Fire in the Soyuz!

(L-115 days) ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov take us inside the Soyuz simulator at Star City where they are training for off-nominal situations they could face during their spaceflight. In practice, this includes anything their Soyuz instructor decides to throw at them - including scenarios such as fire or depressurisation.
Andreas is currently training for his 10-day Iriss mission to the International Space Station, set for launch in September 2015.
Connect with Andreas at andreasmogensen.esa.int
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[@ZemplinTemplar]

This is something that's rarely shown to the public, so thank you very much for explaining some of the methods for dealing with a fire emergency aboard a capsule spacecraft. Fingers crossed that the September launch will go smoothly and you'll have no emergencies on the flight to the ISS or back. All the best. :-)

[@Josh23761]

The ISS Program is the only time we can see a world without borders or boundaries.

[@dmsdmullins]

Is that why there is a Russian side and an American side?

[@whiplash7400]

the americans can go into the russian side. Heck. they HAVE to go through the russian side when they dock

[@jamiegodman715]

Gamingwithsean and the Eurasian go to the American side also. everyone loves the cupola.

[@blackhawk0606]

There are no borders on Earth except the one we drew

[@sparrowlt]

i dont recall any "border control" whatsover on board of the ISS.. there are russian and american and other countries modules and any astronaut can go whatever he/she needs without restrictions.. Ironically the only boundari arrised when Chris Hadfield recorded that Space Oddity music video.. copyright agencies down in earth beated arround the rights trying to say if he recorded it in a US or russian or japan or so module.. because the ISS as its orbiting constantly cant be determined over where the video was recorded (probably all arround the world)

[@Hyperspacefighter]

The stick. Russian remote control.

[@cornknight]

Don't need batteries.

[@Getoverhere666]

In 90s I've seen when some ppl used a long wooden mop to switch channels on TV ))

[@cornknight]

+Getoverhere Old school, it never fails!

[@zerodistance2988]

Those damn russian.... Simple cheap and realible

[@DaHitch]

Finger-longer*

[@EuropeanSpaceAgency]

ESA astronaut ***** and Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov take us inside the Soyuz simulator at Star City where they practice emergency situations, such as fire. #iriss kzbin.info/www/bejne/pXaYi2aLrceYsMU

[@nilutubeu]

gud but there could be worst situation also where flames could have start from any where which will not allow to push buttons for on/off. so in tht time all controls should activate (Input and output) from voice only rather then physical touch.

[@saucybackport]

European Space Agency, ESA nice clickbait - i wouldn't watch this video if it was named How to fight fire in the Soyuz :)

[@bergonius]

Nilanjan Dasgupta Voice commands are very unreliable. Buttons are much safer.

[@kg4boj]

Nilanjan Dasgupta how well do you think microphones work in a vaccum?

[@jgfakjshfdgkajshd]

+Peter Carlson “Crackpot Pete” If a mouth can work, also a microphone can work

[@scenepointjudge]

"Commander, there's a fire in the spacecraft!"" Commander on iPad "Handle it - I'm playing Fruit Ninja."

[@russelthebastard]

lmao

[@hawks1ish]

Apart from being dangerous it would suck to have to reenter after waiting years of training to go up into space imagine being almost there and having to turn around that would be crap

[@YT-NPC]

nothing compared to apollo 13....

[@vaarelpgaming647]

DerMaxy thats true, that was more than a bit of training they did for "nothing" in the end

[@trod146]

That actually just happened a couple weeks ago. They were just about to reach space when things went horribly wrong and had to abort and come back.

[@azbates]

More videos like this please. Good job.

[@PhazonSouffle]

What do you do if you drop the pointing stick?

[@toplvl2004]

PhazonSouffle .... impossible in space bro it will just float rotating, unless it is bumped away.

[@Helghastl33t]

PhazonSouffle I guess unlock the seatbelt and go after it.

[@stab74]

Gumber cules It won't float when under heavy thrust or reentry. Probably a bad time to to drop that thing.

[@Victoriusdj]

PhazonSouffle Maybe they have a spare one

[@importedmusic]

PhazonSouffle The pointing stick probably costs £1,000,000,000

[@GoldenHay1]

MISLEADING TITLE. It's just a simulation. Title should be "Simulated fire in Soyuz simulator".

[@maio52]

Thanks. Very interesting.

[@gittys1982]

Good luck guys. Take easy

[@alejandrocristopherdejesus6865]

Preventivo y genial experimento espacial.

[@Immortalcheese]

now THIS is an exam I'd have no qualms about studying for!

