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3 videos

  1. Stranded in Orbit? Lifeboat Rule, Starliner and Rescue Ships

    Published: 2 Nov 2026

    The video explains the lifeboat rule, under which at least one docked spacecraft must always be able to bring a station crew home.

  2. Starliner Crew Flight Test: Why Five Thrusters Failed at 260 m

    Mission: 2024Published: 2 Nov 2026

    On June 6, 2024, Boeing's Starliner, carrying Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, lost five small thrusters while approaching the International Space Station and docked after 3.5 hours.

    View mission: Starliner Crew Flight Test (2024)
    Launch site
    Cape Canaveral, Florida
    Outcome
    Partial success

  3. Inside the ISS: Sunita Williams Tours Sleep, Food, Toilet and Soyuz

    Published: 31 Mar 2016

    NASA astronaut Sunita Williams leads a room-by-room tour of the International Space Station, showing the sleep stations in Node 2, the bathroom, the galley, the exercise equipment, the spacesuits…

    Vehicle
    Soyuz