HOW IT WORKS: The International Space Station

Sonny Williams shows us around the International Space Station. He explains how to use the bathroom and how to live in space like normal like at home. He also shows us how to brush your teeth and wash your face in space. Sonny Williams: "I wouldn't recommend at home I'm only up. here for four months so it's not that bad""I'm Sonny Williams. I'm up here on the International space Station. I'll show you around the space station. What do you do?" "What do you doing?" "I'm going in right now you can follow. me if you want so I'm inside it's sort of like a little phone booth. but it's pretty comfy I've got a sleeping bag right here that we sleep in" "I've got it sleeping feeling like I'm standing up right now but like you saw him. on the floor but it doesn't matter if I turn over and I sleep upside. down I can't have it I don't have any sensation in my head that tells. me that I'm upside down so it really doesn'tmatter the sleep station is also. like alittle office" "You know you can sleep in any orientation I. have it sleeping  and you'll have some water come out water is pretty neat up in space. it'll stick to your toothbrush and it will make a big bubble and that's just. my surface tension and then you can drink it" "It's like mouthwash but it tastes a little gross or you can just spit it out in a paper towel and then I'm closing it up and it smells a little bit so I make things get a lot of things get go and it's a pretty good way to get things going" "What kind of toilet paper do you have?" "We have some Russian wipes which are a little coarse because sometimes it does get messy because it gets it mixed up which is nice this is yellows for number one and number two and I might add it's so coded so you don't really get it really you don’t really want to add it to the list" "There's a little moon on the outside this is our orbital outhouse right here [Music] and of. course it serves for two functions number two right here" "The bathroom essentially you get up in the morning and we. have a little kit and it has all the essential things that you need like. your a tooth brush and toothpaste and brush see how much better the brush. makes my hair look I'm just joking it still stands up straight it's always going to stand up straight while you're up inspace" "So what's the bathroom like?" "Well you can do a little suspension by hanging by hanging on right here and doing. doing. number one and doing two and doing  number two" "That's what I'm doing right here right here is number one so there's a sort of two functions but you know again all you have to do is turn yourself and your. reference changes the reason I'm bringing that up is because this is where four out. of six of us sleep and so people always ask about sleeping in space" "How do you actually live. in space?" "You just have to have pretty good aim and you'll be sure to be ready to let go and you're ready to go" "And that's the only thing I wouldn't advise at home" "We don't. fly all over the place but you can't fly all around the place" "This is a little you might have noticed a. littlemoon on theOutside this is nice and you can also get it mixed  up which  is nice" "When you're in space you can get it all mixed up and get it to get messy" "If you want to go to the bathroom you can go to a different part of the station and get some water and then get it out of the way" "Let's take a. look at that little piece of work come on and [ music] here we are at. the throne this is awesome you might see the little you may have noticed the little" "A little Moon on theoutside this is the little moon," "I'll have a couple little toys" "These are some of the things that make it kind of like home" and "that's the way to make it feel like home." "I don't know if you're going to be able to go back to your home in the next few weeks or a few months" "Where are you going to go for a vacation" "Have you ever been on a vacation on the ISS?" "Yes, I'm going to tell you how to get back to Earth. I've been on one of the places where you can take a break from your daily life in a way that makes it feel a little more like home in a different way"