Living and Working in Space.

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Contents 1 Summary 2 Eating and Drinking in Space 3 Effects of Microgravity on the Human Body 4 Personal Hygiene in Space 5 Sleeping in Space 6 Cleaning and Maintenance 1 Summary There are many difficulties involved with humans living and working in space. Yet careful planning and an understanding of how the human body reacts to the conditions experienced in orbit of the Earth allow astronauts to safely live, work and travel in space. The aim of this report is to …

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…distributed to the responsible person. NASA uses the KU-band antenna for video and data downlink from the Space Shuttle to Mission Control. The KU-band antenna is deployed immediately after launch and during each orbit it is pointed towards the two TDRS satellites. After 24 hours of operation, the KU-band antenna has twisted 16 times around its own axis. To ensure proper function of the system, mission control requires the crew to "untwist" the antenna once a day.