Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://mypepack.gophersport.com/video/?vid=BGoUds5b9IB Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter The United States Nuked Space. It Did Not Go As Planned. Then Things Got Weird [smZPbl0Tb3Q] Health Updated on August 12, 2026 EDT — Published on August 12, 2026 EDT Support our work: In 1962, at the height of the Space Race, the United States detonated a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear warhead 250 miles above Earth. It wasn't an accident, but a calculated military decision, born from the panic of Sputnik, and approved by people who believed they had run the numbers. Except, the numbers just didn't tell the whole story. This is the story of how the largest nuclear detonation conducted in outer space came to be, and why nothing like it can ever happen again. Source(s): Archive(dot)org, Wikipedia, NASA Goddard Space Flight Music: Artlist Ltd When you buy from our store, you support us: Visit our website: Subscribe to Territory - Instagram - instagram.com/territoryspace IDYXf27Ovqj 3cOE1e8UnXf c78biln68jE Uj8MP2OJD35
Support our work: In 1962, at the height of the Space Race, the United States detonated a 1.4-megaton thermonuclear warhead 250 miles above Earth. It wasn't an accident, but a calculated military decision, born from the panic of Sputnik, and approved by people who believed they had run the numbers. Except, the numbers just didn't tell the whole story. This is the story of how the largest nuclear detonation conducted in outer space came to be, and why nothing like it can ever happen again. Source(s): Archive(dot)org, Wikipedia, NASA Goddard Space Flight Music: Artlist Ltd When you buy from our store, you support us: Visit our website: Subscribe to Territory - Instagram - instagram.com/territoryspace IDYXf27Ovqj 3cOE1e8UnXf c78biln68jE Uj8MP2OJD35