ESA astronaut André Kuipers' tour of the International Space Station

ESA astronaut Andre Kuipers invites you to follow a guided tour of the complete International Space Station. Andre himself is the tour guide during this unique visit to the Station.
In the space of one hour Andre shows every module of the International Space Station and explains the ins and outs of living in the largest laboratory in space. This video gives a wonderful glimpse of how life is for an astronaut living in the Station. From science and maintenance to operating robotic arms and finding lost equipment, Andre takes you from the Japanese research module via the Station's cellar and 'garden' to the Russian segment, ending his tour with breath-taking views of Earth from the European-built Cupola observation module.
This video was recorded during the end of ESA's PromISSe mission. Andre spent a total of 193 days in space before returning to Earth on 1 July 2012.

[@1994ARobin]

OMG! The Flying Dutchman!

[@dutch-essjess1185]

Amazing to see a fellow Dutch in space and represents us in such a honorable way. Glad our tiny country is also contributing to this amazing purpose. Thank you for the tour Mr. Kuipers, even though I’m way late, I really enjoyed watching it. 👏🏻

[@DucklingGaming]

As a dutch man i love our English accent lol

[@smartlylever9908]

Dutchess. I totally agree. I am nearly a decade late to seeing this, and a year after your comment but better late than never. Andre made this truly enjoyable viewing. A lovely "host" and could easily see him being chosen for compatibility reasons as much as his high level of intelligence and aeronautical and engineering skills.

[@zakariaao]

Man onze engelse accenten zijn zo mooi 🤣🤣 // man our english accents are so funny🤣🤣

[@traveler142]

Your tiny Country is simply part of a Con by World Governments to siphon Billions from tax payers... this Space Station is actually a Studio on Earth. watch as this turd drops a screw... quick hint... man cannot leave Earths Atmosphere...

[@bunchamp85]

butt what aboot the laydeeeees?@@traveler142

[@threetwentytwos3661]

What ive learned from this video is that screws fall on the ground in zero gravity.

[@wearetheborg]

where that happes?

[@electrostaticionengines4579]

I've seen a number of ISS tours and this is a very good one because of the use of the split screen. great job!

[@danielaibanez8639]

U I k ii k ili k I oo o o oooool I 8 o0

[@David-cv1se]

It's a model

[@kevinfuhrmann8849]

Thank you so much for this video, André Kuipers is really kind and it seems like he loves sharing his work and amazing living space :)

[@custosdelucerna]

Kevin FUHRMANN he is really kind! He called my grandfathers twin brother from the ISS station for his birthday! (Andre and my grandpa were friends before my grandpa died in 1997, so it's super sweet of him to remember his and his twin brothers birthday)

[@ZemplinTemplar]

I maintain that this is still possibly the best authentic space documentary ever. No-frills in presentation, yes, but it's all the better for it. Thank you, ESA, thank you Mr. Kuipers. :-)

[@tptraducoes]

ISS mockumentary, rather. "Low earth orbit" is not space. Nice piece of sci-fi, indeed. Peace.

[@jozefvandeven8643]

As mr Kuipers told me last Friday during one of his lectures I recently attended, everyting in orbit is called spaceflight. Going 'above' the atmosphere (100km) without orbit is technically not spaceflight, but aerospace. So in this case I would also refer to space. Not deep space, but space none the less.

[@HackingDutchman]

Great video! Nice to see a fellow Dutchman in space taking us on a great tour.

[@freshofftheufo]

Absolutely amazing. Thank you for showing us your beautiful place!

[@afomrosemarlyse]

good evening dear André Kuiper. Thank you to show we around the international space.

[@afomrosemarlyse]

C'est curieux, je suis connectée plus souvent, et j'ai comme l'impression que tout le monde voit que je n'existe pas. Et ce que je vois c'est pour une autre personne. ça sent du clonage ici.

[@sac621]

THAT WAS AWESOME!! Thanks Andre for the tour, I have been curious for some time about what was in there.

[@Destructor111]

I saw you guys through my telescope last week! It was shockingly beautiful!

[@robdedalus]

Thank you Andre! This is an amazing tour of ISS! I wish you can do more video like this when the astronaust are in activity or when they do some gym exercises! :)

[@GodEetFrikandel]

Nice to know how everything is going on in the ISS!

[@grantsinclair4278]

I just thought I was claustrophobic until I watched this. I have a sudden urge to go to the Grand Canyon. My hats off to this special breed of humans. Thanks for the tour

[@lisakn27]

I love this kind of thing. Love space!! Thanks to the tour guide.

