What It’s Like To Live In Space? (Video)

For every person who ever wanted to be an astronaut, the universe seen from the International Space Station and other space crafts may be grand, but it does come at a price. Cabin fever on Earth is bad enough - imagine what happens when you have to live in a small, confined space on board the ISS for long lengths of time.

Fortunately, you don't have to be an astronaut to know how it would be like to live in the space station for long periods. Scientists recenlty unveiled a stunning, Ultra HD video of the spacecraft, which gives an incredible impression of being there. Produced by Harmonic, The Daily Mail noted that it provided NASA TV "beautiful imagery from the space program," at the same time "leveraging the latest 4K ultra-high definition technologies" as described on the company website. The channel, meanwhile, was described as an "ambient video channel highlighting beautiful imagery from the space program," using Ultra HD cameras on board the station.

Today, the NASA TV UHD is available on the AMC 18C satellite - and the station orbits the earth at the height of 255 miles --- or 410 kilometers, circling the Earth every 92.91 minutes at a speed of 17,100 miles (or 27,600 km) per hour. The station has a total mass of about 990,000 pounds (450,000 kg) and has a living space equivalent to that of a five-bedroom house.

The space station may have been continuo sly occupied for more than 14 years, but little was known about how the living conditions are - except, of course, for the astronauts who lived there. With the help of about 14 fish-eye photos stitched together, NASA was able to create an interior view of Columbus - the biggest contribution of the European Space Agency to the ISS.

The interactive panorama released by the ESA reveals so much more than space - it reveals cramped conditions of astronauts on board the station while orbiting the earth - a feat that ESA wants other people to experience at some point.