Liftoff Videos
Every mission, with the videos that tell it
Every mission we cover, by year.
Published: 17 Dec 2025
A guided point-of-view tour of the International Space Station, recorded by astronauts on Oct.
NASA astronauts Nicole Mann and Kjell Lindgren give a guided tour of the International Space Station, moving through the Columbus, Kibo, Destiny, Unity, Cupola, airlock, Russian service module and…
Published: 6 Dec 2025
This documentary-style explainer covers the early assembly of the International Space Station, from Zarya and Unity in 1998 through the 14 shuttle missions up to 2003.
Mission: 2021Published: 6 Sep 2025
A documentary following ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet on his second trip to the International Space Station, Mission Alpha, which launched on April 23rd, 2021 aboard a Falcon 9 and Crew Dragon…
Published: 12 Jul 2025
A long-form history of the International Space Station, from early station proposals and Space Station Freedom through the Shuttle-era assembly, Expeditions, the Columbia pause, commercial cargo and…
Published: 26 Mar 2025
The B1M explains how the International Space Station was built from Zarya in 1998 onward and why it is planned to be brought down in 2030 by a specially modified SpaceX Dragon, ending in the ocean…
Published: 17 Feb 2025
A documentary tour of the International Space Station, described as covering 9,700 m² and about 400 tons.
Published: 22 Nov 2023
An animated explainer on how the International Space Station was assembled in its early stages using the Space Shuttle and the Canadarm robotic arm.
Published: 10 Dec 2022
An explainer on daily life aboard China's Tiangong space station after the Mengtian module docked and Shenzhou 15 arrived for the first in-orbit crew handover, with six taikonauts aboard.
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