The International Space Station finally has a new toilet more suitable for female astronauts
On the morning of October 5, the spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station with a brand new toilet. According to Space.com website, this brand new toilet appeared on "Kalpana Chawla" along with long-awaited cargo and scientific experiment research. "Kalpana Chawla" is a Northrop Grumman spacecraft named after an astronaut killed in the Columbia crash, Kalpana Chawla (English: Kalpana Chawla, 1962 3 17th-February 1st, 2003), was born in Karnal, India. She is an Indian-American astronaut. She is the first Indian-American astronaut and the first Indian to enter space. female. In 1997, he participated in the space mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia and entered space for the first time. On February 1, 2003, when the space shuttle Columbia exploded and disintegrated, she was one of the seven astronauts who died, so the asteroid 51826 was named after her as a memorial.
The new toilet is 65% smaller than the current toilet
Once the toilet is installed, astronauts on the International Space Station will test it for several months to see if it is suitable for future lunar missions. The new toilet weighs about 100 pounds (45 kg) and is 28 inches (71 cm) high, which is about half of the two toilets made in Russia that have been used on the space station.