There are many things we do every day without even thinking we get up take a
shower use the restroom eat exercise but how do people do this
in a tiny confined space and also in a zero gravity environment
well astronauts have to do this stuff every single day
from sleeping to getting ill on board to brushing their teeth and using the
restroom how do they do it thankfully through live videos
astronauts have showed us so let's check out the everyday life of
someone in space when you're in the international space
station almost every minute is planned out
that's because it's incredibly tough on the human body and mine to be up there
also it costs around 35 dollars a minute for an astronaut to
be in space that's almost 50 000 a day so things
need to be accurate but surprisingly astronauts don't have a
set wake up time however they do need to be up
by around 10 am that's because every day there's a morning conference with ground
control if you're wondering what time zone they
use in space that'd be london time or more specifically greenwich mean time
which is where all time is measured from so if you're ever wondering what time it
is in the iss then simply look to london time the
reason why they use london time is because it's hard to tell the difference
between day and night on the iss they also want to make sure that
astronauts from different countries don't work and sleep at different times
on the iss the sun rises and sets many times in 24 hours
so once they're up in atom how do they shower remember in zero gravity water
would simply spray everywhere so how do they do it
for this reason there's no running water on the iss
if there was then water droplets could get into the electrics
this could ruin the one trillion dollar iss
that's why water is transported to the iss in small bags with straws
to wash their hair they simply push this onto their head you could also squeeze
this onto a cloth and use a wet cloth or you can use the skylab shower this is
a shower head which you need to press directly onto the skin
it also immediately sucks in any used water afterwards to make sure it doesn't
fly around the iss if you want to brush your teeth you
simply squirt the water onto the brush like toothpaste
talking of water what about using the restroom how do toilets look on the iss
well they're kind of similar to an airplane toilet the only difference is
that astronauts toilets don't have any water they're cleaned only with
negative pressure there's handles so astronauts can hold themselves in place
or if they prefer they can strap themself in with a seat belt
you would not want any mess floating away while you're trying to relieve
yourself number twos are sucked into plastic bags
they are then let out of the iss and they soon burn up in
the earth's atmosphere kind of like a shooting star only more
dirty the weird thing is what happens to p
there's a system on board which purifies pea into water
the american astronauts actually drink this but the russian cosmonauts famously
refuse to do this and only drink normal water what would you guys do if you were
on board the iss i think i'd side with the russians on
that one so moving on to lunchtime how do astronauts chow down
you've heard of space food which is said to be very bad but
technology has improved and now astronauts can eat normal meals
this food is normally freeze dried or canned every day crew members get
three square meals breakfast lunch and dinner and also a few snacks during the
day they can warm up the food and using the
rehydration station they can also moisten any food however they can't be
too slow when eating otherwise their food could fly away they have to
avoid crumbs as they could float away and damage the
electronics astronauts say that the food on board is often pretty
soggy the dishes are made on earth and they're made with much more flavoring
than normal food that's because being in zero gravity
means more blood will flow to your head this swells up your mucous membranes and
means you don't have much taste that's why things taste different on
airplanes only when you're in space this is even more extreme
you may think that astronauts live a solitary life when in space
after all they just sit there floating all day right well no in fact
astronauts need to work out more than ever astronauts need to exercise for at
least two hours per day that's because they lose muscle very
quickly that's because zero gravity means they're weightless of
course this means they have no strain and never need to pick anything up they
have very complex weight lifting systems which rely on
pressure and they also have stationary exercise bikes
when they're back on earth they have to do lots of exercise as well and they
also have to strengthen their bones because your bones get much weaker when
in space before we go on be sure to check out my
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astronauts actually do in the day well their work consists of research and
experiments this is of course different for every
astronaut after they've collected their data from the date experiments they have
another conference after dinner they then have a few hours of leisure time
during this time they can watch movies and also play board games
and there's even internet on the iss meaning they can browse the web
nowadays they can even video call their families or do a news interview live
some prefer to simply look out the window at the amazing view of space
but after a long day of being in the stars how do you go to sleep
well because there's no gravity in space they need to strap themselves in
every astronaut has some privacy in their own individual cabin
they then get comfy in their sleeping bag which is attached to the wall
the weird thing is because there's no gravity the mattress simply floats above
them that's why sometimes they strap the
mattress to themselves too so they don't feel too weird
but what happens when an astronaut gets ill in space
of course before they go up to space they have vigorous health tests
they don't want anything too serious happening on board the iss
after all there's no hospitals in space also because being in space is so
expensive you don't want anyone getting ill
unable to do work there's a problem though in space your immune system gets
weaker inside the iss there is a small pharmacy
but many astronauts get what's known as the astronaut disease
this is during the first few days of being in space your organs are adjusting
to zero g and this often gives people extreme
nausea for the first few days in space you can also get space fever as your
body temperature increases astronauts body temperatures are usually
38 degrees this means that they pretty much have
round the clock fever all the time they're in space
so that's what astronauts do in space but are there some things that they
never do well one perk of being in space is that
you never have to do any laundry science has not devised a way for
astronauts to clean their clothing while in space
so when their clothing wears out they simply toss it into space and it burns
up but now it's time to make your voice
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