the have them regularly. People DO make mistakes ...
@@causewaykayak technology advanced a lot, you can now have simulated tests to ensure the program works as expected
@@tomsterbg8130 Thanks for that. We can expect flawless performances. Dronescapes was saying something very similar about traditional test pilots and the modern methods
@@causewaykayak Ask Musk.
“Our closest planetary neighbor” Venus: am I a joke to you?
Mercury: Am I a joke to *you?*
Thanks, you saved me the comment
Wow I didn't know mercury is closer to us than Mars
@@nathanielbyrne1132most of the time the closest planet to Earth is Mercury. Only when planets are aligned in their orbit is Venus or Mars closer
The joys of orbital dynamics. 😊
It was so secret that it was in Newspapers all over the world
Shusssss
Yep
Correct. But in Joe Biden’s America, it would have been suppressed.
just because it wasnt a secret back then, doesnt mean it cant be kept secret in current times.
@@ghost91698 Really, how do you figure that
"our closest planetary neighbor." Incorrect. At :55 seconds in. Venus is our closest planetary neighbor. The USSR also landed a probe on the surface of Venus. Further, you could make a case that 'on average' Mecury is closer to the Earth than Mars.
Correction : they landed more than "a probe", they landed about 10 of them, some of which succeeded in beaming back footage.
Mars has really got friend zoned by Earth a long time ago
@@KailamiMwiinga "friend zoned" Spot on. And for some good reasons. Venus surface,,, the bottom of an acid based atmosphere at a temp that can melt lead and zinc, where as Mars with a pressure suit, you can walk around, 24 hour day, an atmosphere , very, very thin,, but CO2 and water vapour. Sooooo, you could say,, 'closer to Earth',, and mean surface conditions.
Thank you for using all correct international units (i.e., km) without apology (miles in parentheses). You are one of the few UA-cam science communicators willing to take this bold step. I salute you!
WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETER 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲
I'm 59 and grew up during the US-Soviet space race. Of note is that the US/NASA always covered its space launches and missions live on TV while the Soviet missions were always a secret until/unless they were successful. If successful, the world would hear about it in the news after the fact. During the space shuttle years, the US/NASA did have numerous missions that were entirely for the Department of Defense. We knew from the news that these missions occurred, but there were no details as to the specifics of those missions. Even to this day, I don't believe that much is known to the public about those NASA/DOD missions.
Surprise, surprise, NASA did not reveal what they did on their military missions... 😂
Of course not, and maybe a lot of this stuff is still classified even today, for good reasons.
@@stscc01 I have no problem with the NASA/DOD missions being classified. The general public does not need to know any details of those missions. In 50, 75, or 100 years, we may learn the details of those missions, usually after all of the main people involved have died.
For at least a couple of decades now, NASA/DOD (initially) and now (apparently) the US Space Force have been operating secret flights of the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle. This is a vehicle that looks like a mini space shuttle, is unmanned, and is entirely remotely controlled. Google it to see photos. This spacecraft remains in space for often 1-2 years at a time. Then it returns and then goes on another mission. There has never been (to my knowledge) any credible information about the purpose of details of those missions.... only guesses.
You’re gawdamn right. The irony is that we have learned much about the Soviets space missions after the Cold War.. and still know little about ours. The Burans, the Soyuz, the RD-18-.. “built with pride in the US!”, lol
It is a myth that the scientific community before the American and Soviet space programs did not know that Mars was cold and Venus was warm.
Thermostat don't lie.
Nice production, as always, appreciated.
All theses soviet space secrets are fascinating
As an American I feel like we owe a slight nod to Germany. But neither of us want to talk about that era.
The space race between USSR and American was basically our German scientists vs your German scientists
@@MrMoon-te5xw Немецкие ученые в СССР плохо приживались, потому он начал постепенно отставать от США. А после 1990 года последние могикане из немцев из РФ уехали и тут у нас все встало!.. ))
Well German WW2 rocket engineers credited Robert Goddard and several 1930s British rocket engineers...all of whom published their results.
@@MrMoon-te5xw you wrote complete nonsense. German scientists left the USSR even before the launch of the first satellite. and for that matter, these scientists did not make much of a contribution to the Soviet missile program, unlike the US
Only liberal pha660ts try to shame America. A Nazi masterminded the US Space Program. They say the visionary of Tesla and SpaceX is racist.
Yet they have no problem buying a Volkswagen, the people’s car envisioned by Adolph Hitler.
Fascinating! Next time I go home to Mars, I will have to go see this lander.
Invite me
you may not find much more than some debris... to call that a landing is somewhat ridiculous.
Great report! Thanks!
The mini walker haha i love it.
Wonderful video ! I love it so much . Happy week to you !
Regarding 13:20: Olympus Mons is in fact NOT the tallest mountain in the solar system. It is the tallest volcano, but the tallest mountain is actually Rheasilvia on the protoplanet Vesta, which is about 0.6 kilometers taller than Olympus Mons. Olympus Mons is 21.9km, whereas Rheasilvia is 22.5km. Rheasilvia is also technically a central crater peak, which means it is measured from the bottom of the crater floor, but since Rheasilvia covers 95% of Vesta's mean diameter, it's hard to decide whether or not it really counts.
