Watch Destin Sandlin from Smarter every Day
Interview with Scott Kelly about is upcoming one year stay on ISS and Reid Wiseman about orbital mechanics and how the Soyuz, uses some sophisticated maneuvers to catch up with the International Space Station.
Particular interesting, is the part where Destin and Reid explain the “Homann Transfer” and how Soyuz, does two Homann transfers to end up right before the ISS.
Handy resources
Homann transfer on Wikipedia
Bi elliptic transfer on Wikipedia
List of orbits on Wikipedia
