(AP) -- The bathroom lines at the already crowded space shuttle and space station complex got a lot longer Sunday because of a flooded toilet. One of two commodes aboard the international space station malfunctioned, right in the middle of complicated... ...full story at digg
from digg on Mon, Jul 20 2009
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Problems with Space Station Toilet Could Lead to ***** Show » digg When the space shuttle launched yesterday, it wasn’t carrying a new satellite. It was packed with a bunch of spare parts for the International Space Station. What’s it bringing back? A toilet system that recycles urine into drinkable water, and whic... |
| 21 May 09 |
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Space Station Crew Drinks Up To Recycled Urine » slashdot An anonymous reader writes "After the astronauts on the International Space Station finished up their communications with Space Shuttle Atlantis yesterday, the crew on the Space Station did something that no other astronaut has ever done before —... |
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US shuttle to bring Tranquility to space station » digg The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of six astronauts are preparing for a weekend mission to deliver a space module dubbed Tranquility to the International Space Station (ISS). |
| 15 Nov 09 |
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Butterflies to Hitch Orbital Ride on Space Shuttle » digg Butterflies are slated to get another shot at surviving life aboard the International Space Station, when thousands of students join scientists in watching NASA's space shuttle Atlantis launch to the space station on Nov. 16 |
| 20 Jul 09 |
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US space superloo claps out » the register (uk) 13 astronauts share Russian ISS dunny NASA's deluxe International Space Station toilet clapped out yesterday, meaning the 13 astronauts currently aboard the orbiting outpost will temporarily have to share the Russian "Waste Management System" and space... |
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