[@ChHebert]

Wow. Thanks so much to everybody involved in making this video. Fascinating stuff. And Andre is a great tour guide!

[@indyracingnut]

Easily the most thorough tour of the station I have seen. Well done, ESA!!

[@strikeout1991]

Thank you for showing us the ISS in detail. Really interesting stuff up there.

[@wesleymccurtain166]

KUIPER???? What an appropriate name for an astronaut!!!!

[@merlenunneley1857]

I had the exact same thought!!

[@mathijsvanvegten669]

He is dutch so his full name is André Kuipers

[@progamingvanderflaes]

Im duchs

[@progamingvanderflaes]

Fist name is André 2name is kuipers

[@stefvanbussel2487]

its dutch :)

[@mitchellr4637]

Oops dropped my screw

[@fabryz]

We need MORE of this!

[@edwin5620]

Very nice video with André The Flying Dutchman.

[@captainhedgie10]

THAT WAS SO AWESOME!!

[@liandosant]

A lot of interesting things. The toilet's part video is just priceless.

Gracias por el aporte. Creo que ha sido la forma más espectacular de ver la iss. Saludos.

[@omxcx3283]

THANKS for this, love it!

[@jurandp23]

Thanks for the great journey and leting me inside ISS :D

[@KrishnaChandran]

Thanks a lot for showing us what is up there. Its awesome and Great work guys

[@eddiestulak4313]

amazing tour of ISS! I'm so glad to see realistic visuals of space experience!

[@unicorn40]

That was awesome!!

[@ZemplinTemplar]

Great tour, Andre. :-) Definitely the most complete one I've seen so far. Too bad that ESA doesn't have its own EVA spacesuit yet. Here's hoping it'll become a reality one day. ;-)

[@stevegirault8729]

Did the screw drop sequence fly away to the Moon ?

[@boeingcontrole52]

Happy birthday ISS! What a special stuff and universe around there

[@Xezlec]

I love the look of that place, especially the robot control area with all the monitors, and the hardcore industrial feel that Russian technology always has. The fake "plants" dangling from the light in the PMM and the Eastern-style icon of Mary in the Russian part were also lovely little touches. And of course, the cupola that looks like something from the Millennium Falcon!

[@U5K0]

Saving the best for last. The Cupola never disappoints! Amazing part of the #ISS!

[@arulsarulmurugan]

Amazing Video , had a great tour of the ISS. Thanks for having such a kind of tour that wouldn't possbile for us ( common man) .

[@sp3qfe]

André and ESA thank you that you show us how the ISS (MKS) looks like now! Excellent job, especially for young people! I put this movie on the Polish ARISS page ;).

[@borodel619]

Zo andre, wanneer ga je eens de waarheid vertellen? Disclosure komt er al gauw aan. Je weet veel meer dan je ons doet vertellen, kijk uit, je valt door de mand voordat je het weet!

[@costar155]

Andre is a great host, which makes it a very great video; in the sense that there is another video with a female Astronaut for about the same lenght of time, giving a tour of the ISS. Both videos are great, but what makes this video better is because it gives coordination of where you are, and where you are heading, and Andre is very detailed; but that cupula PRICELESS, the view you get seen our great planet is just marvelous🚀🇷🇺👍👏🏻🔥❤. Pura Vida

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

Thank you very much for watching, Herson!

[@zuperxtreme]

I would LOVE some subtitles on this. Very good video.

[@mazz1985]

28:10 How did they zoomed out like that on the overwatch view? I figured there was really long antenna holding the camera, but i see none.

[@ricodelta1]

Why are the pin drop comments being deleted.?

[@ou812huh]

I remember it said " love the screw drop." I have a sreenshot. The Jig is up Andre!

[@Grimwriggler]

@@ou812huh at which point is the screw drop?

[@spiritofadmetos9992]

@@Grimwriggler Its in dutch version of tour video 30 1/2 min in i believe.

[@Grimwriggler]

@@spiritofadmetos9992 Cheers! found it

[@001variation]

Seeing how well different countries are able to cooperate for a common goal, it's straight out of Star Trek. The ISS is amazing.

[@newzealandlol]

Fantastic work ESA keep it up :)

[@katiepurry18]

is there another equipment that takes a photo of the iss? or is that from an astronaut? or is that from a satellite??

[@person6768]

What happened to Leo's comment?

