Getting a Handle on Space Toilets [News]

Friday, May 30, 2008 - 16:35 in Astronomy & Space

NASA says that the sole commode on the International Space Station is working again after a week on the fritz, but that it's not 100 percent.The problem: a pump that separates out liquid waste malfunctioned, forcing the station's three crew members to play space plumbers. [More]

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