• Question: How long do you stay on the ISS

    Asked by Jed to Andrea, Charlie 🚀, Col Op, Kirsty, Vinita on 15 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Kirsty Lindsay

      Kirsty Lindsay answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      Most astronauts stay on ISS for about 6 months. Last year an astronaut and a cosmonaut stayed for a whole year, Scott Kelly was one of them. There are also very short flights of 10 days, called taxi-flights, which happen when an old Soyuz is replaced by a new one.

    • Photo: Andrea Boyd

      Andrea Boyd answered on 15 Jun 2016:

      All ISS Astronauts stay for 6 months missions. We’re in a routine by now. There was one exception last year where Scott and Misha stayed for almost a year and Aidyn and Andy went to ISS for 10days (so the pilot of Scott and Misha could change because he had a normal 6month mission and also Soyuz can only be in space a maximum of 210 days).

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