Astronauts took a Soyuz for a little fly around the ISS,Gravity-style

In a planned mission , three ISS crew extremity took their Soyuz out for a ridearound the ISS.Why ? Did they want to show Sandra Bullock ’s character in Gravity how it ’s really done ? Not exactly . Instead , it ’s in reality the astronaut equivalent of moving your gondola out of a parking space so your roomy can park his . Only we ’re deal with Soyuz space vehicle as cars . And the ISS as your flat . And oh yeah , blank .

Basically , Commander Fyodor Yurchikhin and Flight Engineers Karen Nyberg and Luca Parmitano undock their Soyuz spacecraft from the Earth - facing side of the place so another trio of cosmonaut could arrive in their own Soyuz from Earth and dock it to the ISS next week . you could see the spacecraft detach above . The full NASA video is below .

Astronauts , they ’re just like us !