ISS - International Space Station - Inside ISS - Tour - Q&A - HD

Summary

Astronaut Sunny Williams provides an insightful tour of the International Space Station, detailing living quarters, sleeping arrangements, and daily routines. She showcases the space bathroom, exercise equipment, and various laboratories, emphasizing the multicultural food and the importance of staying fit in zero gravity. Williams also discusses the thrill of spacewalks, the Soyuz capsule used for transportation, and the view of Earth from the Cupola, highlighting the unique experiences and challenges of life in space.

Takeaways

• 🚀 The International Space Station (ISS) is composed of various modules, each serving different functions such as sleeping quarters, laboratories, and storage.
• 🛌 Astronauts sleep in sleeping bags attached to the wall of the ISS, with no sensation of lying down due to the microgravity environment.
• 💻 Each Sleep Station doubles as a personal office, equipped with a computer, personal items, and a sleeping bag to prevent floating around.
• 🧼 In space, daily hygiene tasks like brushing teeth are performed differently; for instance, water sticks to toothbrushes due to surface tension.
• 🚽 The ISS has specialized bathrooms, or 'orbital ouses', with separate facilities for solid and liquid waste, and privacy is maintained with doors.
• 🍽 The ISS kitchen contains a variety of food from different countries, stored in dehydrated form or ready-made, and heated as needed.
• 🏋️‍♂️ Astronauts exercise regularly using equipment like bikes, treadmills, and weightlifting machines to counteract muscle and bone density loss in space.
• 👩‍🚒 The ISS is equipped with an airlock for spacewalks, where astronauts perform repairs and maintenance outside the station.
• 👨‍🚀 Astronauts come from diverse professional backgrounds, including doctors, teachers, and engineers, and those who enjoy exploration and adventure are often drawn to the role.
• 🌍 The ISS has observation modules, like the Cupola, where astronauts can look back at Earth, providing a unique perspective and a sense of connection to the planet.

Q & A

How many people sleep in Node 2 on the International Space Station?

Four out of six astronauts sleep in Node 2 on the International Space Station.

What is the sensation of sleeping in space compared to lying down on Earth?

In space, astronauts do not have the sensation of lying down as they just sit in a sleeping bag, and the orientation does not matter due to the lack of gravity.

What is the purpose of the Sleep Station on the ISS?

The Sleep Station serves as both a sleeping area and a personal office for astronauts, equipped with a computer, personal items, and a sleeping bag.

How do astronauts brush their teeth in space?

Astronauts use a toothbrush and toothpaste in space, where water sticks to the toothbrush due to surface tension. They can either swallow the toothpaste or spit it out into a paper towel.

What are the two main functions of the bathroom on the ISS?

The bathroom on the ISS has two main functions: handling solid waste and liquid waste, each with its own separate facility.

How do astronauts manage toilet paper in space?

Astronauts use gloves and have a selection of wipes including Russian wipes, tissues, and Huggies for cleanup. There is also disinfectant wipes for cleaning the area.

What types of food do astronauts have on the ISS?

Astronauts have a variety of food from different countries including the US, Japan, and Russia. The food is a mix of dehydrated items that need rehydration and pre-made items that require heating.

Why is exercise important for astronauts on the ISS?

Exercise is crucial for astronauts to counteract the loss of bone density and muscle mass caused by the absence of gravity in space.

What are the main components of a space suit and why are they needed?

A space suit includes a backpack that provides oxygen, carbon dioxide removal, heating and cooling, and a computer to monitor the suit's systems. It is large and bulky to protect the astronaut in the harsh conditions of space.

What is the role of the PMM (Pressurized Mating Adapter) on the ISS?

The PMM serves as a storage area for extra food, clothes, and trash. It is also used to organize items needed while working in various modules of the ISS.

How does the Soyuz spacecraft connect to the ISS?

The Soyuz spacecraft connects to the ISS using a docking probe that sticks into a cone on the ISS. This is then secured with clamps, allowing the two spacecraft to be attached.

