How a Cosmonaut Got Stuck in Space Because The Soviet Union Collapsed
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Imagine being selected by your country to go up into space and oversee the largest man-made object floating above the Earth, only to discover that while you were up in space, your country collapsed and no longer exists! Check out today's insane true story about a Soviet Union astronaut that got stranded in space with no one to bring him home!
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I heard about this story a while back. In a way, he was the last citizen of the USSR.
They literally say “he is the last Soviet citizen alive” at :30 so yeah.
@@GtheKatz 😂🤣😂🤣
And he is still alive! (63 years old)
Infographics: "How a Cosmonaut Got Stuck In Space"
Also Infographics: "But first, a full breakdown of how and when the Soviet Union Collapsed"
They already made a video like that, so I guess it’s just a refresher
it's context, USSR cosmonaut was in space when USSR die, how did USSR die while cosmonaut in space? infographics told u.
@@netwthr Well I didn’t watch the whole video
@@phoemix7043 well no one asked if you did
@@someguy1688 I specified that since someone would probably assume I watched the whole video
When he was rescued he comes back to his homeland to see Cosmonaut Space Suits for sale on QVC. sad..
If they were on QVC my grandma probably had a couple.
That's funny, I was just talking about QVC earlier today.
I once read, about thirty years ago, that the U.S always had a space shuttle ready to go and rescue anyone in space. I don’t know about the validity of this, but it’s nice to know that, maybe, if you’re stuck like this person was, help might be on the way. I’m glad he made it with help from a space shuttle crew.
it couldn't "rescue anyone in space" but they did have a "Launch On Need" (LON) shuttle that could rescue the crew of a shuttle that couldn't return to earth due to damage. This was following the loss of Space Shuttle Columbia. which burned up on re-entry. If damage to the thermal protection system was found to be beyond repair, a (LON) shuttle could be sent as a rescue mission.
The video is inaccurate, to say the least. Krikalyov stay in Mir with Volkov, TM-13 commander. He was supposed to stay rather than stranded as portrayed here (and popularized by US propaganda at the time). TM-13 was replaced by TM-14 as part of Columbus program (precursor to ISS, initiated by ESA) on March 1992 and both of them returned home safely.
There's no space shuttle involvement in this particular event. Although he later appointed as 1st cosmonaut to take part in joint USSR-US mission aboard the space shuttle in 1994, and also part of the initial crew that assemble the ISS modules in 1998.
For context: as an appeasement to secure access to Baikonur in case of USSR dissolution, Aubakirov-1st Kazakh cosmonaut-is assigned as his "replacement" in place of Kaleri, a Latvian veteran cosmonaut (Kaleri would fly later mission, TM-14). Aubakirov is specifically chosen for political purpose, his lack of experience means that he would be disqualified for long term maintenance stay. Ensuring that the only remaining personnel onboard are Russians.
@@bepamungkas I agree, I think they wanted to make it sound more dramatic than it really was. I don't think it was propaganda as much as wanting an interesting headline. He always had a county to come back to, it's just that they couldn't bring him back until some issues were taken care of.
I had no idea this even happened. Every reason why I love your channel and watch daily. This is so sad man...
Russia was in a real mess space-wise in 1991, and even now their space program's having funding issues and technology development has in many ways slowed to a crawl (they have plans for some Mars rover attempt and have built a couple new modules for the space station, but stuff like bigger rockets and other new tech just keep getting delayed). At the current rate, China is going to fly past them in the next several years.
@@thunderbird1921 At the current rate China will die of air pollution or freeze this winter if they do not build more coal fired power plants.
Space is the last thing on their mind.
@@Crashed131963 is it the last thing on their mind? They’ve made leaps and bounds the last few year’s. I mean they recently landed a rover on the far side of the moon, and are the second country to land a rover on Mars.
I cant imagine what went through his mind knowing he wasn’t coming back down.
but he did
Likely know this would of happened
"Hopefully mom doesn't find those books under my bed"
He did know he was though. He had a soyuz capsule to come back to earth in if the station failed while he was up there.
