How to Deal With Floating Poo

Astronaut Peggy Whitson, who’s spent 665 days on the International Space Station, says using the toilet in space can get a little gross. Everything gets sucked away by a fan since there is no gravity. But when the toilet starts filling up, you have to push the poop down with your hand! That’s pretty disgusting.

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Story Time from Space

Astronauts on the International Space Station have a special assignment: reading to kids, from space! Story Time from Space is a program where carefully chosen books rocket up to the Space Station. Then an astronaut reads the book to kids back on Earth! You can watch on the Story Time from Space website.

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Astronauts Blast Off

Will you be traveling over the holidays? So are the astronauts who blasted off yesterday! The Soyuz capsule launched from Kazakhstan carrying Anton Shkaplerov from Russia, Norishige Kanai from Japan and Scott Tingle from the United States. They are headed for the International Space Station orbiting 240 miles above Earth.
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