[@alexeikafe5388]

Imagine the situation:- oh crap there's a fire what do we do? -Shit I skipped that part -Well we're definitely going to die now

[@juk-hw5lv]

LOL That stick the pilot uses to press buttons is so funny :D

[@laurenjohnson7613]

The only thing I noticed- the song at the star is BBC breakfast 'theme tune'

[@centaur1a]

Is there a way to control the capsule incase the computer could not be rebooted?

[@andreasmogensen2628]

Yes there is, but it's a good question. Maybe I'll do a short video to explain in more detail soon.

[@fernandoosvaldochevettella3868]

La estación internacional espacial para un futuro podría modernizar la parte de los paneles solares y los habitaculos un poco más grandes

[@notmenotme614]

I’m surprised the suits aren’t liquid cooled. Some Airforce pilots have had liquid cooled suits for decades.

[@reformCopyright]

Depressurizing the capsule just like in FTL: Faster Than Light.

[@lateasusual_]

exept in FTL then you're probably going to die anyway

[@MostPowerfulPMofIndia]

This is a nightmare as if landing in a capsule is less. People must invent more technology to handle such crisis.

[@BassGuitarGuy128]

that was interesting about natural convection in space... never thought about it but yeah that wouldn't happen

[@matthewgrimes7738]

just open a window

[@hunterbruyere5052]

Matthew Grimes are you dumb? Like for real right now.

[@yennax]

Matthew Grimes that's a good one

[@randomstuff-cu4of]

Matthew Grimes well depressurization is one of the methods to wxtinguish a soace fire and that is basically that

[@animamundii]

I know it is a joke..a bad one, but even if you it wasnt, are you seriously dumb? Never open window in a closed space where there is a fire, you just gen more oxygen inside and get more fire.

[@kurafutomine9874]

Matthew Grimes uhhh how many brain cells do you have

[@suekennedy8917]

What if the pointing stick hits the wrong button.

[@lassemondrup1829]

Andreas Mogensen he is my idol

[@BillyBobCornontheCob]

not even a foam/Co2 fire extinguisher up there?

[@darcgibson5099]

Billy Bob Corn on the Cob Imagine spraying foam all over sensitive equipment/electrics. Imagine spraying CO2 in a closed environment you're supposed to be breathing in.

[@BillyBobCornontheCob]

Did not think about that. Don't let me design a space capsule.

[@stefyxoh]

+Dave Newbern +Dave Newbern That's a genuine point. Keep it simple!

[@blastyfs2]

I do wonder why heat exhaustion would be a problem. Is it not possible to solve the problem similar to how the eva suit would without increasing the size of the suit a great deal? At least in the US eva suit (as far as I can remember) used small tubes weaved in a sort of net like configuration that had water pumping through them. I know the eva suit is much larger than flight suits, however adding just the tubes should not increase the size much, of course the flight suit doesn't need to have all the other additional materials. I'd understand somewhat if this were a budget issue. However, we already have so much in place to ensure that our space engineers encounter as little risk as possible. It should be damning to allow something that is probably so simple to fix, like heat exhaustion, to continue to be a threat in a tiny enclosed space that is a controlled environment.

[@RowdyHorse4]

2 different suits for 2 different purpose... An EVA suit would be too bulky to be used in a soyuz so the russians made a special lightweight emergency suit (standard issue after a depressurization accident in the USSR in the early days) The suit DOES have insulation and such is the reason why they can last 130 minutes but they don't have that big ass backpack you see in the back of EVA suits that carry the regulators .... Too bulky... Not a cost issue but crew comfort/safety.... There will be a point where the crew will be so uncomfortable that it actually poses a safety risk instead...

[@Pow3llMorgan]

I love Volkov. Is he going to be your crew mate on launch or reentry?

[@andreasmogensen2628]

During launch

[@Pow3llMorgan]

***** I bet it's reassuring to be crewed with a veteran of the soyuz and a Hero of the Russian Federation! Thank you for the videos!

[@npc1238]

Ok, so far so good, wait whats tha- [fire ignites taking all oxygen from the station]

[@hardc0reguy]

The first thing to do in a fire situation on Soyuz is to switch off spacesuit ventilation to prevent. During whole video it's stays on.

[@lateasusual_]

I think they can't simulate that because of gravity and the capsule not being actually ventilated, but they pressed the buttons that would do that in a real scenario.

[@hardc0reguy]

+lateasusual yes, you right. they did it via KSP(command panels). But the fastest way is to toggle down suit ventilation power switches.