You have 69 likes so I will not ruin it, here’s my like 👍🏽
School only teaches us how the Soviets fought in ww2 but this channel teaches me even more than my history teacher
Why did your maths teacher teach you about soviets in ww2😂
@@ryval655 cause he *can'nt*
@@ryval655 That explains why Russia's GDP is below Brazil and Canada.
The History teachers teach math.
Really? Not even the Cold War?
You’re Dutch right?
Still nothing compared to Polish history classes. Pretty much anything related to Soviet Union is limited to the September campaign, Katyń massacre, gulags, purges of AK fighters, and cold war-era troubles within satellite countries
He went to space as a Soviet and returned as a Russian
Edit:DONT LOOK IN THE REPLIES I BEG YOU
*Plays Soviet Russian Anthem*
@@summertriangle4745 wow so creative and funny, you've got the whole squad laughing 😐
@@taylor9468 bro liked his own comment
@@taylor9468
I know right lol!
..wait you meant that as a joke?
@@yshuaninja2433 bro dont act like you dont do it too lol. But yea 😃
I wish he was my teacher he would make anything interesting!
Naaah. You’ll probably fall asleep without the video
@@dubstep101angu for real! Lol unless you were being homeschooled and he showed his classes in this point of view lol I can just picture a animated version of him sitting at a desk talking to you personally lol
@@mrjamesmonkey could you explain me his comment
I don't understand
@@theglaze8927 whats in need of explaining?
BRO SAME
Wow, that was very tough for the astronauts during that time.
Exactly my thought
*Cosmonauts
*Cosmonaut
Wow I could’ve never guessed!!!!!!!!1!1!1
Gorbachev is such a hard and serious man, he wears his suit even in bed
😂 🤣 😂 🤦♂️
I wonder how was his mental state after. Being up there for that long. With little communication with people aside that radio. Today astronaut has the internet. The guy must have felt some extrem low points of loneliness and bordem up there.
The movie Armageddon has a Russian character stuck there in the Russian mirror. All the American astronauts agreed that the Russian guy definitely had some marbles loose, but with the way infographics made it sound , it sounded like the guy was happy to go thru it. Saying he quickly agreed to staying and how he put his safety aside for the sake of science and humanity’s hope to explore space
**air lock door closed and he's now alone on MIR**
Cut to: Zero G reenactment of Tom Cruise in 'Risky Business' sliding in his underwear and sunglasses.
This is not accurate. This is why you never heard of this. Because it is embellished and inaccurately reported. Because I knew this wasn't right and I looked it up and he had a relief crew come up to him in October of 1991. He was not alone in space during the collapse. But you know let's pretend like we're giving out accurate information.
He made it seem as if the soviets did nothing terrible after lithuania Latvia and Estonia split from the USSR, but (I don’t know about Latvia and Estonia) in Lithuania they invaded with tanks and ended up killing 14 people in attempt to overtake the radio towers of the nation from January 11-13 and get the country back without the rest of the world knowing, I think that’s key to mention in the history of the end of the USSR
"Dream of stalinism?" More like a nightmare
Agree man
Imagine ww2 if there are no ussr
@@hasbenyek5370 it was actually the Soviet union that captured Berlin. So they ended the war
@@hasbenyek5370 the Soviets contributed a lot of blood to the war effort, without a USSR, maybe the Allies could have lost WW2, who knows?
don't forget that Chernobyl was also a disaster that was part of the Soviet collapse
A nightmare situation for someone up in orbit, not knowing if they were ever going to go home, the only thing that would be worse is if the powers that be nuked the Earth, leaving those in orbit up the brown creek...
'one of two countries to ever reach modern superpower status'
Britain was considered a superpower for about a decade after WW2.
I'm 27 and I've learned more from infographics than I ever have throughout school and beyond, respect 🤜
ok but dying in space is like the most epic way to die.
