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  No gravity. No atmosphere. An endless vacuum of radiation, dust, magnetic fields, and amazing celestial bodies. Where Earth ends and the universe begins. Space. The final frontier. Astrophysicist Dr. Suzanna Randall is training to become the first female German astronaut in space. She has always been an advocate for equality and women's rights, but it wasn't until she started this program that she realized how much women are still being discriminated against in Germany. Suzanna has always been fascinated by space, despite no one in her family sharing the same interest. Her fascination began when she saw a photo of the surface of Phobos, one of Mars' moons, in a newspaper. From that moment on, she knew she wanted to explore space. Suzanna's journey to becoming an astronaut hasn't been conventional. She is part of a private organization called "Die Astronautin" that aims to send Germany's first female astronaut to space. She continues to work at the Eu...

  Welcome to the International Space Station Tour! Hey, what's up? Don here. We're going to take a tour of the International Space Station (ISS). Let's get started! European Laboratory (Columbus Module) We begin our tour in the Columbus module, which is the European laboratory on the starboard side front area of the ISS. It's not just European, though. NASA also has racks and payloads in here. There's a lot of new stuff, including the EML (which stands for electromagnetic limitation), but I'm not exactly sure what it does. Sounds cool, though! In this module, we also grow plants like lettuce and have a workbench storage area. We even have a centrifuge to process blood samples. We also have an ultrasound machine to check on our bodies. There's a lot of science happening here, but we mostly just set things up. Node 2 Next, we move on to Node 2. This is where the vacuum cleaner is, which is an essential piece of equipment on the ISS. It's used to clean the ...

  Space Station Journey Sleeping in Space Hello, I'm Sunny Williams. I'm up here on the International Space Station. So, this is Node 2. This is a really cool module. Of course, most of these modules you'll see, they have four sides and they're put together that way so we could sort of work on a flat plane: either a wall, a floor, another wall, or the ceiling. But, you know, again, all you have to do is turn yourself and your reference changes. The reason I'm bringing that up is because this is where four out of six of us sleep. And so, people always ask about sleeping in space: do you lie down? Are you in a bed? Not really, because it doesn't matter. You don't really have the sensation of lying down. You just sit in your sleeping bag. So, here's one sleep station right here. I'm going in right now. You can follow me if you want. So, I'm inside. It's sort of like a little phone booth, but it's pretty comfy. I've got a sleeping bag rig...

  The Journey to Space The little red light is on. Producer: We are rolling. Reid Wiseman: All right. Producer: Mark it. Producer: Camera one. Anne McClain: You know, most kids start thinking about what it would be like to be up there, looking at the sky at night and seeing stars. No matter where we grow up, everybody wonders, "What else is out there?" Jessica Meir: I started saying I wanted to be an astronaut when I was five years old, according to my mom. Alvin Drew: It was the beginning of our astronauts making their way up to the moon. I remember thinking, "What is this? How do I go do this? This looks like fun." Tracy Dyson: I looked at what NASA was doing and thought, "I want to be an astronaut." That's kinda what happened. Michael Foreman: I got into Navy test pilot school and then started to apply to NASA. Don Pettit: There were 6,000 people that applied for 15 slots, and I interviewed four times over twelve years. Mike Fossum: I applied multip...

  We've all imagined what it would be like to visit outer space. But while being an astronaut is a dream for many, there was one spaceman who found himself in a real-life cosmic nightmare, being lost in space. Join me on this wild tale of the astronaut who was lost in space for 311 days. The Race for Space Our story begins in the Soviet Union, specifically in Russia. Sergei Krikalev was born on August 27th, 1958, in the city of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). As a young boy, Sergei was fascinated by the intense space race between the Soviet Union and the USA. He continued to pursue his dream of becoming an astronaut and gained a degree in mechanical engineering in 1981. After graduating, Sergei joined the NPO Energia, the Russian industrial organization responsible for manned space flight activities. He played a crucial role in the rescue mission of the Salyut 7 space station and was eventually selected for cosmonaut training. After completing his training in 1986, Sergei earned hi...