Tortoises beat Humans to the Moon

Months before Apollo 8 took humans around the Moon for the first time, two Russian tortoises (plus some other lunar tourists) had already made it back home. This was Zond 5 — the first mission to return to Earth after visiting another celestial body. Hosted by: Reid Reimers The Rocket That Took Tortoises to the Moon ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon:   / scishow   ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Kevin Bealer, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi, Silas Emrys ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok:   / scishow   Twitter:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   Facebook:   / scishow   #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-... https://www.ilslaunch.com/launch-serv... https://www.britannica.com/technology... https://www.russianspaceweb.com/proto... https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-sp... https://www.russianspaceweb.com/proto... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35001... https://www.acs.org/molecule-of-the-w... https://www.theatlantic.com/technolog... https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/fi... https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/h... https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/space... https://europepmc.org/article/med/119... https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/08... https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/... Proton ending: https://jalopnik.com/russia-will-stop... IMAGES https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/ap... https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/26... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Im... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.nasa.gov/content/liquid-h... https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/syst... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ph... https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/vi... https://www.nasa.gov/content/an-orang... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ap... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/st... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:On... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:La...