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NASA astronaut shows off new $23 million space toilet that just landed on ISS – CNET
In a video, Chris Cassidy goes over the workings of the loo, which better accommodates female astronauts with a tilted seat.
This unusual-looking space toilet will be tested by the astronauts on ISS.
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A recently designed space toilet that better accommodates women has landed at the International Space Station. The new loo was packed inside a cargo ship that successfully blasted off Friday evening from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Virginia, and arrived Monday. The astronauts will give the toilet a test run for the next few months.
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