Outlines

00:00

🛌 Life and Sleep in Space

Sunny Williams provides a tour of Node 2 on the International Space Station (ISS), explaining how the modules are designed with four sides to allow for work on different planes. She discusses sleeping arrangements, emphasizing that the sensation of lying down is absent in space. Astronauts sleep in sleeping bags within Sleep Stations, which are compartments resembling phone booths. These stations also function as personal offices, equipped with computers, personal items, and clothing. Sunny highlights the lack of orientation sensation in space, allowing astronauts to sleep in any position, and shows multiple Sleep Stations located throughout the ISS.

05:00

🚽 Bathroom and Daily Routine in Space

The script details the bathroom facilities on the ISS, referred to as the 'orbital ouse'. Sunny Williams demonstrates the toothbrushing process, showing how toothpaste adheres to the toothbrush due to stickiness and how water forms bubbles on it due to surface tension. She addresses the question of toothpaste disposal, mentioning the options of swallowing it or spitting it into a paper towel. The bathroom setup includes separate functions for solid and liquid waste, with color-coded equipment to prevent confusion. Sunny also discusses the types of toilet paper available, including gloves and wipes for cleanup, and the importance of aiming correctly to prevent messes. The bathroom also features a small door for privacy.

10:01

🍽 Food and Exercise in Space

Sunny introduces the kitchen area on the ISS, showcasing a variety of foods from different countries, including the US, Japan, and Russia. She explains that some food is dehydrated and needs to be rehydrated, while other food is pre-made and only requires heating. Sunny also discusses the importance of exercise in space to counteract the loss of bone density and muscle mass due to the absence of gravity. The ISS is equipped with a bike, treadmill, and weightlifting machine to facilitate this. The bike is demonstrated with clip-pedals, and it's noted that the exercise machines are not firmly attached to the walls to prevent forces that could affect the stability of the ISS and its solar arrays.

15:02

👨‍🚀 Spacewalks and the Spacecraft

The script describes the spacewalk preparations, including the use of space suits that are primed and ready for going outside the ISS. Sunny Williams explains that spacewalks are necessary for repairs and maintenance of external equipment, which can be affected by the extreme temperatures and vacuum of space. She points out the hatch used for exiting into space and mentions the space suits' backpacks, which contain life support systems, including oxygen, carbon dioxide removal, and temperature regulation. The helmet's design is also discussed, including the use of sunglasses due to the bright sunlight in space. Sunny also talks about the 'Koala', a module where astronauts often gather to look back at Earth.

20:06

🚀 Astronaut Careers and the Soyuz Spacecraft

Sunny discusses the diverse career backgrounds of astronauts, including doctors, teachers, veterinarians, and engineers, and suggests that those who enjoy exploration, math, and science are well-suited for the job. She shows another exercise device, the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED), which allows for weightlifting and various exercises in microgravity. The script also includes a segment where Sunny playfully interacts with a fellow astronaut and demonstrates the freedom of movement in space, such as jumping over a hole or flying like Superman. Lastly, she mentions the PMM, a storage module attached to the ISS, which also serves as a trash disposal area.

25:16

🛰️ The Russian Segment and the FGB

The tour continues into the Russian segment of the ISS, starting with the FGB (Functional Cargo Block), which was the first module launched in 1998. Sunny highlights the FGB's historical significance and its role in storage. She then moves to the Service M module, which is central to the ISS and contains the original computers that control the station. The Service M module also has large windows for viewing Earth and controls for docking spacecraft. Sunny mentions the presence of a second bathroom in this area. The script concludes with a visit to the Soyuz spacecraft, which serves as the crew's transport to and from the ISS. Sunny explains the docking probe mechanism and shows the interior of the Soyuz, including the seats and controls, and the survival gear stored for the descent back to Earth.

Keywords

💡International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It is a collaborative project between space agencies, including NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and CSA. The ISS serves as a research laboratory and home to astronauts from various countries. In the video, Sunny Williams provides a tour of the ISS, highlighting its various modules and functions, emphasizing its role as a microgravity and space environment research platform.

💡Sleep Station

A Sleep Station refers to the personal sleeping quarters on the ISS where astronauts rest. These stations are essentially small, enclosed compartments that provide a private space for sleeping. Williams mentions that astronauts sleep in sleeping bags and can sleep in any orientation due to the microgravity environment, illustrating the unique living conditions in space.

