Who doesn’t know about Sunita Williams? Sunita, an Indian-origin person, recently went to the International Space Station for a few days. But due to some reasons, she is stuck there. It is not yet clear when and how Sunita Williams will return to Earth.
Due to Sunita Williams being stuck in the space station, many news and talks related to the space station and astronauts are going on on the Internet these days. In such a situation, many users on social media are constantly asking the question that how do the astronauts who live in the space station use the toilet without gravity. Let us tell you about it in detail today.
Space station toilet
The toilet made for astronauts in the space station may look like a toilet made on Earth, but in reality it is quite different from the toilets on Earth. Actually, the toilets made in the space station are vacuum toilets. If we explain it in simple language, as soon as the stool comes out of your body, the air pressure present in the toilet immediately pulls it and puts it in a tank.
How do astronauts urinate?
Apart from defecation, there is also a special kind of vacuum pipe in the space station for astronauts, with the help of which they urinate. Actually, it is a kind of cup-like vacuum pipe, when an astronaut feels like urinating, he uses this cup-like vacuum pipe. This vacuum pipe also has air pressure which immediately pulls the urine and puts it in a tank.
Later this urine is recycled and drinking water is made. If you want to see these things, you can go to NASA’s official website and see it. Apart from this, many videos related to this are also available on YouTube. By going there, you can see which techniques astronauts use to make their life easier in space.
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