Is there a bright new star in the night sky? It is easy to make that mistake. It is not a star, it is Alpha, the International Space Station. Alpha orbits 386 kilometers above our planet and is home for the men and women who work on it. Angela Downing answer readers questions about this new home in the sky.

When will we live in a space? 2012 or 2100?

They have meals in the kitchen and they eat normal food, but they don’t use salt and pepper because it flies away! The astronauts don’t have to make decision about what to eat because they choose their food months before the trip and a computer tells them their menu for every meal.A

Astronauts on Alpha are very busy. They check the scientific experiments in laboratories. They sometimes go on a space walk and repairs or building work outside the station. And every day, one of the crew does the housework, it is very important to keep the station clean!

Up to  eight astronauts can live on Alpha. There is no gravity of course so life isn’t the same as it is on Earth. The astronauts usually sleep eight hours every night, not in beds but is special sleeping bags fixed to the walls.  Also, the crew members can’t have a shower in weightless conditions, so they wash with wet cloths.  One a day, they ride an exercise bike for 30 minutes to keep fit.

Alpha uses solar power and recycles air and water but it doesn’t produce food for the astronauts. This year, the space shuttle has brought food from Earth threes times. There have been serious problems with the shuttle, though.

Alpha is the size of threes big houses. It has got a living area with sleeping compartments, a toilet and a kitchen with a fridge and an oven. There isn’t a TV and the astronauts can’t make phone calls but the space station has got a radio. The astronauts use this to talk to their friends and families on Earth. Alpha hasalso got scientific laboratories and fifty-two compoters!

In the station, they wear T-shirt and trousers or shorts. But they don’t need shoes because they don’t walk they float! When they go outside the station they wear special space suit with enough oxygen for eight hour.

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