💡Microgravity

Microgravity is the condition experienced in space where gravitational force is seemingly very weak or nonexistent. This is a key concept in the video as it affects many aspects of daily life on the ISS, including sleeping, eating, and using the bathroom. Williams explains how microgravity allows astronauts to sleep in any position without feeling upside down.

💡Oral Hygiene

Oral hygiene in the script refers to the process of maintaining cleanliness in the mouth, including brushing teeth. Williams demonstrates how to brush teeth in space, using a toothbrush and toothpaste, and how water sticks to the toothbrush due to surface tension. This segment of the video highlights the challenges and adaptations required for personal care routines in a microgravity environment.

💡Waste Management

Waste management on the ISS involves the handling and disposal of human waste. The video script describes the 'orbital ouse', which is the space toilet. Williams explains the dual functions of the toilet for solid and liquid waste, emphasizing the importance of good aim and the use of suction to prevent waste from floating around in the microgravity environment.

💡Space Food

Space food refers to the meals consumed by astronauts in space. The video showcases the variety of food available on the ISS, including dehydrated foods that need rehydration and pre-made meals that require heating. Williams also mentions the international nature of the food, with items from the US, Russia, and Japan, reflecting the collaborative spirit of the ISS.

💡Exercise Equipment

Exercise equipment on the ISS is crucial for astronauts to maintain their physical health due to the muscle and bone density loss associated with living in microgravity. Williams introduces the exercise bike, treadmill, and weightlifting machine, explaining how they are used to simulate the effects of gravity and keep astronauts fit.

💡Space Suit

A space suit is a garment worn by astronauts to protect them from the harsh conditions of space, such as vacuum, extreme temperatures, and micrometeoroids. The video describes the space suits' bulky nature due to the life-support systems they contain, including oxygen supply, carbon dioxide removal, and temperature regulation. Williams also mentions the backpack, which is essentially a miniature spacecraft.

💡Space Walk

A space walk, also known as extravehicular activity (EVA), is when astronauts operate outside their spacecraft in the vacuum of space. Williams discusses the need for space walks to perform repairs and maintenance on the exterior of the ISS, such as electrical boxes, machinery, and solar arrays.

💡Columbus Module

The Columbus Module is the European laboratory module on the ISS. It is highlighted in the video as a place where scientific experiments are conducted. Williams points out that the module looks crowded with experiments on all walls, indicating the intense research activity that occurs within the ISS.

💡PMM (Pressurized Mating Adapter)

The Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMM) is a component of the ISS that serves as a docking port for spacecraft and a storage area. Williams refers to the PMM as a 'big silver canister' and mentions that it holds extra food, clothes, and trash, demonstrating how it functions as a critical storage and logistics component of the ISS.

Highlights

Introduction to the International Space Station (ISS) and its modules

Explanation of how orientation changes in space

Details about sleeping arrangements on the ISS

Description of the Sleep Station and sleeping in microgravity

Personalization of sleeping quarters with personal items

Orientation of the bathroom facilities in space

Demonstration of brushing teeth and washing face in microgravity

How to handle toothpaste and water in space

Toilet facilities and the process of using the bathroom in space

Different types of toilet paper available for astronauts

Importance of exercise in space and the equipment used

Description of the food options and storage on the ISS

The process of preparing and eating food in microgravity

The role of the Japanese laboratory module

Tour of the US laboratory and exercise equipment

Function and operation of the space suits

Description of a spacewalk and the tasks performed outside the ISS

Viewing Earth from the Cupola module

Astronaut's perspective on recommended jobs and qualities for future astronauts

The advanced resistive exercise device (ARED) and its use

Experience of moving through the space station and its modules

Tour of the Russian segment and its modules

Central Post operations and emergency procedures

Description of the Soyuz spacecraft and its role

Preparation for the return trip to Earth in the Soyuz

Transcripts

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hello I'm Sunny Williams I'm up here on

