Home, Sweet (Space) Home
The first live-in crew will have to learn how to make the most of their cramped living quarters.

Feng Shui on the Space Station
Take a fun look at how the Chinese art of placement could make the space station feel like home.

How Do You Prepare for Life in Space?
Each astronaut has a different answer.

Building in Space
They may look a bit slow, but construction spacewalks are anything but boring.

Off the Station (Related Stories)
Russian Space Camp
Our correspondent Jane Stevens spent part of her summer on a working vacation training side by side
with cosmonauts.
Mars on Earth
Travel to the Canadian Arctic to find out how some adventurers are training for life on Mars.
U.S. NEWS: Fit, and On a Mission
Can the human body survive a lengthy Martian sojourn?