In weightlessness, one of the physiological changes is a fluid shift. Your blood and fluid is equally distributed in your body. So that makes your calves and thighs and waist skinnier, and it makes your chest and women's breasts broader.… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
The opening for solid waste is very small [in the space ship]. It's not toilet-bowl size. And aim is critical. To be honest with… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
You can't put toilet paper in the toilet [in the space ship], so there's a separate vacuum can in front of you on the… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
NASA's training philosophy is "no surprises." So what they did is put a simulator on Earth where it looks exactly the same as a… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
In weightlessness, one of the physiological changes is a fluid shift. Your blood and fluid is equally distributed in your body. So that makes… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
In the space shuttle program, where we had males and females, I can tell you that nobody was doing that [sex] because there's absolutely… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
If you look at astronauts closely, their eyes look kind of puffy. And it gives you this mild headache. But one of the advantages… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
After the urine is collected over a couple of days, it's dumped into space, which is beautiful to watch because the urine freezes into… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
There's no way you can use water to collect waste in zero gravity. So, basically, our toilet on shuttle operations is a vacuum cleaner.… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
And you're headed to a place with no bath and no shower. So you can just imagine how crazy it is to get up… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
The solid waste is returned to Earth with the shuttle. If we [astronauts] ever dump solid waste overboard, it's going to give new meaning… — Mike Mullane Copy Share Image
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