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ABC News: Phew! Space Station's Only Toilet Fixed
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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)
Space shuttle Discovery's main mission is to install the Kibo lab module on the International Space Station - but what's really captivated the world's attention is a more fundamental issue. (article 3)
Less than a week before Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral Saturday evening, the Russian-built zero-gravity toilet aboard the space station broke down. (article 3)
The, ahem, solid-waste disposal aspect of the loo is still working fine, but extra water has to be pumped by hand into the system for the liquid-waste part to function. (article 3)
Now a Russian space official says that if the repair, scheduled for Wednesday, doesn't fix the situation, the space station's crew of three may have to come home early - Click here to watch live NASA TV. (article 3)
Kononenko transformed Wednesday morning from an astronaut into a plumber to successfully repair the only toilet at the International Space Station. (article 4)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A pair of spacewalking astronauts prepped a giant billion-dollar Japanese laboratory yesterday for its long-awaited anchoring to the International Space Station. (article 6)
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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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- Nasa's $450m space mission allows astronauts to spend a penny (timesonline.co.uk, 06/05/2008, 287 words)
- Send news tip to FOXNews.com (FOX News, 06/04/2008, 1145 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SCITECH (FOX News, 06/04/2008, 508 words)
- ABC News: Phew! Space Station's Only Toilet Fixed (ABCNews, 06/04/2008, 406 words)
- Space station crew repair toilet (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 236 words)
- Spacewalk readies lab for station (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 162 words)
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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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Space, Toilet, station, NASA, Mars |
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