I promised to tell you about our daily schedule at the station.
Usually the crew starts its day at 9 a.m. Moscow time, which is 6 GMT, or 00:00 CST. As I say, Greenwich Mean Time is used at the ISS, so that all the partners feel comfortable.
This is Oleg running.
Then the team has around 1.5 hours for washing, breakfasting and getting acquainted with the work schedule for the day, as well as for medical analyses like blood tests and urine analysis... Sometimes this time may also be used for completing an experiment -- say, a night experiment.
Then a planning conference starts. All the MCCs contact us: Moscow, Houston, Huntsville, Europe, Tsukuba… I hope I've mentioned everyone. Experts instruct the crew regarding the work day.
Then everyone has their own job to do. An hour-long lunch break starts at around 13:30.
Sometimes there are physical exercises planned before lunch. As I already mentioned, we must devote around 2 hours to physical training. Plus we have another half an hour for hygiene. Yesterday at 9 p.m. Moscow time we held another conference with MCCs on Earth, which summarized the results of the day.
But that's what the usual day is like. The schedule may change. For example, now we are getting ready to meet a shuttle, that is why our schedule is completely different -- it is done to facilitate the work of the American mission experts. On such days we get up at 10:30 p.m. Moscow time.
Via Russian space agency Roscosmos
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09 February, 2010, 13:11
I am US trained Flight Surgeon, from the Nigerian Air Force, now retired (living in London, UK) but still interested in Aerospace Medicine. My training was at USAFSAM, San Antonio, Texas (1987)...My question for you today is this: as u whizz around in ur orbit, do u get an 'out-of-the-body experience. Do you know what I mean. A sense that it is all not real
Dr Buki Morgan. Colindale, London, UK & Surulere, Lagos, NIGERIA