How To Change Parking Spaces in Earth's Orbit

Changing parking spaces seems like an utterly mundane task on Earth, but pulling it off on the International Space Station (ISS) requires some genuinely next-level driving skills.

Fortunately, ISS commander Gennady Padalka, along with flight engineers Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly, made the maneuver look easy this past Friday. See for yourself:

The video documents the crew ejecting a Soyuz capsule from the Poisk module of the ISS, then delicately scooting the spaceship over to the aft port of the Zvezda service module (both these docking ports are located on the Russian Orbital Segment of the station).

The move leaves the Poisk module open for the impending arrival of three new ISS-bound astronauts, who are scheduled to arrive at the station on September 4.

Not only does the footage include incredible exterior shots of the maneuver itself, it also includes the audio exchange between the crew and mission control, as well as the fascinating visual aids that the astronauts used to orient themselves in space.

For more of the same, check out this hypnotic redocking video from 2013, filmed from the POV of the capsule itself:

Interstellar, eat your heart out.