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[@rikomagyar7850]

This is the way to go. Not arguing, hurting and killings on Earth.... Greetings from Australia, Perth.... //

[@gregsimmons694]

International fake station!!

[@runechuckie]

It is the way to go, I wish Russia would stop it's invasion of the sovereign Ukraine. It's own brother /sister country with tons of history together. Putin needs to be stopped.

[@adriantcullysover4640]

Those 3D models were so good, I wasn't sure what other shots were real or not.

[@thankthemosthighgod9135]

Getting closer to more believable imagery space

[@JustinTucker208]

I believe Most images of the I.S.S. Are C.G.I. Not like they’re letting have any selfie sticks long enough to take a picture of the full thing, or any astronauts going out there for pictures while flying through space at 5 miles per second.

[@Lexluthor12324]

props to whoever made those 3D animations

[@scottsyoutubevideos]

so you saying that ISS does not exist??

[@m0therfan]

@@scottsyoutubevideosouter space is the biggest lie ever told.

[@acertainscientificstudent1676]

@@scottsyoutubevideosThough most of the video comprise real videos, there are many CGI too.I think he meant those CGI in the video

[@vanishingGolem]

yes, the earth is flat and we are living inside a giant peach 🍑

[@davidwitt2188]

I have seen the space station very clearly in my telescope. You can see the solar panels and modules very clearly. It really is up there.

[@vividthespis]

"ISS, we drink our own urine after recycling it..." Bear Grylls "WRITE THAT DOWN!!!"

[@michelmilaneh8963]

Or as they say today's coffee is tomorrow's coffee

[@ginamiller269]

And ? your urine today will be your coffee on the next morning ! Weather on the ISS nor on Starship when we wants to go to Mars ! Think of this ,, nothing wrong to use your urine , changing it in drinkable water. We never could bring all that water we need to the ISS or even to Mars or beyond ! Same with xygen. We have to produce it on the ISS , on the Moon and on Mars or wherever we wnats to go !

[@Semicon07]

Yeah it's called, "reverse osmosis". Not quite dinosaur pee...Just as "clean" - this video is so old they still state that Orion will take us "to the moon by 2022".....considering in 2024 that is still a ways off....

[@vividthespis]

@@Semicon07 The joke flew right over your head didn't it?

[@davidmudry5622]

Would a blind person bouncing on a trampoline know when they go from up to down?

[@oportaldahistoria]

Thank you so much. Such an amazing content. I am so grateful.

[@gregsimmons694]

International fake station!

[@ankhels]

Amazing & so informative. Quality all around was great. Thanks! ♥️

[@gregsimmons694]

International fake station!

[@chrisogonas]

Simply incredible!

[@themyself1212]

Watching From Earth

[@alicewangui3288]

Scientists and engineers are amazing.

[@gregsimmons694]

Lmao. Wake up! International fake station!

[@kokosensei5231]

Thank you for share!

[@user-xf8fv5ph8m]

I love it I'm watching from Manila Philippines I'm freda i love learning

[@adhi.kusumo]

Thank you National Geographic!! 🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳 Loved it!! it used to be Very expensive just to see your great documentary from half way around the world!! (Jakarta, Indonesia) Now, it is free on KZbin!! But, it is necessary to take note: in minutes 8:08 This Video made in 2016, This comment written 13 days after this video posted in 2024, By the time this comment written, the video is 8 years old. 🤔🤔

[@DhooomKetu]

Kudos to cameraman for shooting all these videos in space

[@NKWrites-jn7fn]

interesting and informative. thanks

[@NOM-X]

The best Modern Marvel episode yet. Love It!

[@steveskouson9620]

Yeah, except this is Nat Geo, not Modern Marvels. steve

[@macnethzone]

glad you like it even tho your persons with dissability..

[@jbcvabeach82]

🤣🤣🤣@@macnethzone

[@saravanank1659]

Excellent information about space science

[@gregsimmons694]

International fake station!!

