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Will this be the first time that there are more people aboad the ISS than seats in docked spacecraft?
Technically, no. Depending on how literal you interpret the term "seat", this will either be the second time or the premise of the question is wrong, since there are, in fact, enough seats.
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Could they free up a docking port on ISS by undocking the emergency vehicle and letting it float next to the station for a little while
No, because any time a crew return vehicle is undocked, the crew assigned to that vehicle has to board it.
This is to guard against a failed re-docking stranding crew members on the station.
See Why ...
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What (if any) pre-breathes were "attempted" on the ISS, and why?
There is always a prebreathe prior to an EVA from the US side of the ISS.
Prior to each EVA, an oxygen
prebreathe is conducted to prevent
the crew from getting the bends
after depressurization of the
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Could they free up a docking port on ISS by undocking the emergency vehicle and letting it float next to the station for a little while
Even ignoring the safety aspects of not having your emergency escape vehicle readily available, there's another major problem: it won't work.
"Float next to" isn't a thing in space. In ...
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Could they free up a docking port on ISS by undocking the emergency vehicle and letting it float next to the station for a little while
The emergency vehicles are for emergencies! You never know when one might happen! It's like saying, "I'll just put on my seatbelt right before a crash." The answer to your question is: You ...
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Does food go bad on the ISS? How often is food thrown away?
Partial answer covering "How often does food spoil on the ISS" and the US side only
...instances of spoiled food packages on the
International Space Station have been recorded once a year ...
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Have there ever been any incidents where something valuable was unintentionally thrown out with the trash?
I have previously referred to Jack Stuster's ISS crew journal studies, NASA/TM-2010-216130 and NASA/TM-2016-218603 for descriptions of life on the ISS. It turns out the second one contains a ...
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What ever happened to (that NASA link about) SpinSat?
There is an existing page in a similar place, https://www.nasa.gov/mission/station/research-explorer/investigation/?#id=991
which I found by being redirected to https://www.nasa.gov/mission/station/...
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Do astronauts on board the ISS have a backup spacesuit?
During the August 24th, 2024 NASA press conference announcing that NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will return from the International Space Station on the Crew 9 Dragon capsule instead ...
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Music played in space
Sarah Gillis played violin from the Polaris Dawn Crew Dragon in September 2024.
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Could they free up a docking port on ISS by undocking the emergency vehicle and letting it float next to the station for a little while
I don't think the ISS currently has a specific "emergency return vehicle", the current modus-operandi is that the vehicle that brings a crewmember to the station also acts as emergency ...
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Has the ISS ever not had a lifeboat?
At any point has there ever not been the capacity for a full evacuation?
It depends how exactly you define "capacity".
Crew Dragon was originally designed to carry 7 astronauts, but in the ...
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