Astronauts tell the story of going to the toilet in the universe
Recently, Peggy Whitson shared with Business Insider the experiences of her 665 working days in the universe.
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Recently, Peggy Whitson shared with Business Insider the experiences of her 665 working days in the universe.
Bringing waste on Earth to outer space will threaten space stations and spacecraft, as well as the risk of adversely affecting the Earth.
Cosmic garbage is the term for human objects that enter space and lie in the orbit of the Earth such as the old satellite, the lower level of a rocket, or fragments from…
Recycling waste into food will be an important solution in space exploration, says Christopher House, a microbiologist at Pennsylvania State University.
Scientists at the China Air Force Technical University propose using giant lasers to destroy old satellites and other space junk to clean up Earth's orbit, Newsweek repo…
About more than 9,000 pieces of cosmic waste from satellite materials, insulating pieces on the hull, debris of the fuel cell .... are floating in the earth's orbit. Thi…
Every minute passed, thousands of satellites were launched into the sky, at altitudes ranging from a few hundred miles to tens of thousands of miles.
NASA is currently rushing to complete many products and inventions, aiming to turn the ambition to bring people to conquer Mars in 2030 into reality.
Finally, the conundrum helps astronauts
Japan successfully launched a cargo ship carrying a wire-shaped wire capable of changing the trajectory of debris in space.
NASA estimates that more than 500,000 fragments are floating at speeds of up to 28,162 km / h (17,500 mph) around the Earth.
Going to the toilet in a gravityless environment, astronauts must keep themselves still, while not letting the waste out and floating in space.
Researchers are investigating the effects of oral contraceptives on the physiological cycle of female astronauts on long-term missions like Mars.
A cosmic debris named