13 Stellar Trivia Tidbits About Astronauts
![13 Stellar Trivia Tidbits About Astronauts](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/0/793480_320x180.jpg)
When you’re an astronaut, you drink pretty much the same coffee every day -- as in, the same liquid. That’s right, just like almost everything else–it’s recycled and reused. Do you know why? It’s because those brave souls are trapped in space, separated from an infinite inky void only by a thin sheathing of hyper advanced alloys, bubble gum and good ol’ human courage. We might have made up the bubble gum thing, but the point is that situation is not for the faint of heart.
The trials and tribulations of our fine space faring heroes don’t end there either. Consider the mysterious SPACE BLINDNESS that often strikes astronauts, or the weird SPACE SMELL that no earth dweller can know (yes, that’s a thing). That’s not even talking about the anonymous turd mystery that still stumps the Apollo 10 mission crew.
Here’s the full story, plus 12 others, so scroll on brave reader:
![Astronauts are really into watching space disaster movies on the ISS. They have movie nights on the ISS, and they watch movies on a screen and projector- they love sci-fi and disaster movies set in space, like Apollo 13. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/9/2/793492.jpg)
Source: The Naked Scientists
![Astronauts can now print tools on demand on the ISS with a 3D printer. 13mm CRASTSMEN U.S.A. 42429-01-1- PAT. illustration The system was tested with a ratchet wrench designed on Earth in less than a week, then uploaded to space and 3D-printed in four hours. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/9/1/793491.jpg)
Source: NASA
![One of the biggest occupational hazards for astronauts is losing your eyesight. Astronauts sometimes develop vision problems, and experts now consider that the #1 risk of going into space. Nobody knows why it happens. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/9/793489.jpg)
Source: VICE
![NASA tried to recreate. the smell of space for astronaut training simulations. They asked Steven Pearce of Omega Ingredients, a fragrance company, to recreate the odor (it smells kind of like spent gunpowder). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/8/793488.jpg)
Source: Popular Science
![NASA kept using the space suits from the first spacewalk for over 30 years. They were intended to be used for 15 years, but they were still in use in 2019, over 36 years after the 1983 spacenwalk in which they wore worn in space for the first time. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/9/0/793490.jpg)
Source: Florida Today
![There was a mystery on the Apollo 10 mission that's never been solved. NASA Six days after the 1969 mission started, as the astronauts prepared to leave the moon's orbit, a turd floated by. All three astronauts denied it was theirs. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/9/3/793493.jpg)
Source: Vox.com
![In the 1960s, General Motors had a special Chevy program for astronauts. It let astronauts pay $1 to lease a Chevy for a year (they could get two Chevys at most), and six out of seven eligible astronauts took part. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/1/793481.jpg)
Source: hagerty.com
![NASA's first woman astronaut was asked some truly ridiculous questions. the Apr For example, NASA engineers assumed Sally Ride would want a makeup kit in space, so they asked for her help in developing it. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/3/793483.jpg)
Source: History.com
![About half of all astronauts on the ISS get space sickness in the first few days. It can even be fatal - if you got so sick that you vomited in your helmet, for example, the vomit could clog up the oxygen system and you'd suffocate. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/4/793484.jpg)
Source: The Conversation
![Apparently, all astronauts tried to move around the ISS propelled by their farts. Astronaut Chris Hadfield said that everyone tired to do it, but it didn't work too muffled, not the right type of propulsive nozzle :) NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/5/793485.jpg)
Source: The Huffington Post
![Astronauts can't drink fizzy beverages like Coke or Sprite while in space. PROUDE TASTE nes This Coca-ood. alook The carbonation acts differently in space - the bubbles stay in the liquid rather than popping out, so they can cause gastrointestinal discomfort. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/2/793482.jpg)
Source: The Franklin Institute
![Astronauts on the ISS literally drink coffee made out of their own recycled pee. Water is extremely scarce in space, since it's pretty voluminous and heavy, so recycling pee is more cost-effective than bringing up new water. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/7/793487.jpg)
Source: The Conversation
![While in space, astronauts see flashes even when their eyes are closed. Those flashes are cosmic rays moving through their eyeballs - on Earth, we don't see them because the atmosphere usually absorbs them. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/4/8/6/793486.jpg)
Source: Universe Today