NASA’s new million 23 million space toilets have led to ISS

The recently designed space toilet that can better accommodate women is heading towards the International Space Station. According to the Guardian on Thursday, a cargo ship from Wall Lops Island, Virginia, which arrived late Thursday night to explode, is full of new loo. The astronauts will give him a test run for the next few months.

Weighing about 100 pounds (45 kilograms) and measuring 28 inches (71 centimeters) tall, the new toilet is about half the size of two Russian-built toilets already in use on the space station. This new toilet is 65% smaller and about half as light as the ISS toilets currently in use.

The new small size could fit into NASA Orion capsules, which will travel to the moon in future missions.

Previously reportedThe new toilet is designed to accommodate female astronauts with a tilt seat, new shape and redesigned funnel.

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 getting 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 new toilet is in its own stall. The adjacent U.S. The side spacecraft will be placed next to the station. U.S. of the space station. The side toilets are currently designed in the 1990s.

This new universal waste management system will be on the toilet ISS until the end of the space station’s lifetime.

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