Skip to content
Space & Spaceflight

How Astronauts Use the Toilet: It’s More Complicated Than You Think

By

Reading time 1 minute

Comments (0)

Here’s our favorite astronaut and yours, Cmdr. Chris Hadfield, giving a simple, English language version of how going to the bathroom is complicated by being in space, the, ahem, dangers inherent in introducing poop to zero gravity environments. You might already know this stuff, or you might not, but Hadfield makes it as fun and informative and, erm, digestible as you could ask for. [Laughing Squid]

Explore more on these topics

Share this story

Sign up for our newsletters

Subscribe and interact with our community, get up to date with our customised Newsletters and much more.