Work, exercise and 16 sunrises a day: what everyday life looks like 400 km above Earth.
The International Space Station has been continuously occupied since November 2000. For the astronauts on board, it is both a laboratory and a home.
A typical day
- Morning: wake up in a small sleeping cabin, wash with no-rinse soap and wet towels, breakfast.
- Work: scientific experiments, maintenance and repairs, sometimes a spacewalk.
- Exercise: about two hours on a treadmill, an exercise bike and a resistance machine, to keep bones and muscles healthy.
- Evening: dinner together, calls with family, and looking out of the window at Earth.
The station orbits Earth every 90 minutes, so the crew sees about 16 sunrises and sunsets every day. Their clocks follow Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
Image: The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft. Credit: NASA. Source, NASA media guidelines.
Comments
Two hours of exercise every day sounds harder than the spacewalks.
How do they sleep without floating around?
In reply to by Space fan (not verified)
In sleeping bags attached to the wall of their cabin, so they do not drift around while asleep.