25th Anniversary of Continuous Manned Presence on the ISS

[Paratus]

Expedition 1 - Wikipedia

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Today marks the 25th Anniversary of Expedition 1 to the ISS when Bill Sheppard, Sergei Kirkalev and Yuri Gidzenko left their Soyuz and entered the station.




ISS Expedition 1


Since that day there has been a continuous manned presence in space at the space station. We are at Expedition 73 currently.

There has been someone in space for my kids entire lives.


The ISS has a few more years left but structural fatigue in the Russian segment is going to require us to deorbit it around 2030.

Not bad for a vehicle with a 15 year lifespan.

 

[IronWing]

It has to smell bad.

 

[skyking]

like gym socks left in a bag, for a long time.

 

[Paratus]

It has….a unique smell….

 

[zinfamous]

So how much fucken they do up there, P?

 

[Paratus]

Officially, none. Unofficially - haven’t heard one way or another. Thats something only the select few in the astronaut office would even know.

They did fly a married astronaut couple on the space shuttle 20-30 years ago but they were on separate shifts and the shuttle was NOT conducive to privacy

 

[hal2kilo]

So how much fucken they do up there, P?

Must be an experience to be in the Weightless Club.

 

[zinfamous]

Must be an experience to be in the Weightless Club.

yeah I'm not sure how it would even work....at least it might be quite difficult to get pregnant.

 

[Paratus]

yeah I'm not sure how it would even work....at least it might be quite difficult to get pregnant.

Things are weird in microgravity and not very sexy.

We don’t send bread, we send tortillas because they don’t make crumbs which would make a mess.

Without gravity turds don’t fall so you may have to help them detach…. (Literally pinching a loaf)

Since you don’t use your feet much the callouses all slough off.

No showers just damp wash cloths and rinse free shampoo.

Not gravity related but astronauts report seeing flashes when they sleep as cosmic rays pass through their eyes.