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cnn news 2014-11-05

CARL AZUZ, cnn ANCHOR: Fridays are awesome. It`s good you can join us for this Halloween edition of cnn STUDENT NEWS. I`M Carl Azuz at the cnn

Center.

Four days away from the U.S. midterm elections, and candidates are trying to scare up some votes. We are talking all 435 members of the House of

Representatives, 36 Senators, plus, some governors, state and local officials. They are out in force, making their last weekend push for

support.

And something you need this time around. It`s not just commercials and signs, it`s signs of the times.

Wine (ph) hadn`t even been introduced by the last national election. Some candidates are using it. Selfies were less popular. Some candidates are

taking them. And through Facebook and Twitter, they are doing everything they can, especially to reach younger voters who don`t typically turn out

for the midterms.

If Reid Wiseman and Barry Wilmore want to vote, they are going to need absentee ballots. There are two of the six people aboard the International

Space Station right now. A Russian cargo spaceship arrived there the other morning, and NASA officials say the ISS has enough supplies to last - until

spring at least. That`s a good thing. Especially after an American rocket carrying supplies crashed on liftoff earlier this week.

Ever wonder what an astronaut needs day to day?

RANDI KAYE, cnn CORRESPONDENT: The International Space Station orbits the Earth every 90 minutes, traveling about 17,500 miles per hour. It is an

understatement to say the astronauts and cosmonauts on board enjoy a spectacular view. But daily life in lower Earth orbit is hard work, and at

times complicated. Even getting clean is a challenge. No shower here, instead, they use towels, wipes and a rinse-less shampoo.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And I take my no rinse shampoo, and rub it in. Again, going to working it up to the ends.

KAYE: On board this $100 billion research laboratory, there are never more than six crew members at a time. They stay for about six months, which can

feel like an eternity living on pre-packaged food.

LEROY CHIAO, FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT: We use a lot of the same items the military uses. The meals ready to eat, the MREs.

KAYE: Every so often, supply ships like the one that exploded this week bring fresh fruit and vegetables.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here (INAUDIBLE) our dinner table. It is a table for six, we don`t have plates. Of course, we don`t need plates in space

because again, everything would just float away.

KAYE: There are no refrigerators in space, and salt and pepper only in liquid form, otherwise the particles would be airborne, clogging air vents

or getting in an astronaut`s eye. Peanut butter on a specially packaged tortilla is a space station staple.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A weightless tortilla. OK. We got one tortilla. Wow, it got away.

KAYE: Most of the day is spent working on science experiments that only a micro-gravity environment can provide. There are also medical experiments,

which can judge how well their bodies adjust to life in space for long periods of time. Of course, sometimes there are space walks, otherwise it

is more mundane stuff like what you might do at home back on Earth.

CHIAO: If you`ve got to change out some filters, you got - you know, light bulb is burned out. You got to go, take time to go, change the light bulbs

out.

KAYE: And while you may be weightless in space, exercise is a must using equipment you won`t find on Earth, like this treadmill.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: They`re attached by these strings. They are hardest to the system of hooks and bungee chords.

KAYE: If you are wondering about a bathroom break during the day, thanks to microgravity, using this tiny toilet is not easy.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And of course, you do have your privacy. There is a little door.

KAYE: Sleeping is easier, as long as the astronauts remember to tie down their sleeping bags. When the mission is complete, a Soyuz spacecraft

brings them back to Earth. The return trip takes just three and a half hours.