Ep 10. Great Kipton train Wreck; First Inoculation; Spanish Space Suit

Mysteries at the Museum season 9 episode 10, titled "Great Kipton Train Wreck; First Inoculation; Spanish Space Suit," features three intriguing artifacts from history. The episode kicks off with the Great Kipton Train Wreck of 1891, which occurred in Ohio. The artifact in question is a small black ledger kept by a farmer who witnessed the disaster. Through his firsthand accounts, viewers learn about the tragedy that claimed the lives of nine people and injured many others. The story also introduces Little Joe, a heroic dog, who saved the life of a young girl after the train derailed.

Moving onto the next artifact, the show brings up the first inoculation, a practice that revolutionized modern medicine. In this segment, viewers learn about Edward Jenner, the man who first discovered the concept of inoculation. The episode educates on how Jenner observed that dairymaids who had contracted cowpox were immune to smallpox, and used that knowledge to develop a vaccine. Later, viewers will see actual samples of the first vaccine and learn how it was distributed, despite some controversy around it.

The last artifact featured in this episode of Mysteries at the Museum is the Spanish Space Suit. In 1982, the Soviet Union sent two cosmonauts, Vladimir Vasyutin and Viktor Savinykh, to the Salyut 7 space station. During their mission, they faced a dangerous situation when their spacecraft almost collided with a mysterious object, which turned out to be the Spanish satellite, Palapa B-2. The cosmonauts managed to avoid the collision, but the Palapa B-2 deorbited and crashed into the Earth. The segment delves into the investigation behind what caused this near-collision by exploring the hard-won secrets of the Soviet space program.

As with every Mysteries at the Museum episode, the host offers an engaging, informative, and well-curated look into often-forgotten pieces of our history, teasing out some of the fascinating stories behind seemingly mundane objects. The Great Kipton Train Wreck; First Inoculation; Spanish Space Suit offers a trifecta of interesting historical incidents and their underlying context, capturing the imagination of viewers who have a thirst for knowledge about human history.