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How do Astronauts go to the Bathroom in Space? (2016x21)
Air date: Jan 28, 2016
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In the early years of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), manned space flights were to be so short that the astronauts were reasonably expected to hold it.
For example, the mission that sent the first American into space, Mercury-Redstone 3 inFreedom 7, was planned to last only 15 minutes.
Forgetting to expect the unexpected, NASA engineers assumed that Freedom 7’s pilot would be free of the cockpit long before nature called.
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http://theweek.com/article/index/246636/a-brief-history-of-astronauts-urinating-in-space
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