[@erastusmuigai8945]

Crazy crazy creative

[@michellemcsorley9221]

❤❤ here again it’s so much happy to view the universe from the human soul s that dream and the dream earth can share are endless ❤

[@bradlycassidy-bs2dz]

These guys are always reliable for a good laugh! Love it!

[@gregsimmons694]

Amen! International fake station!

[@user-kg5ut5fc1f]

Thank you

[@user-rp8db1ly1f]

Listen, world, universe, planet whatever you are, we need more than that

[@asimally9468]

AWESOME DOC ...

[@andrewbock3203]

Excellent! Thank you so much for posting!

[@ultrajd]

I was 10 years old when the ISS construction began. Ironically, I was also in my current events class and we watched the launch of the first American module unity on TV. One thing, though that I recently have discovered is, we’ve discovered new ways to generate energy through the use of heat. Now I’m sure they’re already working on this but instead of just taking the majority of the waste heat from the station and radiating it out into space why not try and find a way to use it to Produce more energy? I mean yes, as stated in the thing, the station creates more than enough energy through its solar panels, but I would think that it would be a good idea to try to make something that could use that heat purely because of the fact that, obviously you would want to probably have as many redundancies as you can. The same thing could be said, for the hydrogen that is created through the electrolysis. I’m sure the hydrogen could be used either as a energy source or better yet perhaps use it as a form of thruster fuel. I’m sure all of this is far easier said than done. But , you know just figured I’d put in my two cents.

[@Oyya-de4co]

Zk. NM

[@Semicon07]

More energy is never a problem. keep going mate - if anyone doubts you then THEY are the problem.

[@gregsimmons694]

Lol. International fake station

[@ultrajd]

@@gregsimmons694 Huh?

[@N-e0N]

I was born in the year 1998, so I've never known an earth without the ISS orbiting it. Gonna be a sad day when they de-orbit it in the 2030s

[@user-sg9ow5te5p]

They covered two topics that I thought deserved better explanations. #1 Round versus square hatches. I'm sure each country had good reasons for their design choice. What are the pro's and con's of each design? #2 They spoke at length at how expensive it is to ship oxygen for breathing to the station. Then... lets extract the Oxygen out of H2O. Is there a water fountain in space that negates the shipping cost for water? Each pound of anything costs the same to ship, regardless of it being steel, aluminum, water or air. What factors are involved that give the oxygen extraction from water process the advantage?

[@AHappySpace]

I don't know pros and cons of square vs round hatches, thought it was just a choice as far as fitment of astronauts with their plss to get through the hole ..and iss does use electrolysis to a certain degree, not sure what percentage of air is from that but I do know it is used on iss..just my thoughts/knowledge wish I could explain more

[@dylanwoodworth6676]

Off the top of my head, I would guess it requires far less energy to separate hydrogen from oxygen, rather than ship oxygen to recombine with hydrogen. Hydrogen has no use (the reclamation process vents the hydrogen to space) so to produce water, you'd have to ship both gasses. That's part of the consideration.

[@gregsimmons694]

Lol. International fake station!

[@austinjoesph5186]

Wonder whether does it have any rain falling down in space?

[@marekkos3513]

19:43 you should use BeamNG for that 🤣🤣

[@SpitSharp]

Good one😂😂😂

[@user-ff8fp8zp6z]

❤❤❤❤❤From the PHILIPPINES

[@BETORAMIREZ664]

min 7:40 A donde tan peinada. Dime donde trabajas y que saves hacer. Wonderful documentary. The price of living inside that mansion is out of this world.

[@GodenClark]

This is so interesting

[@fasteddy6170]

So HILARIOUS

[@gregsimmons694]

Amen! God bless you! International fake station!

[@arunlingam2531]

It looks wonderful and awesome. 1 of marvel creation of human beings.

[@mouktarhassan1971]

Thank you for sharing with us

[@gregsimmons694]

International fake station!

[@ranjanjoshi3454]

Lovely cooperation

[@nothanksmate]

Be cool if you told us this documentary is 5 years old. Getting up to date info on human achievement is difficult if organisations such as National Geographic don't tell us how old the information is.

