{"id":11919,"date":"2013-04-15T16:54:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T15:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=11919"},"modified":"2013-04-15T16:54:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-15T15:54:27","slug":"how-astronauts-sleep-in-space-and-a-fascinating-look-around-the-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/how-astronauts-sleep-in-space-and-a-fascinating-look-around-the-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"How astronauts sleep in space and a fascinating look around the International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11921\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/how-astronauts-sleep-in-space-and-a-fascinating-look-around-the-international-space-station\/sleep-in-space-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"619,331\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"How astronauts sleep in space and a fascinating look around the International Space Station\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11921\" alt=\"How astronauts sleep in space and a fascinating look around the International Space Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-1.jpg\" width=\"619\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-1.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-1-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These two fascinating videos show what life is like 220 miles above the Earth in the International Space Station &#8211; and also explains how\u00a0astronauts\u00a0get to sleep in space.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11923\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/how-astronauts-sleep-in-space-and-a-fascinating-look-around-the-international-space-station\/sleep-in-space-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"620,335\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"How astronauts sleep in space and a fascinating look around the International Space Station\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-2.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11923\" alt=\"How astronauts sleep in space and a fascinating look around the International Space Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-2.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-2-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The first video is a comprehensive 25 minute tour of the station hosted by the affable NASA astronaut Suni Williams, where she shows off the various modules &#8211; and also explains how the all-important\u00a0toilets work in space.<\/p>\n<p>Living in space looks amazing&#8230; People never have to sit down!<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hyn1We0wOT8?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"How astronauts sleep in space and a fascinating look around the International Space Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-3.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The second video is a shorter affair, and\u00a0features CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield explaining how astronauts sleep in space &#8211; and it looks a rather strange procedure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"735\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UyFYgeE32f0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/unearthed-nasas-reply-to-my-astronaut-application-in-1969\/\" target=\"_blank\">When NASA wrote to me in 1969<\/a> I was convinced that I&#8217;d soon be in space. Sadly, I&#8217;m still waiting.<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/heres-how-astronauts-sleep-in-space.308966\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discuss the videos on the urban75 forums.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These two fascinating videos show what life is like 220 miles above the Earth in the International Space Station &#8211; and also explains how\u00a0astronauts\u00a0get to sleep in space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[456,1],"tags":[589,407,242,590],"class_list":["post-11919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-stuff","tag-iss","tag-nasa","tag-space","tag-space-station"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/sleep-in-space-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQI7P-36f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11919"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11925,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11919\/revisions\/11925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}