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Astronaut Tim Peake explains how astronauts relieve themselves in space – Jan 20, 2016

It’s the question everyone wants answered: how do you go to the bathroom in space?

Well, British astronaut Tim Peake of the European Space Agency (ESA) has answered it.

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Peake gave a tour of the bathroom on the International Space Station.

Explaining how to use the “loo” in space, Peake takes out a hose and explains that, well, it’s all about suction. Of course, that’s just for urine. Going “number two” requires a sit-down toilet much like here on Earth, but since there’s very little gravity in space, there’s more suction involved.

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