The Hot Mess That Was the Mir Space Station

Mir taught us a lot, but most days, it was also a mess of mold and electrical problems... even when it wasn’t literally on fire. Host: Reid Reimers ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Nicholas Smith, Tim Curwick, Alexander Wadsworth, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4225/mir/mir.htm? https://www.space.com/19650-mir-space-station.html https://www.universetoday.com/57063/mir-space-station/ https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/bmvn44/the-mir-space-station-was-a-marvel-a-clusterfuck-and-an-underdog-hero https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mir-Soviet-Russian-space-station http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/10/international-space-station-home-potentially-dangerous-bacteria https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2007/11may_locad3 https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/602090main_44s_international_life_support.pdf https://www.universetoday.com/100229/fire-how-the-mir-incident-changed-space-station-safety/ http://www.jamesoberg.com/mirlessons.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2001/mar/14/spaceexploration.education https://phys.org/news/2015-10-international-space-station.html https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/spacecraft/s-mir-spektr-main.htm http://www.fia.uk.com/news/how-does-the-international-space-station-deal-with-fire-safety-.html ------- Images: https://www.nasa.gov/content/overhead-view-of-skylab-from-orbit https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history//shuttle-mir/multimedia/diagrams/salyut/salyut-4.htm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mir_Space_Station_viewed_from_Endeavour_during_STS-89.jpg#/media/File:Mir_Space_Station_viewed_from_Endeavour_during_STS-89.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salyut_program_insignia.jpg https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/m-diagram-main.htm https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronauts-at-work-on-the-international-space-station https://www.nasa.gov/offices/oct/images/office-of-the-chief-technologist-history-nasa-is-with-you-when-you-fly/nasa-is-with-you-when-you-fly-successful-partnership https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/sts-86-photos/86p-051-low.htm https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/sts-86-photos/86p-032-low.htm https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/sts-86-photos/86p-057-low.htm https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/linenger-photos/linenger-p-003.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chemical_Oxygen_Generator,_Cut-away_View.gif https://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/multimedia/sts-86-photos/86p-066-low.htm