The diary of an Astronaut

The diary of an Astronaut

October 16th

                                                                                                     06:00   

I didn’t want to get up this morning when we had our wake-up call Because I was really comfortable. Some people think that sleeping in space must be really uncomfortable, but it isn’t! We sleep in sleeping bags in compartments and strap ourselves in so that we don’t float around while we sleep. There is no gravity in space, so if something isn’t tied down, it floats away! We also have eye masks and ear plugs at night as it can be difficult to sleep because of the lights and noise from the machines all around us. We usually have about 8 hours of sleep ,but last night I only slept for about 6 hours. That’s because I was staring out of the window at the views and taking pictures. It’s amazing to see the Earth and all the stars from up here.

When I was finally awake, I had a very quick wash . There isn’t much water on a space station, because we have to bring it from Earth on the space shuttle. we use water for drinks and washing but there isn’t enough water for washing up, so we eat from food containers that we can throw away.

I had some bread and jam for breakfast. Some people think we only eat dry food in space, but this isn’t true. We have lots of different types of food .Firstly, we have food that is ready to eat like nuts and biscuits. Secondly we have food that you have to add water to, like soup ,we also have food from tins, such as fish and fruit . we drink from cartons and use straws so that the liquid doesn’t float away and damage any of the machines . This is very important because if liquid damaged the machines , it would be very dangerous in space!

Let’s answer these questions about the space :

1- How do the astronauts sleep at night?

2- Do the astronauts eat just dry food? what they eat?

3-  The astronaut(teller) stays awake at night , why?

the answers :

1- They sleep in sleeping bags in compartment and strap there selves in so that they don’t float around while they sleep.

2- No, they have a lots of different types of food , one of this , they eat food that need to add water on it , like soup.

3- Because He is staring out of the windows at the amazing view and taking photos .

Here we can see how the food look in the space.

And the most funniest thing is the water in space!

They drink water like this ,  Is it comfortable in your opinion?

Hmmm, they sleep like this!

Ohh, I want to sleep like this!

I have a video for the life in space .

https://youtu.be/SGP6Y0Pnhe4

This is the end of our lesson , Do you like to go to space?

thanks for listening !