the International Space

Station so this is node 2 this is a

really cool module um of course most of

these modules you'll see they have four

sides uh and they're put together that

way we could sort of w work on a flat

plane either a wall a floor another wall

or the ceiling but you know again all

you have to do is turn yourself in your

reference

changes the reason I'm bringing that up

is because this is where four out of six

of us sleep and so people always ask

about sleeping in space do you lie down

are you in a bed um not really cuz it

doesn't matter you don't really have the

sensation of lying down you just sit in

your sleeping bag so here's one sleep

station right here I'm going in right

now you can follow me if you

want so I'm inside it's sort of like a

little phone booth um but it's pretty

comfy I've got a sleeping bag right here

that we sleep in so we don't have sort

of like a little bit of a cover we don't

fly all over the place

um but you know you can sleep in any

orientation I have it sleeping feeling

like I'm standing up right now but like

you saw I'm on the floor but it doesn't

matter if I turn over and I sleep upside

down I can't have it I don't have any

sensation in my head that tells me that

I'm upside down so it really doesn't

matter the Sleep Station is also like a

little office we've got a computer in

here as you can see we got a couple

little toys I've got some books I've got

some clothes and other things that make

it sort of like home I'm coming

out and just for reference that's one

Sleep Station this one's

another right

here there's one on the ceiling if you

want to call it right

here and then there's a

fourth on the other wall over

here so of us sleep in a little bit of a

a

circle all right come on back there's

more to show

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you I know that there's some questions

about how to use the bathroom and how do

you actually live in space like normal

like at home I mentioned real quickly

about getting up in the morning and

brushing your teeth and washing your

face well how do you do that well here

is the bathroom essentially you get up

in the morning and we have a little kit

and it has

has all the essential things that you

need like your toothbrush and

toothpaste and brush see how see how

much better the brush makes my hair

look I'm just joking it still stands up

straight it doesn't matter where you are

it's always going to stand up straight

while you're up in space a lot of people

ask about toothbrush and toothpaste so

luckily enough toothpaste you can do it

side right this way is sticky and so it

sticks to your toothbrush no problem

another cool thing is that water sticks

to your toothbrush too if you can see it

I'll have some water come

out the water is pretty neat up in

space it'll stick to your

toothbrush and it will

make a big bubble

and that's just by surface

tension and then you

can drink it so a lot of people ask

about what do you

do with the toothpaste after you brush

your

teeth two

options swallow it and it's sort of like

mouthwash but it tastes a little

gross or you can just spit it out in a

paper towel and then you don't have to

worry about it swallowing thing I

wouldn't recommend at

home I'm only up here for 4 months so

it's not that

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bad one of the most pressing questions

about using being living in space of

course is the bathroom so let's let's

take a look at that little piece of work

come on

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in here we are at the throne this is

