HOW DO ASTRONAUTS LIVE IN SPACE?
Since 1961 humans have begun to send ourselves to space to explore
its wonder. However life in space is very different to here on Earth.
Many things change when above the earth’s atmosphere and how
astronauts cope with these changes is impressive. Without gravity
objects are free to float around, that includes the astronauts
themselves. So even daily tasks such as brushing your teeth,
eating and sleeping are different to what we experience on
Earth. Along living in a confined space specially built for
space there are other commodities which are different
such as space food. Some things are the same as we
have them such as tooth brushes and tooth paste
the only difference is if an astronauts spits out
the water to rinse it will just float around like
a bubble, they use a wash cloth or swallow
to make sure the bubble of toothpaste
doesn’t float around. One of the main
aims of going into space is to research
it and try find out as much as we can about it, around
researching, eating and sleeping, astronauts do
have free time the space stations have the tech
to be able to play music some even have
games for them to play, they have to make
sure it doesn’t all float away! Humans will
continue to explore space and the
technology to live in space will keep
evolving also, to the right are some
videos explaining how some
astronauts cope with daily tasks.
16 | MANE AEROSPACE, DEFENCE & SPACE | SEPTEMBER 2017