Your creativity knows no bounds; each video is a masterpiece.
I would still count this as a first landing. Just not the most productive one. And the method the rover used to move is actually pretty good for some really sandy environments. More traction than wheels and less complex than tracks.
The Russians have established a base on Titan, one of Jupiter's moons. It has running water, restaurants, & exuberant dance halls. I had a super vacation there last year.
this is true
"Everyone's a comedian" (c) Mark Watney
Thank you. Great information about early landings on Mars. Subscribed!
Imagine what we could do if we didn't focus so much on war.
"...we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells." This prospect bodes well for future cooperation...
And needless religions
@@thatguyoverthere8355 , "needless", or worthless: "...Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them. But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, 'Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?'
"Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.'”
You seem in perfect sympathy with Christ!
Over eight trillion dollars has been spent on lost or unwinnable wars in recent two decades. Imagine all the science that could have been done with that sort of budget. The (admittedly somewhat tragic) fact that even the first "space race" and the moon landings would nver have happened if it wasn't for the ARMS RACE.
Yeah. Just ask the British. We focused on war so they could give themselves free health care.
thank you for inspiring and educating with such passion!
What makes USSR space program so special is that it's accomplished by a country generally poor, which suffered almost 30 000 000 human losses during the war, and used to be outdated in technology by far than Europe since the previous centuries. Imagine all these peasants, most of them slaves, suddenly knowledgable about space and physics. I think the Humanity doesn't know such a fast rise.
It’s cause they siphoned all their money from the backs of the Soviet slave labor… same thing that China is doing
That "poor" country was richer than any other country but USA...
That's cool. Pretty shady that we didn't tell them about the storm though. If wasn't for that history would've been a little different in the mars domain
basically a very cool sciencey rock
I live and learn. First I've heard of the Russian landings on Mars.
В русском языке есть пословица: Век живи -- век учись!
Thank you for this interesting history
70 years ago or 1970? 70 years ago would be 1954 and Sputnik wasn't launched until 1957.
Or so you thought..
Thank you for such an interesting and revealing piece. 🤝
I kinda feel bad for the scientists. Not only were they so close to greatness, but the massive achievement they actually achieved was hidden just because it wasn't good enough
In all but American English, the pronunciation of “Moscow” is “Moss-koh”
Nobody cares
@@NocturnalNews Non-americans do :)
@@NocturnalNews I mean, you're wrong, but at least you're confident in your wrongness!
There's a book titled, "Is There a Cow in Moscow?" addressing this.
@@raedwulf61 No, but there is a lot of bull.
This was super cool to share ty 🙏
Legend has it, Yuri still lives in the caves of Mars, they sent a fellow comrade inside that thing.
I like this, decent narration. all great information. thank you
I don't call it a failure- I call it a beginning
Your videos NEVER disappoint sir 💪🏼💪🏼
USSR: "We've managed so be first at so many space exploration stuff during the space race."
USA: "Yeah, those don't count. The Moon landing is the only thing that matters lmao."
Yeah, we had much better luck with Venus.
Brilliant...many thanks! 👏
Never new they landed on Mars.
Think about how much humanity would have accomplished if the USA and the Soviet Union worked together in space even now we could do so much more if we just tried to work together on something.
Learn something new all the time. The space race is on and cooking!
Our closest planetary neighbor ? Edit that off dude !
Honestly, Soviets could have probably could have done more in space, with basically infinite money I think (because the Soviet Ruble wasn't that real) theoretically they could accomplish way more.
Thank you, Kamala Harris speechwriter.
@@Atomwaffen-y3s Did you just call me some kind of propagandist? This is just a thought I have had for quite some time about the Soviets and space.
The fact that NASA found the parachute, lander, and heat shield is an example of our technological advancements.
Amazing content! Keep up the good work!
We need a building platform on the moon first, would speed up the whole process, even the landing and starting of space crafts!
The photo shown was from the US Viking Lander 1. It was a wildly successful mission, unlike the Russian ones.
Too bad for the scientific community that russias probe failed after it landed. The data that it could’ve provided would’ve been invaluable for future missios
Very cool!
There are a lot of Russian accomplishments that are little known in today's world of aerospace.
There are 0 russian accomplishments. Ussr was a lot of countries combined.
@@YuriiHonta Fair point.
You should have talked about the soviet probes, phobos i think were their names 1 and 2. Strange what happened, very strange
Not really. Both probes were botched on their way by either flight controller human error or design mistakes.
Seems like it's missing a lot of info at the end. It's there a part 2?
Venus is closer than mars
Mercury is closer than both
@@MattNolanCustom Mercury's average position is closer to Earth's, but Venus' orbit takes it the closest to Earths.
@@screally1152 I know
Yeah but what have the Venetians ever done for us?!.. Fuck em... 😅
@@Team-fabulous well there are the blinds and the glassware...
