
Could YOU survive on the ISS? Claustrophobia-inducing virtual tour lets you imagine what it's like for NASA's trapped astronauts - who have to sleep in phonebooth-sized bedrooms, use vacuum-powered to
Daily MailGrowing up, you might have dreamed of one day becoming an astronaut and blasting off to the International Space Station. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams recently gained international attention after NASA revealed that the pair would be stuck on the ISS for six months, despite originally expecting to be there for eight days. As NASA announces that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams could be trapped on the ISS for up to six months, interactive graphics reveal what life will be like for them This virtual tour allows you to take a look through the International Space Station. Moving through the ISS tour you can This image from the virtual tour shows the arrangement of the four sleeping compartments in Node 2 where astronauts rest In Node 3 you can see ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti taking some pictures from the station's cupola What is life really like on the ISS? They are woken up each day at 6:00 am GMT with a call from Mission Control A day in the life of a NASA astronaut 06:00 Wake up 06:00-07:30 Wash, brush teeth, use the toilet, and eat breakfast 07:30-08:00 Daily planning conference with Mission Control 08:00-12:00 Morning work shift 12:00-13:00 Exercise 13:00-14:00 Lunch 14:00-17:00 Afternoon work shift 17:00-18:00 Exercise 18:00-19:00 Evening work shift 19:00-19:30 Evening planning call with Houston 19:30-20:30 Dinner 20:30-21:30 Relaxation and free time 21:30 Bedtime The ISS orbits Earth 16 times every 24 hours so NASA keeps the station on Greenwich Meantime for the sake of coordination.
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