An astronaut asleep in the microgravity of Earth orbit-continual free-fall around the Earth, inside the pressurized module Harmony node of the International Space Station in 2007
Sleeping in space is part of space medicine and mission planning, with impacts on the health, capabilities and morale of astronauts.
Human spaceflight often requires astronaut crews to endure long periods without rest. Studies have shown that lack of sleep can cause fatigue that leads to errors while performing critical tasks.[1][2][3] Also, individuals who are fatigued often cannot determine the degree of their impairment.[4] Astronauts and ground crews frequently suffer from the effects of sleep deprivation and circadian rhythm disruption. Fatigue due to sleep loss, sleep shifting and work overload could cause performance errors that put space flight participants at risk of compromising mission objectives as well as the health and safety of those on board.
Mission Specialist Margaret Rhea Seddon, wearing a blindfold, sleeps in SLS-1 module (STS-40)
^Harrison, Y; Horne, JA (Jun 1998). "Sleep loss impairs short and novel language tasks having a prefrontal focus". Journal of Sleep Research. 7 (2): 95–100. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2869.1998.00104.x. PMID 9682180. S2CID 34980267.
^Banks, S; Dinges, DF (15 August 2007). "Behavioral and physiological consequences of sleep restriction". Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 3 (5): 519–28. doi:10.5664/jcsm.26918. PMC 1978335. PMID 17803017.
^Whitmire, A.M.; Leveton, L.B; Barger, L.; Brainard, G.; Dinges, D.F.; Klerman, E.; Shea, C. "Risk of Performance Errors due to Sleep Loss, Circadian Desynchronization, Fatigue, and Work Overload" (PDF). Human Health and Performance Risks of Space Exploration Missions: Evidence reviewed by the NASA Human Research Program. p. 88. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
Sleepinginspace is part of space medicine and mission planning, with impacts on the health, capabilities and morale of astronauts. Human spaceflight...
online) SleepinSpace, Digital Sleep Recorder used by NASA in STS-90 and STS-95 missions A Solution for Medical Needs and Cramped Quarters inSpace – NASA...
Sleep paralysis is a state, during waking up or falling asleep, in which a person is conscious but in a complete state of full-body paralysis. During...
are depicted, storing sleeping bodies during long term space travel. The sleep pods in the 1979 film Alien are white capsules in clusters of eight, with...
can be used in various applications: As a sleep mask: They block out light when sleeping, especially during air travel, or for those who sleep during the...
Sleep apnea is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which repetitive pauses in breathing, periods of shallow breathing, or collapse of the upper airway...
King Arthur in mountain sleep tales. In the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty, an evil fairy places a curse on a princess, causing her to sleep for 100 years...
sleep is the practice of sleeping during multiple periods over the course of 24 hours, in contrast to monophasic sleep, which is one period of sleep within...
Women in space Effect of spaceflight on the human body Sleepinspace Food inspace Medicine inspace Neuroscience inspace Writing inspaceSpace Sciences...
Sleep deprivation, also known as sleep insufficiency or sleeplessness, is the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep to support...
than a day inspace. He was also the first to sleepin orbit and to suffer from space sickness (becoming the first person to vomit inspace). Titov was...
space station that operated in low Earth orbit from 1986 to 2001, operated by the Soviet Union and later by Russia. Mir was the first modular space station...
mission he became the first American to spend an entire day inspace, the first to sleepinspace, and the last American launched on an entirely solo orbital...
known as sleep deprivation), which is defined as fewer than 5 hours of sleepin a 24-hour period for 1 or more days; short-term total sleep deprivation...
Chernobyl and Three Mile Island and the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. Competence insleep medicine requires an understanding of a plethora of...
on all available floor space and stairways, including in hallways and bathrooms. Some do not have room to lay down and must sleep sitting up. Those who...
A sleeping berth is a bed or sleeping accommodation on vehicles. Space accommodations have contributed to certain common design elements of berths. While...
International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station assembled and maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their...
neuroscience of sleep is the study of the neuroscientific and physiological basis of the nature of sleep and its functions. Traditionally, sleep has been studied...
(British English) is a place that offers very low-cost lodging, providing space to sleep and minimal amenities. Historically, flophouses, or British "doss-houses"...
temperature and redox cycles. In clinical settings, an abnormal circadian rhythm in humans is known as a circadian rhythm sleep disorder. The earliest recorded...
Global Information
