Questions tagged [sleep]
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Do astronauts on the ISS have to consciously keep their arms down?
After seeing many images of astronauts on the ISS sleeping, with their arms floating,
and Chris Hadfield describing arms floating up and head titling forward How Do You Sleep In Space? | Video I ...
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What are the benefits of cryosleep?
NASA is working on a so-called 'Cryosleep Chamber', but why do they need it so badly?
There must be a lot of benefits attached to this technology..
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Why isn't a centrifuge used for astronauts on the space station?
One thing I've always wondered is why don't astronauts sleep in a kind of rotating bed that spins creating force? This would allow them to sleep and would be able to simulate earths gravity. Why don't ...
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Where do the crew sleep on the ISS? Where are the sleeping quarters?
The ISS currently handles a crew of 6 launched by two Soyuz vehicles. With the advent of Commercial Crew bring 4 a mission, the hope is to run a crew of 7.
Where in the ISS do the crew sleep?
The ...
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How do astronauts and cosmonauts sleep on a Soyuz?
Recently I learned that the Soyuz crew ship can take up to three days to reach ISS. I know that most of the time the travel takes only about 6 hours, but still:
In case something happens, you have to ...
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How do astronauts sleep in zero G?
Perhaps this is a strange question but I've always wondered how astronauts, particularly those aboard the ISS, sleep in zero G.
Do they just hang out in "space" or do they have beds they strap ...
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Do you need a mattress on the Moon?
In the 1985 work 'The Cat Who Walks Through Walls' by Robert Heinlein, Richard Ames makes the following internal observation; The character is in an underground abode. The accommodations are in a side ...
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Do Astronauts snore when sleeping in Zero G?
I was reading about this new space meal contest it talks about many of the issues creating appetizing meals for Astronauts. It mentions the loss of taste...
Astronauts often lose their sense of ...
