Sleeping In Space

There is no up or down and everything is weightless.
Sleeping in space. Inside both crew cabins is a sleeping bag and a large window to look out in space. On the international space station iss most of the crew sleep in their own small cabins. Space station crews usually sleep in sleeping bags. Noise physical discomfort voids disturbances caused by other crew members temperature.
Csa astronaut chris hadfield shows us how astronauts sleep in space. Canadian space agency and nasa expedition. 2013 04 12 it s bedtime on the iss. However sleeping is a little different in space.
On the space station there are two small crew cabins. Decreases in sleep efficiency in space in a previous study conducted by scientists from nasa ames research center harvard medical school and harvard college they found that astronauts sleep less. The most common factors that can affect the length and quality of sleep while in space include. Generally astronauts are scheduled for eight hours of sleep at the end of each mission day.
However they have to attach themselves so they don t float around and bump into something. Each one is just big enough for one person. Astronauts can attach their sleeping bags to a wall or a ceiling and sleep anywhere as long as they don t float around and bump into something.