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This video was originally posted to TikTok in April 2021.

Spacecraft parachutes are surprisingly difficult to design. Also, April 12th is the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's flight!

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Kyle Nackers: Fact Checker
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Hank Green: Executive Producer

Sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/sts1/gagarin_anniversary.html
https://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_history/50_years_of_humans_in_space/The_flight_of_Vostok_1
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/why-yuri-gagarin-remains-first-man-space-even-though-he-did-not-land-inside-his
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-12-19/boeing-spacex-spacecraft-parachutes
https://www.space.com/spacex-crew-dragon-challenges-parachutes-abort-engines.html

Image Sources:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yuri_Gagarin_Capsule_and_space_suit.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo_15_descends_to_splashdown.jpg
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