Privacy on the ISS

Astronaut C. Michael Foale, Expedition 8 commander and NASA ISS science officer, equipped with a bungee harness, exercises on the Treadmill Vibration Isolation System (TVIS) in the Zvezda Service Module on the ISS on April 12th, 2004.

Honestly, the International Space Station looks a bit like a mess. Yeah, yeah, talk about economy, maximum space usage et cetera, but still, take a look at these pictures.

The International Space Station turns 10 - The Big Picture

To prepare for a permanent six-member crew, Nasa is flying four private boudoirs to the orbital outpost. Two were delivered this week aboard the space shuttle Endeavour and were installed in the station's Harmony node. Two more are due to arrive in 2009 and early 2010. The pods are small - about the size of a commercial jet's bathroom - but well designed. Nasa designed and built the four rooms itself, at a cost of about $30.9m.

BBC NEWS: A space of one's own