How does the International Space Station work?

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The International Space Station is the largest man made object in space. It was built in pieces and then launched into space and assembled in orbit. In this video we'll go over some background about the station and then walk through each module in the order that it was assembled.
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⌚Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Plans for the Station
01:05 - About the Station
01:51 - Countries Involved
02:02 - Parts of the Station
02:43 - Launch Vehicles
03:02 - Timeline
03:12 - Assembly
08:48 - Future of the ISS

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The 3D model used in this video was purchased from TurboSquid.
I made a few modifications such as rigging panels and adding Dextre and the Candarm2 but otherwise it's the same.

Internet Sources:

Book Sources:
"The International Space Station: Operating an Outpost in the New Frontier" Published by NASA
"View From Above: An Astronauts Photographs the World" by Terry Virts
"Endurance: A Year In Space, A Liftime of Discovery" by Scott Kelly
"Space Stations: base camps to the stars" by Roger D. Launius

Music: (all songs are from the Youtube Audio Library)
"Cast of Pods" by Doug Maxwell
"Hydra" by Huma-Huma
"Resolution" by Wayne Jones

Made with Blender 2.79b (Cycles Render)

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[JaredOwen]

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[maartenw]

I see no one here talking about these absolutely amazing animations! Must’ve been a lot of work. Much appreciated :)

Edit: Somehow this comment sparked a war between flat earthers and sane people. If you're in for a good laugh, read the reply section below :)

[fabulog]

I love how all of the modules have super formal and scientific names, and then Canada has "The canadarm" and "Dextre"

[geekdiggy]

i'm not leaving here without stating what an amazing animation that was.

[specialagentweener]

I cannot believe that they were able to put this Station together. It seems so mind blowing to just create a floating building basically in a place that has no way for humans to survive.

[Artem-pesb]

Just in case

Zarya - Dawn
Poisk - Search
Zvezda - Star
Pirs - Pier
Rassvet - Sunrise
Nauka - Science

Greetings from Russia

[coolnoah]

America: We have added another piece to the ISS

Russia: But does it have a docking port?

[kaffii]

America: uses scientific and advanced names for the modules

Canada: we'll give ya a robotic arm and name it canadarm, get it? canada and arm?

[volentastudios]

Canada is that one helpful friend that helps everyone else

[kelpo]

1:21 ah yes, the standard unit of measurement, *_a football field_*

[eruno_]

Humanity can truly achieve great things working together.

[Eggmerr]

They took "team work, make's the dream work" to a whole other level

[huh]

USA: *Research and living station*
RUSSIA: *Research and living station*
CANADA: Haha big space arm

[planetdesign]

America: S1 Truss!
Russia: Pierce!
Canada: Canadarm ;>

[llenny_uwu]

I like how everyone else had momentous names for their modules, like the US with Unity and Japan with Kibo - Hope, and Russia with Zarya - Dawn, and then theres Canada with Canadarm lmao 😂😂

[xxsever_shadowxx]

I am still impressed on how they assembled this in space, this proves humanity's limits are endless, from making tools with stones, to landing on the moon then assembling a space station in space is amazing.

[simonrancourt]

NASA : "Hey, Canada, can you lend a hand ?"

[cl]

Fun fact: LEGO has an ISS set created by a fan. Just got it myself. So freakin neat and perfect timing.

[aaaknowkneemoos]

US and RUSSIA on the ground: 😡

US and RUSSIA on the space: 🤝🤝

[FunkSoulBubby]

Just took my daughter out to watch it pass over tonight and she watched this video and loved it. Thanks, man.