How did we do any of this?! This is awesome! Im always blown away
Imagine being a Martian (marsian) hiding from the deadly sun rays in your cave
All your friends and family call you crazy for thinking aliens are real
Then a weird looking spaceship crashes into your planet
Yeah, that would whip up a storm for sure ! 😁
Our closest planetary neighbor is Venus, not Mars.
He means that we can colonize
@@IvanPlayStation4LiFeyou can also colonize Venus tho
Closest orbit, but on average Mercury is closer by straight line.
@@IvanPlayStation4LiFecan't colonize Mars either. Just SciFi.
In 50 years since manned flight to the Moon...we still have no colony because it is likely impossible to sustain humans on for longer than a few weeks. Thats even without an atmosphere...that is easier than hostile and corrosive atmospheres.
Powerpoint animations are cool, but they aren't real
@@STho205 who said you need to sustain human life to colonize
Moon could be an automated industrial colony,most human presence will be for tourism and a few administration,
Mars ...I don't think is that good for industry since everything there is also here and atmosphere,it will be mostly tourists
before any mission 100% preparation must be done and test must be carried out for any mistakes
Elon Musk disagrees
Yet neither the Ski’s or the Jone’s could find any trace of intelligent life, so they had to look on other planets.
11:23 at least they took photo in the electrostatic surface.
It's crazy we found the mars 3 lander on It's own on an entire planet.
No. It isn’t.
@@Atomwaffen-y3s why do you say that?
The soviet space program sounds like a Pee Wee Herman line: I meant to do that.
Wow! I didn't know that Russia went to Mars? I learn something new everyday.
If Communism ideology didn't take itself so seriously, the USSR would have embraced their "failures" and celebrated these "imperfect" accomplishments.
What a waste of talent and knowledge!
Mars is more likely to have rivers of liquid carbon dioxide, rather than water. The average temp is -75°F.
The canals were a mistaken translation of the word channels.
Dr James Lovelock determined in about 1961 there was no life on Mars based on his analysis of the atmosphere of Mars. He was fired from the nascent Viking program after this.
A few years ago i sended my microwaves to the Sun to find traces of water , some problems with the solar panels because it arrived at night but everything is working good now
NASA ; doesnt release weather forecast
"In space exploration, this is considered as a dick move"
The Soviets had the lead in powerful rockets because they needed those rockets to carry the massive (at that time) hydrogen bombs since they lacked long-distance fast bombers. U.S. foolishly thought it didn’t need rockets since it had jet-powered bombers. Von Braun to the rescue.
Hummm, Electrostatic you say...
If you could have kept out the glib comments about how the USSR's first attempt at landing on Mars failed because the lander only transmitted once and went dead and focus on the fact that they did it first that may have helped keep this video on the objective and scientific side.
Cold war rivalries aside it's a pity these probes were not successful especially with the small rover
According to the statements of our friend John Lear we went to the Moon in 1962 and to Mars in 1966 so could the Apollo 18, 19 and 20 missions that were hidden from the public be missions to Mars?
Very interesting and informative video. Thank you!
Just picture being as sophisticated as the USSR in it's prime, but thinking it's still not good enough to own your shortcomings. This attempt to be perceived as superhuman cost them the valuable lessons of owning their mistakes and learning from them. Power through respect outlives power through fear.
nothing sophisticated about USSR in its prime. A dirty industrial hole with low living standards and some north korean style focus on military technology at the cost of anyones wellbeing involved.
Is that story real!?! I NEVER heared of that before!!! O______o
It would be cool to send a rover to find and photograph the wreckage.
So Mars is RED after all
who thought different?
Si y el sol verdoso visto desde fuera de la atmósfera...
Марс не красный, а ржавый... ))
The "space race" is always presented as having being about landing a man on the moon. That's because if it were presented in any other way, the Soviets would have won. First object in space, first man in space, first woman in space, first object around the moon, first object on the moon, etc..
What secret landing? "Orange" - landing module, was a popular topic of children in painting lessons.
Nice... planet wide dust storms... and we still thinking about a colony...
Awesome!
Amazing story
Very interesting 🎉
📍10:04
USSR won the space race by being first in space. USA won the Moon race by being first on the Moon. I can say for example USA did not won the space race because they did not land on Alfa Centauri.
The Russians wanted us to think that they had crashed on Mars even though they didn’t most did land safely well before America did they have also mapped it looking for. Alien tech same as the moon and Venus that’s why so many missions went to all three bodies
The Russian products demonstrate that it has highly qualified and innovative research and development activists. At times when one hears of USA as Americans distorts the fact that such nomenclature supposed to cover North and south America.
IMAGINE what we could do if all countries worked together to explore space and the planets.
The United Federation of Planet Earth
The camera man remains undefeated.
Im sure Borat's father was behind the brilliant idea of making the self walking robo box, we all have those in kindergarden in Kazakhstan 🇰🇿 ❤
The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know. Thanx 4 this!
Ohh, I guess this means that we must be sharing space on Devon Island with the Russians so that they can also provide their people with beautiful footage of their exploits on "Mars".
Sounds more like a russian author sci fi story, intended as a hello to the moon mission, but their cinematography wasn't up to spec so they kept it to themselves
old school engineering always works , always
If its a secret how do you know