Planning recreational events is a tough job.
Entertainment is not just a hot topic on earth but also in space. Don’t you
want to know what astronauts do when they feeling bored in space? Samantha
Cristoforetti sheds some light on this topic. The Italian who came back to earth
recently shared her experience regarding the various activities out there in
space.
She has spent the longest time in
space than any other woman on a single mission.
Here's a list of six things Samantha has been doing during her
extraordinary time in space.
Exploring science
Samantha
has been on the ISS with her crew mates, Anton Shkaplerov and Terry
Virts, the commander of Expedition 43. The ISS offers three state-of-the-art laboratories
where research and experiments can be done without gravity.
Cook and cook!
Whilst on the ISS, Samantha showed us how she manages to cook one of her bonus food recipes in micro-gravity; a quinoa salad with dried tomatoes, mackerel and leek cream, all wrapped in a warm tortilla.
Exercise
Samantha was on the ISS for nearly seven months and the only way to keep
an astronaut's muscles and body active is by visiting the 'space gym'.
Hair cuts
Samantha got a haircut on the ISS by her Nasa colleague Terry Virts
while cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov had to hold a vacuum cleaner, making sure that
no hair cuttings float off.
Reading rhymes
One of Samantha's favorite hobbies in space was reading out rhymes with
a inter-galactic twist.
World watching
Not
many people have had the lucky opportunity to live on the International Space
Station.
The astronauts on the Space Station spend as much
time as possible working on science.