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How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space?

  • Written by Tracy K.P. Gregg, Associate Professor of Geology, University at Buffalo
imageToilets in space are a bit more complicated than those on Earth. Don DeBold via Wikipedia, CC BY-NDimage

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