Astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore arrived at the International Space Station in June aboard Boeing’s new Starliner. What was planned to be an eight-day trip will likely be extended into February 2025 after their flight suffered helium leaks and thruster failures before docking.
Boeing insisted the astronauts were not trapped and said there was “no increased risk” in bringing them back to Earth. Starlinerbut NASA is considering bringing them back to Earth. SpaceX flight in place. They have said astronauts have “sufficient supplies” on the space station.
As NASA has yet to decide whether to keep the two astronauts on the International Space Station until early next year or find another way out, here’s how Sunita and Barry will survive in space until 2025:
The International Space Station spans 356 feet from end to end, nearly the size of an American football field.
The facility features six bedrooms, two bathrooms, a gym and a window offering a 360-degree view. Astronauts Sunita Williams, Barry Wilmore and seven others currently live there.
The space station is equipped with oxygen-generating systems, which can recycle about 50% of the oxygen from exhaled carbon dioxide. It also has a recycling system that converts urine and sweat moisture back into water.
Dehydrated and ready-to-eat meals produced by POTSpace food systems from the Space Food Systems Laboratory in Houston are now available.
In a video posted to NASA’s YouTube channel, astronaut Sunita Williams reveals that her favorite snack aboard the station is a jar of Nutter Butter, a gift from her family.
The final resupply mission, launched May 30 on a rocket from Kazakhstan, arrived at the space station on Aug. 6. Crew members can make specific requests to Mission Control. On Aug. 6, Williams and Wilmore received their personal clothing at the space station.
In a 2012 video, Sunita Williams He introduced the toilet system on the space station. Astronauts have two separate suction lines for urine and feces.
Although it is possible to sleep on any flat surface in space, astronauts typically use compact capsules the size of a telephone booth, equipped with sleeping bags and a pillow.
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