{"id":179128,"date":"2023-12-25T15:14:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T21:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/former-nasa-astronaut-explains-how-to-poop-in-space"},"modified":"2023-12-25T15:14:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T21:14:27","slug":"former-nasa-astronaut-explains-how-to-poop-in-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/former-nasa-astronaut-explains-how-to-poop-in-space","title":{"rendered":"Former NASA Astronaut Explains How to Poop in Space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/former-nasa-astronaut-explains-how-to-poop-in-space2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you ever find yourself aboard a spaceship exploring the profound mysteries of the universe and you have the sudden urge to poop \u2014 former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino has some insights for you.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lwFnb1RNX0Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt requires a lot of training,\u201d Massimino told \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d guest host Kal Penn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lwFnb1RNX0Y\" class=\"\">during a recent segment<\/a>. \u201cYou get rendezvous training and robotics training in space, and there would be potty training.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Because toilets on board NASA spacecraft are unlike Earth-bound commodes, he explained, you will need practice. These space thrones don\u2019t use water but instead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/humans-in-space\/boldly-go-nasas-new-space-toilet-offers-more-comfort-improved-efficiency-for-deep-space-missions\/\" class=\"\">use negative air presure to suck away waste<\/a> like a vacuum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you ever find yourself aboard a spaceship exploring the profound mysteries of the universe and you have the sudden urge to poop \u2014 former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino has some insights for you. \u201cIt requires a lot of training,\u201d Massimino told \u201cThe Daily Show\u201d guest host Kal Penn during a recent segment. \u201cYou get [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-robotics-ai","category-space-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}