Thse insights have been pulled from the individual experiences of astronauts and cosmonauts recorded in published first person accounts — journals, diaries, debriefs, and post-flight reflections.As this database includes the personal, subjective experiences from a diversity of flyers, they may sometimes contradict, but together they provide a more holistic, if messy, picture of life in space. To learn more about how these categories were developed, please see this related publication.
“SLAMMD weigh-in. Says I’m 180-186 lbs (about 10-12 lbs more than Russian scale). I trust their scale more than ours. SLAMMD varies considerably depending on how tight you hold the fixture.”
“I had to make some connections this week in the CIR rack – fluid quick disconnects, that took no less than 100 pounds of force to mate. The push force was toward the floor, so I literally stood on the ceiling and pushed upward with all my might. Tricky.”
“I slammed HARD into something with the top of my head and stopped instantly. I quickly looked around to see what unknown obstacle I hit and there was X, also rubbing his head… We slammed into each other head-to-head – we had a mid-air collision.”