On Friday night, NASA sent the space cargo Cygnus to the International Space Station. On board: a new space toilet worth no less than $ 23 million, American media reports.
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It is a special toilet that works in an environment without gravity. The space toilet – in titanium to save weight – absorbs the body debris and is also more comfortable for female astronauts, it sounds. The urine is recycled as drinking water for the astronauts. To guarantee privacy, a cage was built around the toilet.
The space toilet will be tested on the ISS before being built into the Orion capsule for missions to the moon.
The launch of the Cygnus was delayed several times due to software glitches, but was able to continue on Friday night. In addition to the space toilet, the cargo also transported scientific equipment, spare parts, but also goodies such as smoked gouda and sausages for the residents of the ISS.
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