Life in space
Life in space is, due to the missing gravity, completely different from the one on Earth. All living habits and daily tasks are concerned and must be modified to the new conditions.
Everything is influenced by weightlessness. You cannot even put down things, because there is no gravity to hold it there it would just float away if it is not secured in any other way.
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Eating and drinking
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Sleeping
![]() One possibility to find sleep on board of a spaceship: Hooked to the wall in a sleep restraint
Sleeping is much easier than here on Earth. The astronauts either sleep (in missions with two shifts) in bunks with a sleeping bag that can be closed, or, on one-shift missions, in a sleeping bag that could be attached in some corner.
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Daily life and hygiene
![]() Additionally it is very important for them to do exercises regularly to reduce muscle and bone loss.
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The effects of weightlessness on the human body
The Spacenight-Website (german)
Life in space (NASA)
Life in space (ESA)
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