A Day In An Astronaut’s Life: Inside The Space Routine

Astronauts start their day by gently floating out of sleeping pods, no alarms needed in microgravity!

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Brushing teeth with no running water? Astronauts use rinseless shampoo and swallow their toothpaste!

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Food comes in pouches! Astronauts hydrate meals and enjoy favourites like scrambled eggs or cereal.

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From space farming to physics experiments, the ISS is a lab 400 km above Earth.

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To stay healthy, astronauts exercise 2 hours daily using treadmills, bikes, and resistance machines.

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Astronauts video call loved ones, read, or look out at Earth through the famous Cupola window.

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Strapped in sleeping bags inside pods, astronauts snooze with the hum of the station around them.

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Their everyday routine helps prepare for future missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond!

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