awesome you might see the little um you

might have noticed the little moon on

the outside this is our orbital ouse

right

here

and of course it serves for two

functions number two right

here I'll show

you but you see it's pretty small so you

have to have pretty good aim and you be

be ready to make sure things get let go

the right

direction and it smells a little bit so

I'm closing it up and that's of course

for number two and this guy right here

is for number one so there's sort of two

slightly separate functions but you can

do a little essentially both by hanging

on right here and doing number one and

number

two I might add it's colorcoded so you

really don't get it mixed up which is

nice this is yellows for number

one and also there's a selection

of paper people always ask about to to

paper what do you do with toilet paper

what kind of toilet paper do you have we

have gloves just because sometimes it

does get messy we have some Russian

wipes which are a little bit coarse if

you like the coarse type of toilet paper

we have some nice tissues which are nice

and soft if you like soft toilet paper

we have Huggies um just for any cleanup

you know we're all babies once and this

sort of helps and then if things get

really out of control we have uh

disinfectant wipes just to make sure we

clean up here cuz you know just like the

water I showed you the number one stuff

can sort of go all over the place if you

don't aim correctly and did I mention

both of these have a little bit of

suction so they should keep things going

in the right direction but um like I

said sometimes things get a little out

of control if you are out of control

yourself flying around so we have lots

of protective stuff and of course you do

have your privacy there's little

door so other people know that you're in

there

here's a pretty cool place this is sort

of like in your house where everybody

meets in the morning uh after you wash

your face brush your teeth you want to

find something for breakfast and this is

our kitchen you might notice there's all

sorts of foods here uh it's like opening

the refrigerator you got all your

different stuff that you want to have

drinks meats eggs vegetables

cereals uh bread uh snacks and that's

good place that's where you find all the

candy uh side dishes and then some

little Power Bars just in case so we

have all this type of food some of it is

dehydrated and so we have to hydrate it

fill it up with water some of it is all

ready made and then all we have to do is

heat it up so something like this I'm

pulling out barbecued beef brisket

pretty

yummy not only is this food made in the

us but we also have food here from Japan

uh we've got Russian food as you can see

all these red containers are filled with

food that's from Russia um and then we

get some of our specialty stuff some

things that we like some of our favorite

stuff that your family can send up in

fact I like fluffer Nutters and so I got

sent up some fluff so I could make my

fluffer Nutter with peanut butter so you

have a lot of food up here no

problems now want to say where we are so

right now we're in the Japanese

laboratory it's one Laboratory out of

many here on the International Space

Station it's actually on the left hand

side if I was International Space

Station and I was flying through space

like this my left hand would be where

the Japanese laboratory

is so now again we're on the right hand

side all the way on the right of the

International Space Station this is

Columbus the European module it has

science EXP experiments all over you can

see it looks a little bit crowded and

here we do a lot of our medical

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experiments here we are in the US

laboratory again this is a laboratory

with science experience on all of the

walls here all sorts of stuff that we do

um and one of the things we also do is

we exercise we have some exercise

equipment on board the space station um

we need to do that because we lose bone

density and muscle mass while we're up

here and that's a result of not having

to fight against gravity so how we keep

ourselves in shape are with a bike a

treadmill and a weightlifting machine

this is the bike you notice the clip

pedals so all you need to do is actually

clip your feet in and then you can start

pedaling you don't need a seat cuz you

don't sit down actually I haven't sat

down for 6 months now so you don't need

any any type of seat just make sure

you're you're held in with your pedals

you probably see that the bike bounces

around a little bit as I move it it's

not steady and held to the wall firmly

and the reason for that is the space

station is pretty big you saw that

there's also solar rays on the space

station if we start putting any forces

into the space station it's going to

make those solar rays bounce around a

little bit so to prevent that the

machines bounce around a little bit move

around a little bit and that way we

don't put any forces onto to the

structure of the spacecraft out to the

solar

race all right a little farther on come

on I'm here with my two buddies uh in

the airlock actually these are two space

suits uh that are ready primed up to go

outside as we call it to go do a space

walk in case we have to do any outside

some of the things we do outside are

just like inside repairs we have a lot

of um electrical boxes and machinery and

solar arrays in fact that I talked about

earlier that are outside and sometimes

they don't work quite right um remember

Space is really cold and really hot and

it's also the vacuum of space with no

pressure and so some of the equipment

doesn't work well all the time so we

might have to go out and do a space walk

right behind me is actually the hatch

that you go out into space and right now

we have it filled up with a couple other

space suits cuz we have got four of them

up here and some of our tools but right

behind here is the hatch in which you

actually go right outside into the

vacuum of space the space suit is pretty

big as you can see it's like being a

football player um part of the reason

it's so big and bulky is because of this

backside this backpack it's like going a

on a hike with a backpack but the

backpack and the suit weighs about 300

lb luckily in space nothing really

weighs anything so you don't feel that

it's so heavy

but we need to have such a big suit

because that guy back there is

essentially um the the heart of the

space craft this I call this actually a

spacecraft it has all the oxygen for you

it has all the carbon dioxide removal

system for you it also has a heating and

cooling system to make sure regulate our

body temperatures while we're outside it

also has a computer so it tells you on a

display here if there's anything that

going wrong with the suit if we're

running out of oxygen if we have too

much carbon Dio di oxide um or any type

of electrical problem so it's a pretty

awesome little spacecraft and uh

actually got to go out use my spacecraft

little spacecraft a couple times and it

worked like a charm uh lucky that it

works very

nice you might want to see what the

helmet looks like it's pretty cool too

we don't usually go out like this so you

usually can see when the helmet's open

so you can see what it looks like inside

somebody's little head would be inside

of here so you can see you can turn your

head all the way around while you're

inside of there but the helmet stays

still so that's uh determines your your

how far you could

see and uh it's usually pretty sunny out

there so we have to wear our sunglasses

and this is our sunglasses right here

which make you look pretty

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cool this is the koala it stick sticks