[@leosypher9993]

So the flight suits that you wear in the Soyuz don't have the climate control undersuit like what the EVA suits have?

[@aleksandersuur9475]

Its emergency safety gear in case of pressure loss. In the early days they didn't have them at all, they started using them after a nasty accident.

[@Jaystarzgaming]

it is a live simulator

[@gustavmunch9691]

first danish guy in space:]

[@CombraStudios]

Is it weird that I smell smoke in my room?

[@HONORGUARD308]

Considering the Soyuz has more than enough Delta-V for any possible mission within LEO, why not just add a fire suppression and extinguishing system like in military armored vehicles. At most it would only add less than 100 kilograms. . . But also, if there is a fire it is probably best to deorbit anyway.

[@bergonius]

HONORGUARD308 Because those systems are less efficient and less reliable than simple disabling air convection, a fortiori depressurisation. Also, in close space of capsule military-like extinguishing system will render whole system inoperable, and put pilots in danger.

[@HONORGUARD308]

bergonius yeah but in addition as a first line of action. . . Also you are completely incorrect about your second statement, such systems will not at all render anything inoperable.

[@Helghastl33t]

HONORGUARD308 The systems that protect sensitive hardware use toxic gasses, not something you want to have with you in a space capsule. De-pressurising is the safest and most effective way of putting out fires, so why have something else with you if you can just vent the atmosphere (a smart thing to do even if the fire is already out so the toxic combustion products are vented into space).

[@rajeshpillai2316]

+He lg has fly qr u

[@rajeshpillai2316]

+He lg has fly qr u

[@JSBPisgah]

Why not have more compressed oxygen on board?

[@nickrulercreator]

JSBPisgah fired would last longer

[@BadBimz8R]

But even after the successful reentry and touchdown would they still be strong enough to escape the capsule?

[@__Paprika]

Astro Walbeck I don't thinnk an emergency re-rentry is hard enough to knock you down this much, they should probably be able to open the hatch and exit, right ? But would they need to anyway ? if the capsule survived re-entry, it surely can stay immobile for a few minutes/hours

[@BadBimz8R]

Electro phobia yes i mean with all the smoke choking them and the higher body temp it would be much tougher to bail out after touchdown

[@__Paprika]

Astro Walbeck oh yeah probably, that's right

[@GuiltyMiner0343]

Astro Walbeck People would come and pull them out, they do it anyway.

[@Traeknald]

Iriss logo: *SUPER SMASH BROS BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII*

[@769270865]

if depresslize then do you have to acturally worrie about temputure drop? you exposed to space like an eva?

[@drsenseihugo]

No only the air will get out

[@Suyamu]

do you know how a thermos works? It keeps the heat inside by surrounding a vessel with vacuum. If there's no air around you, your heat can't dissipate through the air. Since the body continuously produces heat, it builds up over time.

[@AnhTrieu90]

They're still wearing their spacesuits. They close their helmets at first sight of a fire. And finally, they check for leakage on the suits before depressurization.

[@Suyamu]

***** The Sokol suit is a pressurized suit for emergencies during transfers to and from orbit. The suits for prolonged spacewalks are the US EMU suit and the Russian Orlan suit.

[@dmsdmullins]

It's not they can't work for longer than 125 minutes, it's that the suit cooling/heating systems do not exist. That would add weight, take up space, add complexity to an already complex system, and the suits are designed as minimal survival equipment for an emergency. Kind of like a life-raft isn't designed to be a comfy home.

[@dirtyharry1844]

Yoda and Gandalf could fly the Soyuz.

[@fuckednegativemind]

Russian, they don't talk.

[@gabrielesimionato1210]

Yoda does

[@toherful]

Soyuz terbaik,,murah meriah

[@andrewanane9715]

scary.

[@user-no2vw8tm2s]

And I thought this was the name of a cool song. Dang it.

[@calvinchen4505]

It looks very uncomfortable to sit in that capsule for hours

[@cornknight]

Astronauts in Gemini could do this for days in less space in their capsule.

[@fuckednegativemind]

Calvin Chen I sat in one of these and yeah, it's very uncomfortable, even without a suit and for only five minutes. So I don't want to imagine the ordeal it is to sit here for hours...

[@desunistallerinc]

They are not sitting there, how can you seat anywhere with 0 gravity? Astronaut's ass feels no pressure.

[@maximo1590]

Here I thought there was some engineering failure in a test of the Soyuz craft.

[@gokudoge7588]

Wait fire in space? Space does not have oxygen since that a fire needs air too,unless a air tank explodes

[@gokudoge7588]

Oh

[@Barzins1]

It takes humongous balls.

