A Space Station Odyssey – Big Bigger Biggest

Documentary revealing the technological leaps forward that have enabled the world’s biggest space station, the International Space Station, to be built. The ISS orbits 200 miles above our heads, hurtling around the Earth at 17,500 miles an hour. It is one of the greatest engineering feats of all time. Its crew performs vital experiments that will one day allow humans to live permanently in space. A test bed for future missions deeper into space, the space station could enable future generations to journey throughout the Solar System or even live on Mars.

The film explores how the space station was made possible through a series of engineering breakthroughs. Five landmark space stations that have contributed innovations to allow engineers to build bigger and explore the wonders of space travel. Using computer generated animation we reveal the incredible stories behind these structures and the inventions that have pushed the boundaries of science. Five ingenious leaps forward that enabled space stations to evolve from BIG, to BIGGER, into the world’s BIGGEST!

00:00 – Introduction
03:08 – Staying in Orbit – Salyut
13:38 – Communication – Skylab
22:26 – Life Support – Apollo-Soyuz
33:56 – Building in Space – Mir
42:39 – Safety – International Space Station

Episode from the “Big Bigger Biggest” documentary series exploring the engineering breakthroughs that have enabled us to develop some of the largest structures in existence.

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