‘Kaputnik’: America’s Largely Forgotten Disastrous First Attempt to Launch a Satellite

Thanks to CuriosityStream for sponsoring today’s video. Go to https://curiositystream.thld.co/brain... and use code BRAINFOOD to save 25% off today, that’s only $14.99 a year.

Love content? Check out Simon's other YouTube Channels:

Biographics:    / @biographics  
Geographics:    / @geographicstravel  
MegaProjects:    / @megaprojects9649  
SideProjects:    / @sideprojects  
Casual Criminalist:    / @thecasualcriminalist  
TopTenz:    / toptenznet  
Highlight History:    / @highlighthistory  
XPLRD:    / @simonstestchannel  
Business Blaze:    / @brainblaze6526  

→Some of our favorites:    • Featured  
→Subscribe for new videos every day!
https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFo...

This video is #sponsored by Curiosity Stream.

Sources:

Swenson, Lloyd; Grimwood, James & Alexander, Charles, This New Ocean, NASA History Series, 1989, https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4201/toc.htm

Ludwig, George, The First Explorer Satellites, October 9, 2004, http://www-pw.physics.uiowa.edu/van90...

Vanguard - a History, NASA History Series, https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4202/toc2...

Ackmann, Martha, The Mercury 13: The True Story of Thirteen Women and the Dream of Space Flight, Random House, 2003

Berger, Eric, The First Creature in Space Was a Dog. She Died Miserably 60 Years Ago, Are Technica, November 3, 2017, https://web.archive.org/web/201712011...