2020 marks 20 years of continuous human presence on the International Space Station, and it has evolved significantly over the decades. On Sunday, the European Space Agency released an ISS tour video hosted by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano and NASA astronaut Drew Morgan, who point out every detail like a pair of house proud dads FaceTiming their kids.
Filmed around New Year’s Day, this is the first time a tour of the ISS has been shot with two astronauts presenting, as well as the first time it’s been done in one take. The hour-long video isn’t one continuous shot though, switching between the two cameras Parmitano and Morgan used to film.
A handy graphic overlay shows the pair’s location so viewers can follow their path through the ISS, though the image mistakenly shows the Nauka module instead of the Pirs. The video description also includes some timestamps in case there’s a specific section you’re keen to see, such as spacecraft Soyuz MS-13 or the toilet. (Space pee is recycled into drinking water. Space poop is jettisoned toward Earth to burn up in the atmosphere, raining fiery turds upon us all.)
“It’s been our pleasure to show you around our home,” said Morgan signing off. “Constantly a work in progress, constantly a work of art [and] a work of science.”
