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Science & technology | Southern inhospitality<br>Too much time with colleagues can sour social interaction<br>A study of an Antarctic crew finds that eventually time together breeds conflict<br>Share
Just wish I could get some spacePhotograph: Jessica Studer/ESA/IPEV/PNRA
May 27th 2026|2 min read
AFTER TEN days in space, Christina Koch described her Artemis II crew as “inescapably, beautifully, dutifully linked”. Reid Wiseman, another of the NASA astronauts, said they were “bonded for ever”.
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