The Best Astronauts & the ISS Documentaries

Space & the Universe - 44 free documentaries about astronauts & the iss.

Start with I Was SCARED To Say This To NASA... (But I said it anyway) - Smarter Every Day 293 (65 min, Smarter Every Day), then Uncovering the Secrets of the International Space Station (44 min, National Geographic). All 44 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on astronauts & the iss is Endurance by Scott Kelly.

• I Was SCARED To Say This To NASA... (But I said it anyway) - Smarter Every Day 293 (65 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Uncovering the Secrets of the International Space Station | Superstructures (44 min, National Geographic)
• Navy SEAL Astronauts - Smarter Every Day 243 (37 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Astronauts: Life, Love and Sex in Space | Space Science | Episode 1 (51 min, Free Documentary)
• How We Built the ISS - Part 2 (28 min, Real Engineering)
• How We Built The ISS (36 min, Real Engineering)
• I Called the Space Station - Smarter Every Day 303 (34 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Space Station Transiting 2017 ECLIPSE, My Brain Stopped Working - Smarter Every Day 175 (9 min, Smarter Every Day)
• The End of The International Space Station (32 min, The B1M)
• How did they build the ISS? (International Space Station) (16 min, Jared Owen)
• 7 HOLES in the Space Station - Smarter Every Day 135 (8 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How does the International Space Station work? (9 min, Jared Owen)
• Has Russia’s War Doomed The International Space Station? (14 min, Real Engineering)
• Astronaut Urine Teaches Us Stuff - Smarter Every Day 149 (12 min, Smarter Every Day)
• How The Space Shuttle Worked (78 min, Real Engineering)
• How to FLY A SPACESHIP to the SPACE STATION - Smarter Every Day 131 (10 min, Smarter Every Day)
• What Caused The Space Shuttle Columbia To Explode? (49 min, Spark)
• Behind The Scenes Of The Final Atlantis Space Shuttle Mission (59 min, Spark)
• Astronaut Training: How to become an Astronaut | Space Science | Episode 2 (51 min, Free Documentary)
• Building the Space Station Truss Structure (19 min, Jared Owen)
• How did the Orbiter Vehicle work? (Space Shuttle) (13 min, Jared Owen)
• The Time a Pickup Pulled the Space Shuttle (16 min, Practical Engineering)
• International Space Station Tour on Earth (1g) - Smarter Every Day 141 (13 min, Smarter Every Day)
• Artemis 2 Astronauts Training On The ISS (52 min, Spark)
• How did the Space Shuttle launch work? (14 min, Jared Owen)
• Why The Challenger Space Shuttle Exploded | Countdown To Catastrophe (49 min, Spark)
• This Is How Astronauts Drink Coffee In Space! (12 min, Be Smart)
• International Space Station Orbit Tracker (8 min, Practical Engineering)
• History Of The Dangerous Space Shuttle Program (23 min, Spark)
• Why We Do Experiments In Space | Tech Effect (23 min, Spark)
• Life As An Astronaut On The International Space Station | Cosmic Encounters (54 min, Spark)
• ISS: The Most Ambitious International Space Collaboration | Trajectory (23 min, Spark)
• NASA's Most Tragic Mission That Killed 7 Astronauts (49 min, Wonder)
• What Is Everyday Life Like On The International Space Station? (52 min, Spark)
• Rare Footage: Astronauts' Life Inside The International Space Station (52 min, Wonder)
• What It Actually Takes To Become An Astronaut (46 min, Spark)
• Space Exploration: The Legacy Of The Space Shuttle Program (61 min, Spark)
• The Evolution Of The Space Shuttle (23 min, Spark)
• Space Exploration: Project Mercury, Camera Tracking, The ISS (24 min, Free Documentary)
• Inside Tim Peake's Gruelling 6-Year Training To Become An Astronaut (59 min, Spark)
• What Is It Like To Live On The International Space Station? (55 min, Spark)
• Explaining How Space Shuttles Fly In Under 30 Minutes (24 min, Spark)
• Why The International Space Station Was Almost Never Built (26 min, Spark)
• Major Malfunction: Revisiting Challenger (20 min, The New York Times)

Top-Rated Books About Astronauts & the ISS

1. Endurance by Scott Kelly - View on Amazon
2. An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
3. Packing for Mars by Mary Roach (4/5) - View on Amazon
4. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe (4.2/5) - View on Amazon