Old joke: when a famous admiral arrived on the bridge, he would unlock a drawer, take out a piece of paper, look at it, put it back and relock the drawer. He died unexpectedly and the first thing his subordinates did was open the drawer. The piece of paper said "port is left, starboard is right".

As a Canadian I love hearing Scott call the Canadarm the Canadarm rather than "the robotic arm"

0:40 "I can now justify why lego is on my buisness expenses"

Commander: “Brace for turbulence.” Crew: “Sir we’re in space.” Admiral Adama: “No listen to him.”

My 5 year old son was trying to take pictures of the ISS last night! He will be thrilled to watch this and learn more, many thanks Scott. Edit: Oh no! My kid will see your model is lego, then I'll have to get it. Probably build it too. Tough life as a dad :)

Scott just elevated himself to a god-like being

So the Kraken attacked the station in 2009? They should have checked their auto struts..

So it’s a spaceship with utterly awful propulsion, the way an oil rig is an utterly awful jet ski.

I like how Scott emphases *Fly safe* as the 420 tons space station hurtles through space at insane speeds, dodging specs of paint with the same power as bullets.

If anyone needs a stock photo of Scott to use in an article or something, just pause at 8:13 and take a screencap. LOL

"I have a lego model of ISS". The joy on his face is so real and beatiful. That's what man needs. No sex. Just LEGOs.

To anyone who watches 'The Expanse', remember the expression 'a beer can with rockets strapped to it' ? In space, everything is a space ship if you have propulsion.

I think Scott was just looking for a reason to show off his Lego ISS lol

If I remember correctly Skylab had three large reaction wheels (non-gimbaled gyros) - one on each axis - which NASA used to orient the station. Unfortunately it took a command/service module (CSM) to raise its orbit. If they hadn't used the last CSM on the Apollo-Soyuz mission perhaps it could have been used to boost Skylab high enough to stay in orbit until the Space Shuttle finally flew.

Today I found out the Russians drive the ISS. I hope it has a good dash cam. :)

No, No, No! The desert side of the bay!

I would like to see a dedicated video by Scott about a relationships between ESA, NASA and Roscosmos and other space agencies. Here is what I am interested in: How and why decisions are made to plan and execute missions. How arguments/different intentions between agencies are being handled. How does finances work to run this project. Who has a final/strongest say about ISS. And so on. Thanks.

Mission control can just terminate any debris that would pose a threat to the staton

Why does "Fly Safe" sometimes sound like a threat? lol

8:13 Anyone else catch Scott Manley flipping the bird off at us!! Lol Well played Scott, well played. Haha

8:10 "might adjust from its normal orientation" Scott might want to think about what his hands are saying when he's using his hands to talk.

I have a feeling Scott made this video just to flex his ISS Lego model

Lego, one of those rare toys that surpassed their original purpose. A bit like the VW bus transmission (?) joint that became the most popular dog toy ! I wish you all the best!❤️

6:50-7:12. Soft dock followed by rotational alignment and hard dock. I've never seen the rotation before. Makes sense of course since the vehicle interfaces must line up. Cheers Scott for posting that.

Its pronounced "zvezdA", emphasis is on A. Means "star" in russian (but Scott probably knew that).

What follows should be prefaced with "If I recall correctly..." I remember seeing a video quite a while ago talking about why the bearings failed on the Hubble and the early reaction wheels on the station. They were made of metal balls running in metal races. With the radiation and electromagnetism they experience on orbit, there would occasionally be static discharges from one component to another causing micro-welding and pitting of the balls and races. After some time in use the pitting would get so bad that the bearing would fail. The problem has been solved by replacing the metal balls in the new bearings with nonconductive ceramic. No more arcing, no more micro-welding. And no more problem.

Thank you Scott for explaining this. It just so happens that my kids and I were researching how the ISS adjusts their altitude and attitude for their science class. You rock!!!

scott, i love these kinds of videos. nuggets of trivia that are infinitely interesting and you organize them together in a very fluid way.

3:04 Scott manley subtly confirming that he is, in fact, a god, who has taken our form in order to teach us how to become a type 3 civilisation.

Thanks Scott - now i know that ISS can fly safe and how :)

This was awesome, I was on the Oculus Quest with Mission: ISS looking at the parts and hearing Scott describing! what a delight.!

Really great explanation on the inner workings of the ISS...I learned more with your video than from any other source I've found. Thanks and keep up the outstanding content !

Oh my, the piping must be a pain if they move the propellant that far

"“I’m Scott Manley, fly slightly tipsy!”

This was a fascinating video. I'll think of it whenever I see the station fly over. Scott's posts are so filled with interesting information.

I’ve heard the opening quindar tone check conversation to this channel before. It was Houston testing the global phone line/ long wave radio communications hardware with one of the repeater stations in Australia used to broadcast out to the Apollo spacecraft. The radio operator in Houston would simply say to the station in Australia, “1-2-3-4-5-5-4-3-2-1 end of test”‘with a quindar open tone/close tone between each number.

Great video as usual

Gives insight when I create the follow up to my Indian Space Station video. Thank you

Best part of my day is learning interesting tidbits from you Scott! Thank you!

Excellent, excellent video Scott Manley, you are truly the man!

6:50 TIL that turning off the SAS during docking to prevent attracting the Kraken is legit in real life too.