Eh
No it isn't. It's a horrible way to go
If that's in a battle with interglacial space wizards with lazor swords or a massive starship battle sign me up 🤣😂🤣🤦♂️🤷♂️ but just dying orbiting our own planet not so much 🤣😂🤣🤦♂️🤷♂️
@@Rob17Cotton dying with honor is better than just, ya know, orbiting Earth
A horrible way to go. Most likely suffocation, but maybe starvation or dehydration
He saw history unfolding directly from space
Wow, that is the scariest possible thing that can happen to me
I heard there's also Soviet Antarctic Expeditionist at the time of the USSR collapse, can you do a video on that?
The worst time is when your insurance expires the very day you get into a major accident
4:51so gorbachev slept with full suit and tie ? wow the dedication xD
(joke)
Drinking game:
Take a sip of beer everytime he says Soviet Union.
Im seeing triple
a sip? You're lame.
*vodka
I reckon channels like these could completely replace the education system.
Have you seen other videos? They always mess up geography or give misinformation.
@@ameybirulkar7503 I said channels like these, not this one in particular 🧐
@@jakube1735 They're good but not enough.
That must be terrifying! You’re in space, you can’t do anything, can’t move really, and you’re just there. You’re just there. No idea what year it is, day it is, or months. Neither do you know the precise time. New fear discovered.
They would likely have synced clocks... it wasn't the 1890s lol
In Soviet Russia, you do not get stuck in space. Space is stuck on you.
They could make stranded in space a execution for wealthy criminals
Genius
I just love the conversation the anime characters have in these videos lol
Not everything’s a anime
@@sosagn5687 anime stands for animation so these are anime characters
@@zachlangable no anime is cartoons from Japan
@@zachlangable anime doesn’t stand for animation
I'm glad this guy eventually made it back to earth. I would've hated to be stuck in space like him.
"Raise your hand if you're not here......Ok, we're all here! Let's go home!"
I don't understand 😅
@@theglaze8927 this is the reason they left a cosmonaut in space XP
@@killeing oh..........
Now I get it!
Thanks for your reply
Have a nice day 😊
"If you can't hear me, just say something!" - Da Yoopers
3:45 talks how the Soviet Union fell.... Literally word for word whats going on with America lol
this actually happened to me in ksp. i left a defunct space station and there is actually still an astronaut in it. i just reverted flight
I just had tea with the Queen.
Elon musk and Obama came to my birthday.
Im tempted to point something out but i might get wooshed
Is your docking game not on point?
It would have been a good time to practice. 😁
One time I saw Joe Biden licking a doorknob
They thought docking vehicles in orbit was too difficult for humans but with computer assistance they did it. So it was too difficult.
Technically they did do it.. creating the machines that did it.
@@JulesJukes good point
bro sleeps in a suit💀
Representing a country no longer existing in space feels very terrible
I never knew Mikhail Gorbechev slept in a suit
I like how Gorbachev is sleeping in a full suit
Sometimes I feel like that man, all alone with no escape.
Lol that’s halarious!😂
That’s deep bud
Hey Saiki , Yare yare
10s of millions of dollars lost sounds like alot till you realize that space programs are being paid 63 million a day for budgets
“stranded stuck”?
the more i look at the cold war era, the more i think we need the space race again, it would make us much more advnaces.
The Soviets beat gravity? Nobody told me
Before launch:I am a proud Soviet
After launch:I am a Russian right?
Man,space changes men!
Can you make a video about sherpas mountains family
What an amazing story. There should be a movie made about this.
A British astronaut in Soviet Russia
What next
A talking polar bear?
While I was eating in my teachers class, I cought him watching your channel!
"And the stalinisation would fade away forever" yeah you wish it would
It must be terrifying and worrying to be out there in space all alone.
He wasn't alone. The way this story is told is completely inaccurate.
My friends abandoned me in space once. I just imagined a tree, climbed up on a branch and pretended to be a bird. 30 years later. Haha 🙈
To become an astronaut is a fancy, extraordinary thing. But on many occasions, the difficulties of that profession are really being unbearable.
I was a ecstatic when communism fell in Russia . Poland 🇵🇱 the homeland my grandparents was finally free. Yea!!!!
