Living in Space Gallery
Conditions in Space
International Space Station live-link image during Future of Space Stem event held on April 29, 2019. Image credit: NASA
Flight Engineer Christina Koch demonstrates how fluids behave in the weightless environment of microgravity aboard the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA
Flight Engineers Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir and Commander Oleg Skripochka demonstrate weightlessness on the International Space Station on March 29, 2020. Image credit: NASA
Astronauts Ronald Evans and Eugene Cernan under zero-gravity aboard Apollo 17. Image credit: NASA
Flight Engineers Thomas Pesquet, Shane Kimbrough, and Megan McArthur experience weightlessness while training for a medical emergency aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on Mary 25, 2021. Image credit: NASA
Space Shuttle STS-95 crew members pose in zero gravity. Image credit: NASA
Eating in Space
Apollo 17 Astronaut Eugene Cernan eating in weightless conditions. Image credit: NASA
Italian astronaut, Samantha Cristoforetti, prepares to eat on the ISS. Image credit: NASA
Expedition 59 crew members eat pizza in the Service Module. Image credit: NASA
Cosmonaut Valery G. Korzun eating on the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Edward T. Lu eats with chopstIcks on the International Space Station (ISS). Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Karen Nyberg prepares to eat a snack on the International Space Station (ISS). Image credit: NASA
Exercising in Space
Astronaut Catherine Coleman exercises on the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation System (CEVIS) on the International Space Station on January 20, 2011. Image credit: NASA
Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn runs on the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT) 2 on the International Space Station (ISS) on December 24, 2012. Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Mark Vande Hei prepares the Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization (CEVIS) on the International Space Station (ISS) on June 22, 2021. Image credit: NASA
Flight Engineer Koichi Wakata exercising on the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED). Image credit: NASA
Hygiene in Space
Apollo era fecal bag, circa 1967. Image credit: NASA
Apollo era biomedical urine sampling system (BUSS). Image credit: NASA
Apollo era fecal containment system for Extravehicular Activity (EVA), circa 1967. Image credit: NASA
Apollo era urine collection and transfer assembly. Image credit: NASA
Apollo era urine collection and transfer assembly diagram. Image credit: NASA
Apollo era urine receptacle, circa 1969. Image credit: NASA
Apollo urine transfer system (UTS) with roll-on cuff. Image credit: NASA
Apollo era waste management system diagram, circa 1969. Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor performs plumbing duties inside the International Space Station's toilet. Image credit: NASA
Microbial Tracking-2 by the toilet on the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA
Sleeping in Space
Astronaut Fred Haise napping aboard Lunar Module of Apollo 13. Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Jim Lovell sleeps aboard Apollo 13. Image credit: NASA
Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell rubs his eyes while reviewing a checklist. Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Eugene Cernan sleeping aboard Apollo 17 spacecraft. Image credit: NASA
Commander Richard "Dick" Truly and Mission Specialist (MS) Guion Bluford sleep in front of forward lockers and port side wall of Challenger. Image credit: NASA
View of crew quarters on the International Space Station (ISS) on January 17, 2018. Image credit: NASA
Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti prepares to sleep in her quarters on the International Space Station on December 6, 2014. Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Daniel Tani sleeps about the International Space Station on November 2, 2007. Image credit: NASA
Working in Space
Apollo 16 AstronautsThomas K. Mattingly II and Charles M. Duke perform extravehicular activity (EVA). Image credit: NASA
Apollo 17 Astronaut Harrison Schmitt inside the Lunar Module on the Moon. Image credit: NASA
Apollo 13 Command Module Pilot Jack Swigert reviews a checklist. Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Clayton Anderson works with stowage bags on STS-117 Space Shuttle Atlantis. Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Anne McClain works inside the Quest joint airlock. Image credit: NASA
Astronaut Jessica Meir cuts mustard green leaves grown aboard the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA
Flight Engineer Nicole Stott works on the CBEF Space Seed Experiment on the International Space Station. Image credit: NASA