[@rikomagyar7850]

Can you update it..?...?

[@jamesnewton5134]

Have they replaced the ISS in the last 5 years?

[@nothanksmate]

@@jamesnewton5134 Nah, it hasn't been replaced. There's no new modules or tech. Thankfully science never changes so I guess we're safe.

[@ell-ell-ell]

😂Боится, что забудет Не Вспомнить и торопится отказаться от Прошлого! Как можно жить с этим? Не хочется поменять или полная амнезия?

[@asiano3385]

I always forget about the thing that National Geographic still use outdated measuring units and don't provide any conversions even if they are talking about science... But it is better that measuring distance in *grain of wheat* so better than nothing.

[@TThoMusic]

Yeah like Farenheit is absolutely awful, Imperial in general is moronic... 0ºC = Freezing point of H20, 100ºC = Boiling point of H20. This is so easy and logical to understand, whereas measuring things in Farenheit and yards is such a caveman thing to do..

[@gregsimmons694]

International fake station!

[@Budgiecastle-yr9mp]

Love from Budgie Castle ♥️

[@herculydia]

Imagine working on the Space Station for 3 years and just wanting to sit under a tree in the warm sunny spring with a butterfly going by.

[@SILENT-SKY900]

Watching from Philippines

[@tonymers]

National Phonographic at it's finest...doesn't get old...

[@Ielts_9_holder]

I love ❤️ national geographic

[@GabrielSBarbaraS]

Since SpaceX began flying the Falcon 9 rocket in 2009, the cost of launch per pound has decreased from $10,000 per kilogram to roughly $2,500. Starship promises to lower the cost of launch even further.

[@korana6308]

That's not true.

[@ginamiller269]

This is already a old documentation.

[@stephenskinner4857]

I was part of the original design team. It was way more pound per launch than what you stated. It was $11,000 per pound. Converting kilograms of 2.2/ 1 = an aprox. cost of slightly under $4600/pound. It was way more than that. The project went over budget that drove 3 iterations and eventually more international partners to make happen. That's whyy the final design was named the International Space Station. - Stephen Skinner

[@GabrielSBarbaraS]

Good information Steve@@stephenskinner4857

[@gregsimmons694]

Lmao. Wake up. It's faked. International fake station!

[@JamesPetrycia-zj7yq]

If something breaks they can get in few days to replace, but if you travel Mars they are out luck if something breaks. Example of Eagle going to the moon when they had damaged.

[@youtubeconnollyfamily]

Awesome video

[@davidburch1508]

Satellite engage on top optic captivity orbitalalpus. 2:41 1 Trillion Second bi second hand via 80 of 21 century 1.10.02.\4.5 by second in second hand aprosthropyfleet engage by l ferit central degrade 7:13 3:03 Data energy exchange load .0.01.x2 hand ™ unch velocity

[@user-qr5vb3vm6e]

The wagonwheel design is still the centrifuge gravity works and allows for a central area to accommodate the attachment of resupply shipping craft. Later, it could grow food in space,with artificial gravity gardens composting the tailings from minerals mined from the asteroid belt.

[@gregsimmons694]

Lmao. Wake up. International fake station!

[@nothanksmate]

34:58 This is actually the The Wolowitz Zero-Gravity Waste Disposal System.

[@vanishingGolem]

bazinga!

[@sherry14days]

I just saw an object on the bottom right of screen Time @ 3:16 of video , it dropped down but went up then it veried off real fast to the right, what was that? UFO?

[@whoistylerdurden1652]

Im surprised nobody is commenting about it

[@MrBucketlist]

I just watched the movie I.S.S....perfect timing.

[@mtradz]

Yes what a waste of time the movie sucked

[@senlinkstechnologies]

Share link

[@darrylgadwa683]

@time 3:18 looks like an object passes by.

[@AT-SOI]

If you look elsewhere in the frame, you will see other objects flying from the station, such as garbage or ice.

