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 by Staff Writers Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 28, 2019
None of the toilets at the International Space Station (ISS) are working, astronauts have to use "diapers", a NASA translation suggested Wednesday. There are two toilets at the ISS, both Russian-made - one in the US module and another one in the Russian one. In addition, there are toilets in Soyuz ships docked at the station but they are used when the ship is in flight and only rarely when it is docked. According to ISS commander Luca Parmitano, the toilet in the US section constantly signals that it is not working, while the one in the Russian module is filled to the maximum. Later on, an engineer of Space Center Houston told ISS Commander Luca Parmitano that a toilet in the US module was operational again. Source: RIA Novosti
Parmitano completes picture perfect EVA to repair Spectrometer Paris (ESA) Nov 21, 2019 The first spacewalk to service the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) could not have gone better. Lead spacewalker ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano is imaged here hitching a ride on the International Space Station's 16-metre long robotic arm to kick off the first of four ventures to service the particle physics detector on 15 November. While all spacewalks are a carefully planned and detailed affair, the four spacewalks for AMS are exceptionally difficult as the bus-sized dark matter detector was never ... read more
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