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How Astronauts Use the Bathroom in Space

From Apollo missions to the International Space Station, one challenge has remained surprisingly difficult—going to the ...
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Using The Bathroom On The International Space Station Is More Complicated Than You Think

The first U.S. citizen to ever fly in space peed in his space suit. Alan Shepard's May 5, 1961 flight on the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 was meant to be a short, 15-minute jaunt through 490 miles of ...