[@martinmendez5856]

Yes, a grey object/orb... and then it seems to change course at a different pace. Are they sattelites?

[@rem3thed]

LOL his video is so halaious when you realize they're lying about it all. Aluminum foil protecting the ISS moving at 1000's of miles from objects in space. XD 21:10

[@bradenrogers7190]

Always enjoy watching videos like this.

[@Dazza13Bravo]

Guess you vote for Biden.

[@bradenrogers7190]

@@Dazza13Bravo thanks

[@gregsimmons694]

International fake station!

[@AerialWaviator]

This video appears to be almost 10 years old (guessing from ~2016). As of 2024, the ISS only have 5-6 more years of useful life remaining. By 2028 new (commercial) space stations will begin to take over its purpose in LEO. NOTE: just about every rocket shown in this video has been retired and replaced by newer more advanced launch vehicles. The cool thing is the cost of lifting mass to LEO has dropped from $10,000 in 1998 to under $1000 in 2024. Within a few years the new Starship booster will be able to launch structures the size of ISS in just a couple of launches, not the more than 20 SpaceShuttle launches required for ISS. Comparing ISS launched pre-2000 to Tiangong space station launch in 2021 shows how far human space flight has come. All the wires and cabling seen on ISS does not exist on Tiangong, as computers now use wireless technologies. Hard to believe that ISS was launched at the dawn of the internet age. What replaces ISS in 2030's will be even more amazing. Multiple commercial space stations are planned and currently under development.

[@gregsimmons694]

Lmao. Wake up! International fake station!

[@TommieTubbs-iv9cn]

I think it's interesting and I would go on it.that would be fun❤

[@Krishnakumar5251]

Wow

[@abhisharma2970]

thanks national geographic for always making amzaing video

[@XBnPC]

Really well done. I knew quite a bit about the ISS before, but this has certainly been educational 😃

[@annarimovska]

Awesome 👍❤️🍀 ....happy a wonderful new week in healthy ☕🙏

[@LaurentinoVasquez-mw5cu]

I'm seeing it from here 😊

[@Jayjay-qe6um]

In January 2022, NASA announced a planned date of January 2031 to de-orbit the ISS using a deorbit module and direct any remnants into a remote area of the South Pacific Ocean.

[@easternyellowjacket276]

Excellent presentation of the incredibly important ISS.

[@Dazza13Bravo]

Not really

[@gregsimmons694]

Lmao. Wake up. International fake station!

[@leedavid5214]

As a technology channel, could you please use metric system?

[@salt_liqueur]

nat geo is an American network lol so they dont care about the rest of the world

[@Gurumeierhans]

They are Murican, they dont know logical units

[@TThoMusic]

100% agree. Imperial is the cause of all engineering disasters.

[@mayandas9581]

Best discovery sar

[@kalaminimo-gi5cz]

wow

[@FUELEDBYATOMS]

COOL VIDEO

[@Esarjay]

I’m still laughing at what he said @5:50 😭😭

[@mansooryadgari77]

Thanks for this greatest video ❤

[@toni4729]

People can live a lot longer than three weeks without food but, I'll go along with the other two estimations. Air and water.

[@kevinkrebs1412]

Yeah, I got a PRESSURIZED MATING ADAPTER right here for ya, buddy

[@erastusmuigai8945]

Its a mazing

[@RV4aviator]

Expand forth I say with Technology as our bedrock. We are , despite naysayers, a technology based and driven species. From the earliest attempts at tools, language, and expansion, we sought to explore...! We have succeeded better than any other on this Planet. Now is the time to test ourselves once more and explore the Solar System and beyond.

[@gregsimmons694]

Lmao. Wake up. International fake station!

[@iiigraghu]

Great Presentation 💐

[@Paul1958R]

NASA astronaut applications: Billionaires wanted

[@DanielMasawi-fl4gr]

WOW!!!Impressive it just dawned on me,we could go to the moon of further in this,i mean imagine the distance it cover around.Just sayin loving the show from Zimbabwe

[@StingrayMM20]

Genuine question: I can't imagine that the inflatable module has the same kind of layering as the rigid structures on ISS. How is it being protected against the impact of debris? Thanks!

