Houston/New York ¨C They¡¯re sipping smoothies, snapping phone pics, dealing with crashed email and fixing broken toilets: astronauts, they¡¯re just like us.
The four crewmembers zipping through space toward the moon are carrying out a mission unlike any before it, but they¡¯re also still muddling on through life¡¯s mundanities ¡ª all while they float around together in a square footage equivalent to two minivans.
Mission specialist Christina Koch, the first woman to venture into deep space, said preparing for the 10-day journey was akin to planning for a camping trip.
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