down below the uh space station uh it's

one of those places you find yourself

hanging out in all the time because all

you want to do is look back at our

planet I think some questions I had were

about what do you do in your free time

and you can't help but want to just come

to the KOA and and look outside as much

as you can and a lot of folks I I play

this game with myself about where we're

flying over the Earth try to come in

here and just guess after being here for

a little while you can sort of figure it

out you can tell different cloud types

over different continents you can tell

different soil types over different

continents so let's see and then of

course there's a lot of ocean so usually

we're over the ocean at first

glance I will tell you in just a moment

where we

are there we go so right now we are

right over Africa it's a little bit

cloudy as you can tell but we're right

over the continent of

Africa hey what's that I think that's a

soyou spacecraft that's the spacecraft

that's taken us home to planet Earth

today oh my gosh we might have to go

take a look at

that that's pretty cool it's a little

bit smaller than the rest of uh the

spacecraft the space station so you'll

see um if we get go there it'll be a

little bit more crammed but we're going

you can look all the way back to the

back of the spacecraft which is where

the Russian segment is and then you

could look all the way forward to the

front of the spacecraft where the uh

where the Japanese laboratory the

European laboratory and the American

laboratory are and then back to the

solar arrays where we started in the

this morning when we were looking out

the Japanese

window

so other questions that we're here are

um what would you recommend as a job if

so and what type of person would want to

be an astronaut I think people who would

like to explore uh of course people who

like math and science that's what this

is all about um we have people in the

office who are doctors teachers

veterinarians Engineers Pilots so all

sorts of people um become astronauts and

I think if you could you see it's just

sort of cool so I I think people who

like to do a little adventure and like

to do cool stuff probably usually become

astronauts hey one thing I didn't show

you or I talked about but I didn't show

you was the exercise one of another

piece of exercise device which is the

advanced resistive exercise and that's

what this is right here this is a red

and you could probably see this

bar you just do a little bit of

maneuvering here stand by you have to

set it up just like at any other

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gym hold

on show you how this

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works so you can see you can change your

attitude just by going from one module

to the next going up from from the Koopa

down

here this is what we call the AED and

with

this you can lift weights

woo based on vacuum in these cylinders

just like you do at home at a gym for

example if I wanted to do a squat I

could do it like

this oops I need some weight on this

thing I'm not lifting with anything so

it's sort of it's too

easy one of the cool things you could do

you could do things that you can't do at

home for example single leg squats with

just one leg cuz the other leg you won't

fall

over so all sorts of stuff you can also

do bench press we have a bench that we

could add on here so you can work on

your Beach

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muscles hey akie what are you doing down

there crashing

things this is one of the cool things

about Space 2 it sort of looks like

there's a big old hole here but you

don't even think twice about it you

could just jump over the hole or if you

want you can go jump into the hole I'm

coming

down

woo then you can come right back up

again like

Superman woo

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wooo we're lucky we have a really cool

big space station that you can fly

around in that's actually called the pmm

you might have saw it out the window

it's a big silver canister what's really

great about that is it's essentially our

closet in our pantry or whatever you

want to call it we have extra food down

there we have extra clothes we actually

throw the trash out down there so it's

nice and organized and we have all of

our stuff that we need while we're

working in all these other modules all

stowed in this location down here and

it's a lot of fun to playing but we're

going into the Russian segment be ready

you don't need a passport

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either it goes a lot farther back than

