How Soyuz Rendezvous and Docking Work 🚀

This second video in the ‘Journey to the International Space Station’ series follows the Soyuz capsule from Earth orbit to docking with the Space Station. Featuring interviews with ESA astronauts Luca Parmitano, Frank De Winne and Paolo Nespoli, and an introduction by Alexander Gerst, it includes unique footage taken from inside the Soyuz spacecraft.<br /><br />Produced by the ESA Human Spaceflight and Operations Astronaut Training Division in Cologne, Germany, in collaboration with the Human Spaceflight and Operations Strategic Planning and Outreach Office in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.<br /><br />Narration: Bernard Oattes<br />Technical experts: Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin<br />Content design: Stephane Ghiste, Dmitriy Churkin, Matthew Day, Celena Dopart<br />Animation: Nelson Steinmetz, Yannis Nourrisson<br />Video editing: Celena Dopart, Andrea Conigli<br />Project coordination: Matthew Day<br /><br />Special thanks to:<br />NASA<br />Roscosmos<br />Frank De Winne<br />Paolo Nespoli<br />Luca Parmitano<br />Alexander Gerst<br />Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum<br /><br />Also watch:<br />Journey to the ISS Part 1: The Soyuz launch sequence explained <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVvgpKt5uCA<br /><br />Journey to the ISS Part 3: Soyuz undocking, reentry and landing explained<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-l7MM9yoxII<br /><br />Captions available in English, Spanish, German, French, Russian and Italian. We're working on more languages and they will be added as they become available. Click on the CC button to switch between languages.