[@blackmambe]

Dream job! :) (doing electronics engineering atm, hopefully one day!

[@tutracrafty]

He reminds me of Scott Manley. KSP Fans unite!

[@numi1337]

When I started the video I was like 'What 55 minutes, that's going to be so boring.' 55 mins later I was sad that it ended so soon ;-) That really was a great tour through the ISS!

[@yuriythebest]

I noticed that too, also how he casually mentioned the cameras that were now "old" and couldn't be used

[@Carlos.Asurmendi]

Thanks for sharing it!! It's a great video... (and much more powerful than a boring speech) ;)

[@sackbeto]

The fastest 55 minutes of my life... but almost de greatest!!!

[@coolname3439]

damn, this guy is badass. He left earth TWICE! without going back the first time he left it.

[@David-cv1se]

Adjust your meds

[@tardedZnerfZgun]

I was all giddy when i saw how long this video is :3

[@julianmcculloch3235]

Thank you for the tour, much appreciated. I wonder what you guys go through when your working up there, stress, small areas, what is working in that environment like? :)

[@derp8575]

Amazing! What kind of camera did they use?

[@liveli3862]

What is this? chaos, visible cables, pillows, pieces flying everywhere? a head in space must be as clean and spacious as possible, isn't it.. it's a mess..

[@ann_onn]

Have you ever been in a lab? It's "chaos", but it's still clean and organized.

[@IIoWoII]

Thanks a lot.

[@arleitiss]

Awesome video. Is there like a carriers/shuttles coming once a month or a week to take garbage/waste and bring new food/water/equipment etc..? or once module is launched from earth it stays with whats on it forever?

[@schlaznger8049]

Do you guys really use standard I-channel?

[@MrChrisRab]

@arleitiss Typically, automated transfer vehicle such as Progress, ATV, HTV and (soon to be) Cygnus stay docked for a couple of months. After that, they are jettisoned and burn in the atmosphere. In addition, there are two Soyuz spacecrafts which are permanently docked and used only in case of emergency evacuation. Whenever the crew is to change, another Soyuz docks. That same one is usually used to send the astronauts back down.

[@albert.2848]

4:07 I can see the second line of the letters. So I am eligible to be an astronaut. YAY!

[@machinespirit6340]

The video camera seems to have a lot of dead pixels. Is that due to the radiation up there?

[@neutrosis]

wow cool! keep on guys!

[@JasonConklin]

Who's the (very quiet) camera operator?

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

André Kuipers legend!

[@peteshea155]

What are all the white star-like dots/points of light @44.00? you can see them thru kuiper's clothing and face/head.

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

Those are "dead" pixels caused by the burning of the camera sensor by cosmic radiation

[@peteshea155]

@@EuropeanSpaceAgency they seem to adhere to a pattern which reminds me of a stellar backdrop. do you think it is random or is it possible that there is a coherent and consistent emanation from outside (universal) sources expressing?

[@DJoppiesaus]

Why haven´t we got wifi in school, if they got it in space?

[@TwinbeeUK]

Great vid. I wonder how much of the technology used is 'old hat' and how much space would therefore be saved (or how fewer items/gizmos/wires they would need).

[@VicariousReality7]

How do you measure the speed of a bird flying past you

[@leon3525]

I have noticed some white dots in the video. is it dust on the lens or the camera sensor has been damaged by cosmic rays?

[@lewisnorth1188]

leon3525 most likely the sensor is damaged, probably nothing to do with space but maybe it was damaged during launch or something

[@xc6603]

weird,i't i've seen the same thing happen,it always occurs on the russian segment?

[@hannekenaterop5030]

Amazing..

[@fullmetalathanase]

superb !

[@mutealienation]

can cultive fruits vegetals in space station

[@henryjohnfacey8213]

Fantastic. I would like to contact the European space station. G1 YFR. Thank you for the tour.

[@unseraugust5376]

It's kind of amusing to hear and see, how some of the MIR-spirit ;-) is preserved in the ISS. I like the word: Kosmonaut.

[@Curixq]

With all those science fiction movies, it is quite strange to see people floating trough "low-tech" things that everyone uses like lap-tops and printers, electrical cables,... Thanks for showing us this!

[@Setirock]

Hey ESA, I have a question, how do you handle that noise on ISS, It's kinda constant and its affects your state of mind

[@DerHumie]

Amazing!

[@johnpinkerton1306]

Why did the cameraman not put the camera in every window he passed to show us the views?

