They weren't in their seats the whole time, but even if they were, that'd be a walk in the park compared to some other missions. Gemini 7 might just be the lea

They weren't in their seats the whole time, but even if they were, that'd be a walk in the park compared to some other missions. Gemini 7 might just be the least pleasant space mission. Two astronauts spent 14 days in their cramped capsule. One of them had to wait six days before being allowed to take the spacesuit off, but the capsule was uncomfortably hot anyway. There was no toilet, and the urine collector was leaky. Reading about that mission has been eye-opening to how unglamorous spaceflight gets, and left me even more amazed at how well-trained and professional the astronauts are, being able to complete such an unpleasant mission without incident.