3 Times We Intentionally Crashed into Other Worlds

Most of the time, it’s not great when an expensive spacecraft slams into an extraterrestrial body. But now and then mission control intentionally crashes a spacecraft for science! This video was sponsored by Skillshare. The first 1000 people who click the link will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/scishowspace09201 Hosted by: Reid Reimers SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bd_Tmprd, Harrison Mills, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, Ash, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2006/28jul_crashlanding https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/luna-02/in-depth/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/ranger-7/ https://www.space.com/apollo-13-moon-rocket-impact-experiment-restored-video.html https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/LRO/multimedia/lroimages/lroc-20100322-apollo13booster.html https://study.com/academy/lesson/how-scientists-study-earths-interior-structure.html https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/180577main_ETM.Moon.Anomalies.pdf https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/asteroid-or-meteor/en/ https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/13/apollo-11-seismic-experiment/ https://www.space.com/9710-details-moon-core-revealed-30-year-data.html https://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_11/experiments/pse/ https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/ames/40-years-ago-pioneer-venus-multiprobe-launched-to-study-the-cloud-shrouded-planet https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-38117-x https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/galileo/timeline/#launch https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/galileo/overview/#10_key_science_discoveries https://europa.nasa.gov/europa/life-ingredients/ https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/galileo/in-depth/ https://astronomy.com/news/2003/09/galileos-death-plunge Image Sources: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/web/ranger.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=pioneer+venus+parachute&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns12=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns106=1#/media/File:Pioneer_Venus_Large_Probe.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_Venus_Multiprobe#/media/File:Pioneer_Venus_Multiprobe_spacecraft.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/the-internal-structure-of-the-moon-that-is-divided-into-layers-gm1146276310-308822836 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Apollo13-booster-crater.jpg https://moon.nasa.gov/resources/13/apollo-11-seismic-experiment/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(spacecraft)#/media/File:Artwork_Galileo-Io-Jupiter.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(spacecraft)#/media/File:PIA19048_realistic_color_Europa_mosaic_(original).jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus#/media/File:Global_view_uvi_Venus_(Akatsuki).jpg