They should Remaster the Soviet Union
Would give anything but my limbs or my family to be able to fly a space ship like in Star Wars
1:53 "...and yet, with computer assistance, the Americans were able to do it. "
*Thank you, ladies!* 😉
Does my favorite history teacher that’s not a history teacher respond? You teach me more then school!
What does this message mean? I couldn’t decrypt it
@@swiggityswagunion1223 same.
A few falsehoods in the beginning of this video. The pursuit of Stalinism ended with Stalin's death, and Nikita Khrushchev(leader after) made that very clear when he denounced Stalin and his policies. It stayed that way for the rest of the USSR's existence. And then after you say that even former Soviet citizens looked to a "brighter future" after it collapsed. Complete BS, citizens were absolutely devastated. There was a whole coup in 1991 to try and oust Gorbachev and save the USSR. More than 70% of people across every republic voted in favor of perserving the Soviet Union.
As if they would have had the freedom to vote at all
"The citizens LOVE abject poverty!" - Rich Soviet leaders
@@platypus17whiskey18 Oh they did.
@Crane not every republic, several republics didn't participate
Ohh this is some movie material.
This guy is a living legend
Can you hear, Am I floating round my tin can, far above the world, planet earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.
I remember this well! We watched this in our 3rd grade classroom! Amazing!
I guess he died from Mars
Why would you say having a space station is needed for interplanetary mission? We have never used a space station to non earth plannet mission. All mission to another planet has been done from earth, to the plannet or orbital body.
Also he was never in danger he had the escape capsule, and the U.S. was already doing joint mission at that station.
seriously tho
i wonder why hollywood has not made a movie starring that heroic man... o wait
Thanks for the history meme idea, always looking for random stories like this to use
Sorry comrade no more Soviet Union
Tens of millions of dollars sounds cheap.
i think i learned more stuff from infographic than school
Me too mate
Not to be that guy but I wonder how long it will take for them to fix the title.
Maybe he's channeling his inner Fresh Prince - whose life got flipped, turned upside down?
on that day it was his space station untill the new government took over and brought him back
Wait so is he dead from being left behind? He was never rescued?
i cant imagine living in a smelly gym locker room for almost a year, what a chad
Keep up the good work
The USSR pulled the biggest prank ever.
And what about Alexander Volkov? Who was with Krikalev on the spacestation?
Times like this when nationalism has its benefits.
Nationalism is like a pinch of salt, gotta have some but not too much or too little.
reminds me of my favorite fictional russian cosmonaut Lev Andropov
Why do we have to fight so much
you know the timeline is good when USSR is dead as f in its shabby grave😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
You might wanna change the stranded stuck in the title
Today Russia launched an ASAT as a “test” that threatened the ISS with debris from a destroyed satellite. Crazy you uploaded this the day before this.
Is it stranded In space or stuck in space ?
Because stranded stuck in space sounds like that isn't right.
Imagine living alone in a likely death trap ... which also stinked bad.
And now imagine doing so ... thousands of kilometers away from Earth!
They must have not cared about them if they just left them in space to die🤣
When he landed back in what was now Russia, Guard (meets him after landing): "Passport please." :)
Halfway done the video and still barely mentioned the cosmonaut .. get to the point man
Like they always say in Russia, You do not get trapped in space, Space traps you
Really good and educational video, allot of people don't know just how much Russian scientists and Cosmonauts did for space exploration as we know today 😁
"GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM YOUR CIRCUITS DEAD IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG, CAN YOU HEAR ME MAJOR TOM, CAN YOU HEAR ME MAJOR TOM?" -Bowie
I never knew that Mir was such a death trap before America got involved.
It only became a death trap after the USSR started to collapse.
The vitrtual family noises 😭.
Would You not be able to come back to Russia if that’s where you took off in todays world
The launch stations were in Kazakhstan, not Russia, so no
I swear, this one was uploaded months ago already...
This should be titled “how a Nigerian prince got stuck in space”
Discord has expired can you fix it?
That explains the astronaut on Moon in Black Ops Zombies
To me, the soviet union was superior in the space race, only loosing to cuts in budget