The company plans to start adding its own rooms to the station in another few years, eventually removing them to form a stand-alone outpost available for hire. The first was last year by three businessmen, with another retired NASA astronaut. It’s the second private flight to the space station organized by Houston-based Axiom Space. The crew of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, from left, Saudi Arabian astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi, commander Peggy Whitson, John Shoffner of Knoxville, Tenn., and Saudi Arabian astronaut Ali al-Qarni arrive at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., before their launch to the International Space Station, Sunday. Her crewmates clapped their hands in joy. “It was a phenomenal ride,” Whitson said after reaching orbit. record for most accumulated time in space: 665 days and counting.
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They were also required to do maintenance work to keep the station up to date, including spacewalks to fix the exterior of the lab.ĭr Al Neyadi became the first Arab astronaut to perform a spacewalk when he ventured outside with Mr Bowen for nearly seven hours.Rounding out the visiting crew: John Shoffner of Knoxville, Tenn., a former driver and owner of a sports car racing team that competes in Europe, and commander Peggy Whitson, the station’s first female commander who holds the U.S. While the astronauts had some fun time on the ISS, they were there to carry out more than 200 science projects for researchers on the ground. The astronauts also held a microgravity competition in the lab, where they floated as fast as possible across the structure, with one rule in mind: do not touch any cables or machines while getting to the other side. We also had a small night of space games." "We did love to joke and maybe compete with each other. "We open the door and there you were, but to be honest, everything was really nice and cool – it wasn't any serious or dangerous pranks. "You were in and then we pointed the camera so the ground team could see it," Dr Al Neyadi said while speaking to Mr Hoburg. Some of Dr Al Neyadi's colleagues also took part in pranks on the floating laboratory, including when Mr Hoburg hid inside a storage compartment in the airlock – a module astronauts use to enter and exit the station. Sultan Al Neyadi with his colleagues aboard the space station during a game of chess. They took their time in each game, with the astronauts sometimes making only two or three moves a day. In their spare time aboard the station, Dr Al Neyadi and his colleagues played chess games with mission control in Houston and with others around the world. The ISS revolves around the Earth at about 17,500 mph (28,000 km/h) resulting in it completing one revolution in about 90 minutes, and about 16 revolutions per day. “There are certain things I had early on, but by the end, I didn't want any more … I think the spaghetti meat sauce.” Playing chess and pulling pranks
“In general, throughout the mission, things might change,” Mr Bowen said. Meanwhile, Mr Bowen, who completed his sixth mission in space, said he enjoyed the fresh food that arrived on cargo resupply missions. Mr Hoburg, who was also carrying out his first space mission, said that macaroni and cheese was his all-time favourite. “But one specific food that I liked until the end of the mission was a mango salad. “But honestly, six months is a long duration where you start feeling bored of specific foods. “We also did an Emirati food night where we tried Emirati food. “We have a big menu honestly, including food from Jaxa and the European Space Agency," he said.
When asked about their favourite meals on the station, Dr Al Neyadi said that mango salad was his go-to dish. The astronauts returned from the orbiting outpost on September 4 and are taking part in a recovery programme to help them become accustomed to gravity again. He and his crewmates, Nasa astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, were speaking from Houston, Texas, in an online briefing hosted by the US space agency, Nasa. In his first public address since returning from his six-month mission aboard the International Space Station, Dr Al Neyadi, 42, said on Tuesday that he is missing life in space but is happy to be home. UAE astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi has told of the joys of his life in space, from eating mango salads to capturing photos of Earth during his historic spacewalk.
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