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Four seasoned astronauts recall what life in space is really like. Helen Sharman, Michael Barratt, Daniel Tani and Jean-Francois Clervoy talk about weightlessness, space walks, and coming home.
Day 18 of our advent calendar: http://rigb.org/advent
Watch these astronauts discuss looking back on Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzQSJXY7Zfk
Only a few people will ever know what it’s like to be in space. From the sensation of weightlessness to the unique quirks of living miles above the clouds, being an astronaut is an experience like no other.
Four seasoned astronauts recall what it was like up there. Helen Sharman, Michael Barratt, Daniel Tani and Jean-Francois Clervoy discuss what a launch feels like, getting used to weightlessness and venturing outside the confines of a spacecraft to complete a space walk.
‘A Place Called Space’ is the 2015 Royal Institution advent calendar. Every day in the run up to Christmas we’ll be releasing an original piece of content exploring the human experience and cultural significance of space travel. With hand-drawn animations, experiments in zero gravity, interviews with astronauts and creative data visualisations, the calendar will fire you into space every morning.
‘A Place Called Space’ channels the voices of seasoned astronauts and expert scientists through the eyes of a team of talented animators, film-makers and artists, bringing you a thought-provoking gem to kick-start each day.
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FIRST 😀 Fantastic video!!!
I hope I live to see the day when orbital tourism is a common and afforable thing.
astronauts like to pee upside down. This makes perfect sense.
this is unbelievably good. I'm not even a space addict, but this is just so real and wonderful.
4.5028142589118% of all humans who have gone to space have died in their attempts. This may seem like a high number, but 100% of all humans die.
They should take all the religious and world leaders, put them up there, give them enough food for a year and tell them "If you can't sort out your differences, just look out of the window".
I love this stuff, but it makes me cry a little thinking that I was born too soon to escape the Earth for a time as these lucky people have done. I hope one day our descendents will look back at Earth in their sky and realise that they are living our greatest fantasies. I hope their lives are more harmonious than ours.
To be? Or not to be?
10/10 for that RI – it absolutely hit the spot!
That cupola shot at 1:36 is fucking beautiful
my dream is to go to space… but I'm polish, we cannot go to space.
Man, would I love to become an astronaut. This was a beautiful video. I'm 17 guys, do I have any chance in becoming an astronaut?
No doubt that it's great to be in space, but every day there brings one a step closer to becoming a human amoeba.
The Acronym NASA stands for Never A Strait Answer folks ! Much love to all viewers in 2016 !
i' love to pee upside down, but vacation Australia isn't the same, right?