CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s first new space potty in decades — a $23 million titanium toilet better suited for women — is getting a not-so-dry run at the International Space Station before ...

A new toilet is headed to the International Space Station this week, in addition to new foods to grow and beauty products. The $23 million toilet system is known as the Universal Waste Management ...

Forget all the scientific advances, the most popular question asked of astronauts is much more primal: How do you use the restroom? Suction is needed to counteract the lack of gravity, and it's not ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In space, a loo costs a lot. NASA has agreed to pay $19 million for a Russian-built toilet system for the international space station. The figure may sound astronomical for a ...

Like earlier space commodes, air suction, rather than water and gravity, removes the waste. Urine collected by the new toilet will be routed into NASA’s long-standing recycling system to produce water ...