This unusual looking space toilet will be tested by astronauts on the ISS.
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The recently designed space toilet that can better accommodate women is heading towards the International Space Station. The new loo was loaded into a cargo ship that successfully detonated at 6:16 p.m. Friday from NASA’s Wall Laps Flight facility on Virginia’s V: Lops Island. The astronauts will run a test to the toilet for the next few months.
Weighing about 100 pounds (45 kilograms) and measuring 28 inches (71 centimeters) tall, the new toilet is about half as large as the two Russian-built toilets already used in the ISS. This new toilet is 65% smaller and about half the light than the ISS toilets currently in use.
The new, tiny toilet could fit into NASA Orion capsules, which will travel to the moon in future missions.
Previously reported, The new toilet is built with a reclining seat, a new shape and a funnel redesigned for urination.
Here’s a closer look at the new space toilet that will be used on the ISS.
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The microgravity toilets used on the ISS use suction to prevent debris from escaping during space potty breaks, but the new system has a new shape to better fit the female anatomy. The toilet is also more suitable for catching more garbage than before.
“Cleaning up the mess is a big deal. We don’t want any losses or escapes,” Johnson Space Center project manager Melissa McKinley told The Guardian. “Let’s just say everything floats in weightlessness.”
The new toilet system also has less mass than previous systems, is easier to use, provides increased crew comfort and performance, and treats urine so that it can be safely processed by spacecraft recycling systems, “said a NASA report released earlier in June. .
The toilet is located on the U.S. side of the space station. It will be placed in its own stall next to the old side. U.S. of the space station. The side toilets are currently designed in the 1990s.
This new universal waste management system toilet will remain on the ISS until the end of the space station’s lifetime.
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