[@boomboom9291]

Imagine a cramp in the ole hammy in that thing.

[@NotAFirefighter1]

Denmark

[@themegcooking]

Only 10 days???

[@cravinghibiscus7901]

FedeLuxOfficial You can do a lot in ten days. And it's the first flight for our (Denmark's) first astronaut!

[@themegcooking]

i know it's amazing on that sense!! but some esa astronauts like sam and alex stayed on for months so it's a bit of a shame really

[@danczer1]

FedeLuxOfficial Yes, because there is a one year mission on the ISS.

[@GuiltyMiner0343]

Ladislav Tánczos Standard time for ISS stay is 6 months.

[@l0m0c0np1m13nt0s]

Ask George where did they hide the vodka!!

[@wolfpack3689]

Is this clickbate

[@trod146]

All the money needed to send people to space and they are gonna send someone for just 10 days.. Seems like a huge waste.

[@adamrdcp]

I can't believe space agencies are resorting to clickbait.

[@trod146]

How is this clickbait? It is exactly what the title says. You actually wanted a real fire and to see people in peril and possibly die? You're fucked up.

[@UseYourBrainPlease.]

If you want to see a real fire search of Apollo one

[@leroibaikerkonure8064]

hasta la ESA hace Clickbait.

[@palsereyratanak8451]

I don't want to go to space because I will die

[@husia77]

dangerous

[@owez7113]

just get a fire extingusher LOL 😂👊👊

[@UseYourBrainPlease.]

Are you dumb? If they did do that it could damage all of the computers and probably damage the lungs in the process of them not wearing the spacesuit properly. Also fire extinguishers are very messy and too big to fit on a capsule like that.

[@kevet1968]

Wtf it sounds like all of their options in case of onboard fire are kinda shitty.

[@kevet1968]

No onboard fire suppression?! Really!?

[@Aeraleach]

the idea is, that a fire won't break out in weightlessness and a fire extinguisher would probably do more harm than good, there's surely a reason behind it

[@benquinney2]

Off nominal

[@user-ft2fn4fs1s]

Ракеты мы может и умеем делать, но вот качественные видео ролики - нет. На русском языке просто нет таких.

[@erdbeerschorschnc3484]

clickbait?

[@iluvDNA100]

Glad this wasn't real-life.

[@yeetnskeet4373]

eyyyyyyy he danish

[@mrboggs7037]

it isnt as realistic as armagedon

[@calvinsylveste8474]

これは非常に原始的です

[@UseYourBrainPlease.]

もちぽいどっちスペシャルおやす90円アップするんどっち子ポッチャ

[@kaylebmoore4770]

Hotbox

[@francescozappone2776]

Su 3 automobili che ho avuto ne ho distrutte 2 quindi non so guidare neanche l'automobile; però mi chiedo come si possa pensare di viaggiare nello spazio comandando il velivolo con le bacchette.

[@zzzazzzable]

loro non solo pensano di comandare il soyuz con le bacchette, ma effettivamente lo fanno. E da molti anni.

[@francescozappone2776]

Non metto in dubbio che loro possano comandare il velivolo con le bacchette; il mio dubbio è se si può viaggiare nello spazio in quelle condizioni. Rileggi l'intestazione del post.

[@zzzazzzable]

+francesco zappone sì, anche nello spazio. Anzi essendo un'astronave direi sopratutto nello spazio.

[@francescozappone2776]

Non posso obbligarti a non credere ciò che vuoi zzzazzzable; tu credici.

[@zzzazzzable]

cosa credo io? e cosa non credi tu?

[@grimreaperbadboy]

Just open the window m8 lol

[@questionablethings6995]

Title is click baity.

[@brettking9381]

Click bait

[@howardgilmour8464]

Not seen a more contrived, more static staged scene for a while. Funny how they were recording just at the right moment, in HD no less! They seemed to move up from the usual 240p to 1080 just for the occasion! Keep spinning the plates NASA and hope the public don't catch up.

[@JoeBlac]

Of course a training exercise in a simulator is a "staged scene", and it's not particularly surprising they were able to record the safety drill at just "the right moment".

[@balloutbubss]

can’t tell if this is bait or not

[@redline1916]

In space, there's no bias or anger against Americans or Russians. Yeah, I think I'd rather live in space so I don't have to deal with the pointless bullshit against Americans just because they were born somewhere else on the planet.

[@pivkaaa]

hm maybe they should start depressurized right from the start:)

[@jinchey]

Did you hear the bit about heat exhaustion?

[@Stephan74]

Crap