Yes, astronauts can take iPhones to space, but they don't work for regular cellular calls due to the lack of cell towers; however, they function for Wi-Fi, downloaded content, photos, and communication via the International Space Station's (ISS) internet, often using approved, modified devices for specific tasks or experiments. While personal phones are brought, NASA often provides certified iPads and iPhones for crew use, with battery swaps required for safety in the space environment.
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With iPhone 14 or later (all models), you can connect your iPhone to a satellite to text emergency services, request roadside assistance, message friends and family, and share your location — all while you're off the grid with no cellular and Wi-Fi coverage.
It turns out that while most systems in the human body are heavily affected during spaceflight, the female menstrual cycle doesn't seem to change at all. “It can happen normally in space, and if women choose to do that, they can,” Jain said.
astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) orbiting miles above Earth are now phoning home. ISS astronauts use Cisco Systems SoftPhone software running on flight-approved laptops through a voice-over-IP (VoIP) system.
NASA & MAGs or Maximum Absorbency Garments
It has since created Maximum Absorbency Garments, sometimes referred to as space diapers or MAGs. This piece of clothing is worn by astronauts during liftoff, landings, spacewalks, and extra-vehicular activities in which making it to a bathroom simply isn't possible.
1 hour on Earth can equal 7 years in space (or vice versa) due to time dilation, a concept from Einstein's relativity where strong gravity or extreme speeds slow down time relative to an outside observer, famously depicted in the movie Interstellar on a planet near a black hole where an hour for the crew meant years passing on Earth. It's not about speed alone in orbit (ISS astronauts age slightly slower), but about proximity to immense mass, like a black hole, bending spacetime so drastically that time crawls for those nearby compared to time far away.
(Note: no lingerie was allowed — only sleep shorts and t-shirts…in case you were wondering.) There was still one more issue: Did the women want to wear makeup in space? Some of the women Astronauts, including Sally Ride, never wore makeup anyway, so they adamantly said, “NO!” But some of them did want makeup.
Under NASA rules, astronauts are paid at the rate of their usual 40-hours-a-week salary, roughly $152,258 per year, during their time aboard the station — plus $5 a day for expenses.
Fortunately, there's a toilet on the space station these days. The original toilet was designed in 2000 for men and was difficult for women to use: You had to pee while standing up. To poop, astronauts used thigh straps to sit on the small toilet and to keep a tight seal between their bottoms and the toilet seat.
Three-finger gestures on iPhone primarily activate accessibility features like VoiceOver (for screen reading and navigation) and Zoom (magnification), allowing scrolling, zooming, and text manipulation (copy/paste/undo) with specific taps and drags, though some text actions work without VoiceOver enabled for quick editing. Common gestures include three-finger double-tap to toggle VoiceOver speech, triple-tap for the screen curtain, and pinching/spreading with three fingers for copy/paste actions, notes this YouTube video.
1. WiFi in space. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) installed the first access points for WiFi in space on the international space station in 2008. Later, more access points got installed on the station, with the network reaching into the expanse of space.
iPads. The most prominent and easy-to-find product, Apple's iPad is a go-to item for both SpaceX and NASA. Used primarily as electronic notebooks by NASA, you'll see astronauts using various models across the International Space Station.
A big crew favorite is pizza with the astronauts adding their own ingredients and cooking personal-size pies aboard the International Space Station's galley. Items are attached to the galley using tape and velcro to keep them from flying away in the microgravity environment.
Scott was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and Armstrong received a $678 raise in pay to $21,653 a year (equivalent to $209,845 in 2024), making him NASA's highest-paid astronaut.
Given their extended 9-month mission, their earnings will be prorated to about $93,850 to $122,004 (around Rs 81 lakh to Rs 1.05 crore). While that might sound impressive, here's where it gets amusing—Nasa does not pay astronauts overtime.
The "3 bra rule" is a guideline recommending you own at least three bras for a simple rotation: one to wear, one to wash, and one to rest (in the drawer), allowing elastic to recover between wears to extend the bra's lifespan and maintain fit. This system prevents wearing the same bra daily, which stretches out the elastic and reduces support, helping bras last longer.
Once every 176 years, the giant planets on the outer reaches of the solar system all gather on one side of the sun, and such a configuration was due to occur in the late 1970s.
Return to the Moon
Artemis II, scheduled for launch between February and April sees the return of the first people to the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. Three American and one Canadian astronaut will orbit the Moon on a 10 day journey that lays the foundation for lunar landings in the coming years.
After all, the twin on Earth can invoke time dilation: Moving clocks go slower, and so do the clocks of the moving twin. On these slower-moving clocks – and, by extension, in the whole spaceship – less time passes than on Earth, in other words: when the travelling twin returns, he is younger. No paradox so far.