Departing Space Station Commander Provides Tour of Orbital Laboratory

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Published 2012-11-19

In her final days as Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory and downlinked the video on Nov. 18, just hours before she, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency departed in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft for a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan. The tour includes scenes of each of the station's modules and research facilities with a running narrative by Williams of the work that has taken place and which is ongoing aboard the orbital outpost.

All Comments (21)

@justinlines3715 10 years ago

"I haven't sat down for six months now." Williams, S (2012)
@Jeremy92Neel 11 years ago

This is awesome and terrifying at the same time
@joezilla29 8 years ago

I met her and another astronaut eating at our restaurant the other day and shook their hands. I was so starstruck.
@surgeville 9 years ago

I was going to show my 5 year and twin 4 year old daughters 3 minutes of this. They were GLUED! At about 10 minutes I offered to turn it off and watch the rest later, and two of my girls shouted, "NO!" It was VERY cool - both the video and their reactions.
@gusterguy01826 9 years ago

This is one of the greatest videos I've ever seen. They are all so lucky to be able to experience that
@l.p.2500 10 years ago

I watced the whole documentary just because shes so bright
@deacon75100 11 years ago

Thank you, Commander Williams, for an interesting tour.
@BrockNMcGoff 11 years ago

It's amazing what we accomplish when we (countries, cultures) partner with each other instead of argue and fight and kill each other. Freakin' space!
@Fancylooks 11 years ago

I want some of that extraterrestial high hold hairspray too! This woman is amazing, so nice, such a wonderful smile all the time, she is very impressive and nice, God bless her. I don't want to imagine what kind of humour I would have after 6 months floating around on such an unhuman place.
@latro666 10 years ago

12:00 mind gets totally blown
@7rebor 11 years ago

I love how even though she's been there for 6 months she still enjoys flying around in the space station! Just goes to show the novelty doesn't wear off any time soon.
@minxlabrada 11 years ago

Have a safe trip back! Love the Edward Scissor hands hair in space!
@Barzins1 8 years ago

Wow! For a claustrophobic person like me, it's just way too confined.
@riparianlife97701 9 years ago

The amazing thing to me is that they're not floating, they're falling. Imagine months at a time falling.
@KorsarNik 8 years ago

Amazing! The view from the cupola is just overwhelming.
@poorenglishjuggler 8 years ago

see..... Russians and Americans can be friends
@strawberrypie777 11 years ago

I couldn't stop watching this. Watching this I couldn't stop smiling. This is just so insanely cool. I so envy the astronauts!
@MattJP93 9 years ago

Thanks for making this video! It shows how well different countries can work together and what we are able to achieve when we work together.
@kingstonrjsp 11 years ago

this is one of the most amazing things i've ever seen
@LESTER7L1 11 years ago

Fascinating!!!!! Great tour! She is AWESOME and LOVELY!!Thanks for sharing this Commander Williams!