Today I Found Out

To Boldly Go Where No Dog Has Gone Before (2018x4)

Udgivelsesdato: Jan 04, 2018

If you happen to like our videos and have a few bucks to spare to support our efforts, check out our Pat→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut How the Himalayas Formed https://youtu.be/GfxjSU57fAk?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF How the Moon was Formed https://youtu.be/MPmqxlFdw-8?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: The first Earthlings sent into space were brave, calm under pressure, and heroic. They were also not human and many of them were furry. Yes, before Apollo 13, Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Yuri Gagarin, humans sent fruit flies, monkeys, and dogs into space to determine if living beings could survive the trip. These tests helped prove that, given a certain amount of precautions and protections, humans could endure space flight. Here is the little told story of these mostly cute and cuddly astronauts. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2015/02/space-race-dogs-monkeys-fruit-flies/ Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_dogs https://books.google.com/books?id=Sv_plWzWdeoC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=Anatoli+Blagonravov+Tsygan&source=bl&ots=37xH03RjgI&sig=qKoY01xnCUTVaZzn7kn1afbxylM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=DAfQVMPCFs7YggSLu4SYDQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Anatoli%20Blagonravov%20Tsygan&f=false http://archive.rubicon-foundation.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/9288 http://www.rocketcityspacepioneers.com/space/first-animals-in-space http://history.nasa.gov/afspbio/part1.htm http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104578202 http://www.space.com/17764-laika-first-animals-in-space.html https://books.google.com/books?id=W7oRuOZbb8IC&pg=PA313&dq=Asif+Siddiqi,+Sputnik+and+the+Soviet+Space+Challenge,+University+Press+of+Florida,+2003&hl=en&sa=X&ei=au_PVO_KDKaIsQTg7oJI&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v