" These 'little things' (the Control Moment Gyros) are steering a 420 ton space station..." and by the way, this space station is racing around the earth at a speed of 27,576 km/hr....

Absolutely fascinating- thanks Scott

Thanks for this Scott. I have had a few questions that pop into my head over the past few years, then I forget to research it and a few days later it pops up again. You just answered them for me =)

Who actually has control over the ISS? The people on the station or ground control, or a mix of the two?

"NASA always has its plans figured out" can I get that on a t shirt? Lol

Thank you Scott, this explanation is timely for me. I was wondering about the attitude keeping and how it is maintained. I knew there was a boosting function, but have not previously seen anything on the components that perform it.

Best videos on the tube by far. Keep them coming. Thanks

So, more Lego, but the Saturn V is still in wrong position. (The black dots should be faced to the LUT).

Sounds like what I do in KSP after docking, turn off RCS to keep out of orientation docking from occurring.

How fun. Another fantastic episode Scott! Fly safe

Covered so many questions I had. Great work.

I'm curious, what effect does all this manoeuvring have on all the microgravity experiments?

Starship will be as big, it can even serve as a space station

This man is a gem

Thanks Scott for fascinating content.

Last time I was this early starhopper was about to fly

I've tried this with noodly KSP craft. It never ends well. XD

Scott i love your use of the lego model. Once i saw you using your i grabbed mine and was able to follow along.

As always, Mr Manley, you've given us the deep dive that all of us space buffs crave. You are the Man!

Does the Space Station flex a measurable amount when maneuvering? I imagine it's designed to be very stiff

„let me show you it’s features“ ... missed opportunity

Awesome vid. Reminds me of the opposite forces my gyros felt on my submarine that fed momentum to navigation. Well done m8t.

I just searched this topic two days ago !!!! And now your video ??? Awesome luck for me ! Well done mate.

A quick question, is there an astronaut designated "Pilot" on board at all times who makes the ultimate decisions when the station needs to be 'flown' or is everything so automated that would be redundant?

Couldn't the ISS use magnetorquers to desaturate the reaction wheels? I don't know if the ISS has magnetorquers but if they did wouldn't it make more sense than expelling propellant?

Thanks Scott. That was extremely informative!

Where else would I learn such things! Thank you for compiling all this. I even brought my son to come see all your Lego builds.

14:30, i guess they forgot to check their staging?

Kinda makes you wonder how Sci-Fi stations like Starfleet Earth Spacedock work...

Literally asking myself this question earlier today, and then I see this video uploaded. I know generally how this works, but I’m sure this will explain in detail. Thanks man. Haha

That was really cool. Thank you. I just learned so much about the iss.

Important question: have you ever sat down and played with this? like, pretended to dock the shuttle or anything? cause I would hands down do that

WAIT is the lego ISS a set?

Thanks Scott. I didn't realize how maneuverable the ISS is. I thought it just hangs there in orbit. Great info!

The complexity of orbital mechanics and space stuff in general is truly mind boggling. So many things to take into account, and it’s hardly automated, someone just had to think this through. I’m genuinely shocked every time I learn something new and wonder about the realities of commercial space flight which needs to be almost entirely automated.

While you were describing things and showing the orientations using the Lego model, I flashed back to the film (and novel) of Arthur C. Clarke's _2010: Odyssey 2._ The general design of the Russian (Soviet?) spacecraft in the film is similar in many ways to the ISS, while the Discovery is more like the Apollo designs. Thanks as always for the interesting content!

Literally was thinking about this when you uploaded

Man Scott, I’ve learned so much from watching your videos! Thank you for doing this! Scott’s are the best! 😁

Loved this video Scott :)

Love the SA Corey (Expanse) books on the shelf in the background.

very clear explanations. thx. subscribed

Thanks for this video it was very informative!

Very interesting and informative video. thank you Scott.

Very interesting, I like the use of a prop in this video

Great great vids like always (my favorite show on UKposts) Scott. So can you talk more about compression lift and hypersonic speeds plz. Have a good one

This was awesome

Great content, Thanks for sharing.

fascinating video, thanks!

Great episode 🖖🏽

Fuck man.... I remember when watching you like 6-7 years ago on your brilliant ksp series... .basically learning all the interesting stuff from you... and look at you now where you got with your channel. Congrats man, happy for ya! :)

I remember there's one interview from a shuttle flight on youtube (one if those 20-30min post flight conferences) that they show the crew on a shuttle experiencing the acceleration from the maneuvers to dockwith the ISS (more like playing around actually)

Great video scott! thanks!

What an interesting video. Thanks scott

This is one of the most interesting piece on the ISS, I’ve learned many new facts, thanks Scott. About the debate if it a space ship or not, this is my check list comparing it to a cargo seafaring ship: 1) go about the surface of the Earth in space or water, check 2j can change course and speed (slowly and carefully), check 3) can perform docking, check 4) transport goods and people, check 5) have sides identified as port and starboard, check 6) everybody (except FEer) believe it exists lol, check 7) Lego makes models of it, check HEY it’s a “space”ship.

Super good video, as always!

I had no idea how big the CMGs were until you showed the shot of the spare with an astronaut. They are big!

Very informative!

Thanks , for answering my question, nice video .

I have that same ISS lego set and I love it!