[@dansv1]

Multiple layers of flexible Kevlar type fabric and closed-cell vinyl polymer foam according to Wikipedia. Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM).

[@8ersoul8]

The things we could accomplish if the world just came together

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

the things we could accomplish if it weren't for profit seeking.

[@NKWrites-jn7fn]

🥰*_اِهۡدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الۡمُسۡتَقِيۡمَۙ*_🌻 ❤*_ہم کو سیدھا راستہ چلا،_🍿🦚🌸🌿*

[@themyself1212]

Watching from iss

[@simpledragon]

Ancient advanced civilizations made amazing things with stone. The difference between the pyramids and the space station is a testament to our evolution. Will we be able to make the choices for the survival of our species?

[@gregsimmons694]

Lmao. Wake up. It's faked. International fake station!

[@lyncolin]

So how was it set in that fast motion and does the additional weight when a new module is introduced affect the overall speed?

[@DistinctiveBlend]

When a new module is brought up it is already traveling at the same speed

[@TThoMusic]

There is no air resistance therefore adding additional mass does nothing to slow it down.

[@ictforallth]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@PabloDonChege]

There is a part two of this.?oh God😮

[@Dazza13Bravo]

Yes America as a communist country.

[@troyqueen9503]

Submarines and spacecraft.😮

[@mohamedbaza9573]

Have a nice day my dear friends. All my best wishes for you.

[@gregsimmons694]

International fake station!

[@isaaclekelalu95]

Amazing. Sadly space isn't the place to live.

[@TarmanTheChampion]

16:19 hahaha looks like a tie fighter

[@Howoldareweanywayyipes]

I've seen it on my many walks... back when I could walk.

[@user-pz2ph6iy9v]

23:07 what about space junk hitting the windows in the ISS or those solar panels? What's protecting those important equipment?

[@ginamiller269]

MCC HOuston , MCC ESA-Oberpfaffenhofen and Cologne, CSA Canada, JAXA and MCC Roscosmos/Moscow are observing 24/7 the orbit where the ISS is operating in LEO. When therfe is danger for the ISS astronauts because of space debris , all the space agewnties are alarming the ISS to go in action especially Roscosmos will put the ISS via the cargo Progress spacecraft in a differenht orbit etc. The ISS is observed with millionbs of eyes from ground !

[@Jibon3935]

Thanks everyone

[@luisjrmatos]

MIR station, predecessor to the ISS was in orbit in 1986.

[@korana6308]

The question is though, will those inflatable modules be able to withstand an impact from a micro meteorite.

[@Dazza13Bravo]

If not it must be Trump's fault, lol!

[@sameerbaadkar]

Anyone noticed a UFO 3:15 to 3:19 Under the ISS 😮

[@stevemc75]

And to you UFO means aliens,right?🙄

[@sameerbaadkar]

@@stevemc75 maybe

[@b1lleman]

It's just a darker spot on the window and the camera is moving behind it so it seems to move. It's blurry because it's not in focus because to close to the camera.

[@alexander19681]

Yes.@@stevemc75

[@asiano3385]

UFO aka I don't know what it is.

[@darrylwalls4162]

Definitely need plenty of wata and aaa

[@Chill.ego.]

What is the music at 10:10

[@markfisher8549]

We don't need to go to other planets to we learn to take care of our OWN!

[@mikee9178]

Why?

[@asiano3385]

We are not allowed to explore. I cannot buy an expensive bicycle to travel wherever I want.

[@user-gm9th5ok7e]

I like this video

[@electricblue8707]

This was excellent

[@mrugeshkumarmpatel9607]

Science ❤

[@ValdirSilva-sz1ms]

*DANIELLE GEORGE 📡🔭*

[@gilberttello08]

👌👌👌

[@tarter9768]

When did this first air???

[@underthetornado]

We need to have a program designed to save earth too.