One Russian crew member is renowned for doing without a sleeping bag and falling asleep wherever he ends the day. Anyone still awake after bedtime would see his snoozing form drift by, slowly bouncing off the walls, his course set by the air currents that gently pushed and pulled him.

humidity vs. duct tape vs. russian computer design... in SPACE

"Dr. Simonyi has chosen a special gourmet meal to be shared by the group during his mission. The menu for the meal, which was prepared by Alain Ducasse's consulting and training center, ADF, was selected by Dr. Simonyi's friend Martha Stewart."

I have no words

imagine being stuck in orbit with a jaunty Asian keyboard guy. Also funny is the "EXIT" sign above door. Get in the airlock, Fred! No reason.

letters from space by one of the ISS occupants

lost his camera somewhere on the space station

John Glenn slags Dennis Tito for frivolous space flight

You can't handle this much science in low earth orbit

internal risk assessment said to assign half of all mission risk to debris strikes while in orbit (1 in 200 chance)

graphs and discussion of cumulative and ongoing costs of ISS

onging experiments in microgravity, life science and psychology on the iss

account of Reagan-era efforts to involve the private sector in microgravity research

typical day on the ISS - diet log, fixing a toilet, laptop problems and talking to grade schoolers on the radio

nutshell rationale by NASA guy for continuing to fund the ISS (which he hates)