Performance in Space | National Geographic

while the International Space Station
orbits 250 miles above the earth
flight engineer Mike Hopkins joins Rick
Mastracchio on his very first spacewalk
the 175th aboard the station with the
help of astronaut Koichi will fight them
whenever they’re finding a big fella
that claimed back the complicated repair
will push the limits of human
performance taking these astronauts over
five hours at a speed of 17,500 miles
per hour with no brakes and only water
to keep them hydrated the training
required for spacewalks is an incredibly
rigorous process before each mission
astronauts spend hours of floatation
tanks simulating microgravity and decree
devotes months to planning every detail
and movement for each spacewalk and we
had liftoff liftoff of the soyuz rocket
at the TMA 11 M spacecraft on a truly
Olympic leap delivering three more crew
members to the International Space
Station
crocodile is quite awesome it’s amazing
that we already of all the stages will
be with this wonderful guys we have we
having a great time here once onboard
the space station the crew will be
feeding working and sleeping in a
complex that now has more livable room
than a conventional six bedroom house
two bathrooms a gymnasium a 360-degree
bay window
thirteen years of continuous human
occupation has provided valuable
zero-gravity research and ensured the
maintenance of the space station for
future present expeditions you see it’s
quite a view yeah you right over the
over the heart of South America