[@JGunlimited]

+John Pinkerton Because its 45 minutes daylight and 45 minutes nightime in the ISS. So for 45 minutes of this tour it was black outside the window (nothing to see). However you will notice near the end that we see outside through the windows (see the Russia Service Module part and of course the Cupola). That's also why he saved the Cupola for last (if you listen carefully at some point in the video he mentions this).

[@JGunlimited]

***** If you want to make your world small go ahead.

[@johnpinkerton1306]

Nothing to see eh? When it is night and there are no clouds I see stars, lots of them, when you go up a high mountain to the observatories there's even more, yet when you leave the atmosphere altogether it's just black? A bit naive don't you think? I noticed a lot of things and listened carefully - did you see that there are at least 10 noticeable cuts? (at - 1:22, 8:04, 27:11, 30:56, 32:36, 34:00, 36:14, 39:22, 46:37, 55:00). Did you think this video was done in one take too? Do you think? Try it.

[@TheRealDogZee]

was thinking the same thing lots of cuts and that end part 54:28 looked like a little toy

[@mikedelhoo]

What is the significance of the cuts? Doesn't seem surprising for a video.

[@Yetili]

AWESOME!

[@JustDuck]

I wonder why they don't use some sort of tension based excercise mac rather that bulky vaccumn machine they use

[@sebastiano1st]

Fantastic! ∆ The ISS is always amazing ∆

[@MrChrisRab]

@Andrea Marcovati, yes and no. Experiments done in space may require microgravity. If that is the case, then these experiments could be placed on the axis of the toroidal station, where there wouldn't be any acceleration. For medium distance travel, such a station would be excellent: it could be possible to easily simulate small ecological environment to easily grow crops for example.

[@joukopeck]

Good info 🚀

[@KilyanAustin]

The floating dutchmen

[@samuelbrault2835]

Was this a live stream

[@user-kh1fm3gl2i]

I am proud of these guys and gals, true pioneers of humanity. Now let's start saving some cash for a centrifugal ring module. :D

[@brandonbourne8768]

I wanna go!

[@PradyumnaGarnayak-vx8zl]

Process about moon base established like level time Earth day count ten years if expenses

[@Cil3kes]

Love the screw drop !

[@Denes_15]

OMG,nice international space station

[@HUMC5]

great!

[@gummipalle]

How is the view count so low...? Billions have access to this, but only 57000 watch.? No wonder funding and effort towards space exploration leaves so much to be desired... People are more willing to pay for music videos and makeup guides...

[@TheHalBaker]

Give people a break ! Not billions can spend 1 hour on KZbin

[@gummipalle]

hehe, thats true... I just find it mind-blowing how dis-interested the world seems... Compared to the view count on other videos:-) -Considering that esa is an international effort... ... ... They touch on this "public disintrest" in the movie apollo 13 as well... Its strange though... hundreds of millions had the time to watch the recent euro-vision BS... So i guess if they cared, they might have time/resources for this stuff too? Shows what peoples priorities are...

[@minemastergamez1884]

I certainly agree! It is very sad, that people just watch useless stuff instead of an amazing thing like this!

[@PvPigCreations]

Hal Baker XD! Actualy are now 67.000

[@wesleymccurtain166]

MineMaster Gamez agreed!

[@Rumata69]

Amazing! I'd love to be there some thay. I'm curious to know what happens with the microorganisms in conditions of zero gravity. I mean the millions of microorganisms in the cosmonauts own bodies, for instance. Are they floating also in the space lab or something like that? Also I'd like to know how the blood pressure works in zero gravity. Thanks in advance for any answer.

[@danielaibanez8639]

516

[@shotgunmcshotgun1142]

So how long would you spend up thee before coming down?

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

The Expedition crews typically spend up to 6 months on the ISS. Starting next year two crew members are scheduled to spend a whole year on board.

[@shotgunmcshotgun1142]

Viggo Stokholm if you say so...

[@PeaceMah]

Why are they star-like specs on all the black backgrounds?

[@freund333]

Dead pixels on the camera because of the radiation.

[@WalidSoudani]

Think you .

[@mikehydropneumatic2583]

30:40 that is a lens and camera!

[@Hrurak]

Perhaps a noobish question, but why can there only be an ammonia leak over at the US side of the space-station?

[@ModMINI]

+Ben Ebb Only the US side uses ammonia for cooling.

[@Hrurak]

***** cheers!