this uh we'll go take a trip and say

hello to the boys down there in just a

minute well let's do that first actually

and then we'll go down to the soy at the

very end this is y Guinea

hi doing a little

tour this is the fgb and what's cool

about this module it is actually the

very first piece of the space station

that came up in 1998 the space station

has been around for about now um man for

12 years but it's been up in space for

about 14

years and this was the very first it is

like the Russians pmm it has a lot of

storage as you can

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see Cho

choot so here here we are in the heart

of the space station really this is the

service M module this is the central

Post in case we had any problems I know

one couple of the questions were about

what type of things do you have to worry

about and some of the things we have to

worry about in space are fire if we had

a fire if we had a depressurization like

we were hit by a micrometeorite and it

made a hole or if we had some type of

toxic atmosphere we use ammonia for our

radiator so there is a possibility that

ammonia could come into the vehicle and

then it would be bad for all of us if we

have any of those problems we come right

here which we call the central post it

is the main heart uh of the space

station it was also the first computers

that came up here that ran the space

station and so behind this wall right

here are these main computers so we

gather here as a group of three or six

and then figure out how we're going to

either fight the fire patch the hole or

solve the uh the toxic spill and what's

cool about this module of course course

it's the central post it also has uh

Great Windows right down toward Earth it

has uh controls to fly in uh visiting

spacecraft if they need uh some

assistance right here it has rushing

computers as well as American computers

to help us control anything we need to

on the space station so a couple of our

crewm mates back there ol ol novinsky on

the right and Yuri uh malenchenko on the

left

and there's also a second bathroom here

which is really cool because six of us

going to one bathroom is really tough

and so there's one bathroom here and one

bathroom on the other side where I

showed you and you can probably see on

the wall behind ALG and Yuri some of the

heroes of the Space Program um Corb

Serge coralv who was a chief designer of

putting men into space and of course on

the right hand side Yuri gagaran the

first man to go into into space so just

keep reminds of of Our

Roots Yuri what are you doing

it making

coffee

Oh Black Coffee

yeah looks

good okay Spa hello we're going to check

out our soos real quick quick make sure

it's ready to

go all right back to the

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soos I'm going I'm going to stop here

just for a quick second you can see on

the Russian spacecraft there's also

other modules that stick out down and

above uh right here is let's see I'm

trying to be oriented

that's a a um a place where we do space

walks Run for the Russian for the

Russian side there's Russian space suits

in here and also a visiting vehicle

which brought fruits and vegetables and

becomes a trash container when we undock

up on this side is also a future place

where they're going to do space Walks

from and connected to it is Kevin's

Alexs and Y guine uh um uh soyu

spacecraft and that was go see

ours no

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problem coming down

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it's a little tricky getting in

here this is the docking probe right

here this big thing this helps us

connect to the spacecraft this probe

actually sticks into this

cone and that's how the spacecraft this

our so use becomes connected to the ISS

initially that is then replaced by

clamps which are around here that will

allow the two spacecraft to be stuck

together and then you can remove the the

probe and The

Cone

you okay all right so here we are in the

soyou this is what we call the Beto the

living compartment B boy ATK in Russian

um it also has a little bathroom it's

not as good as the other bathrooms so we

try not to use it too much it has

drinking water in it if we need

something to drink and then of course

it's filled up with a lot of cargo uh

for us

um for us bringing up and also bringing

back down it's has a second purpose when

it comes back to Earth it serves as a um

garbage container during The Descent

we'll we'll get rid of this this area

right here and everything that's in it

will just burn up as it's coming into

the atmosphere so that way we can get

rid of a little bit of trash but the

main area where we were on launch and

where we're going to be on descent is

down here cuz we're not part of the

trash so we're in a safe place so we're

in The Descent module

s it's a little small but you can get

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in not sure how well you could see in

here hold on for a second I'm going to

turn it up this way just so you could

see the hatch and you could see

Kevin it's a little bit small but we'll

we'll come in and show you

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around you coming in probably not okay

just Mo this guy got to move a couple

things we were just starting to get

ready we we're preparing a couple days

ago for our ride home it's a little bit

squishy but everybody asks how do you

sit in the soos and you sort of sit in

your seat like this the seat is molded

to your body and so you can just sort of

Squish in here and be pretty relaxed

everybody has a handmade seat for them

and then of course there's a control

panel and that's where we do most of our

actions and work right here there's hand

controllers which you can fly the

vehicle with and there's a stick right

here primarily used for communications

uh when we're trying to talk to the

ground so three of us fit in here like I

said it's a little squishy but uh

somehow it seems like we all managed to

get in here and and fit pretty well and

it's a pretty safe ride home you're

probably wondering what's all this junk

behind us well it's all of our parachute

first of all and then it's all of our

survival gear just in case we end up

Landing in some strange place on the

planet and nobody's there to rescue us

right away we have all sorts of survival

gear uh with us keeping us safe in here

so they pretty much thought of

everything and uh we'll be home on the

planet within the next 12 hours pretty

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shocking