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ABC News: Phew! Space Station's Only Toilet Fixed
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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So when astronauts living aboard the International Space Station called for a plumber, no one balked at the call-out fee of $450 million ($230 million). (article 1)
Last night, after a two-hour repair operation, flight engineer Oleg Kononenko relayed a message to ground controllers in Russia and the US that he had finally solved the problem. (article 1)
The station is considered an important logistical testing ground for future voyages to Mars - a round trip that will take three years and for which the prospect of a broken lavatory carries added trauma (article 1)
Astronauts also opened a Japanese laboratory Kibo, which will be used for the study of biomedicine and material sciences at the station. (article 2)
Russian Oleg Kononenko worked to replace the toilet pump and install new hoses in the Russian Zvezda module for more than two hours. (article 2)
Spare parts for the Russian-built toilet had been rushed from Moscow to Florida ahead of Discovery's launch. (article 2)
" It's unfortunate we 're talking about toilets, but that really is the life, that's the future of human exploration in space said deputy space station programme manager Kirk Shireman. (article 2)
Space urinals generally use jets of air to guide waste down a tube into a container, where it is then separated into liquid and gas (article 2)
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Space, Toilet, station, NASA, Mars |
Source articles
- Nasa's $450m space mission allows astronauts to spend a penny (timesonline.co.uk, 06/05/2008, 287 words)
- Space station crew repair toilet (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 236 words)
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