NASA’s $23m space toilet ready for launch

NASA is launching a new space toilet to the International Space Station today for astronauts to test out before it’s used on future missions to the moon or Mars. The US$23-million toilet system, known as the Universal Waste Management System (UWMS), is 65 percent smaller and 40 percent lighter than the toilet currently in use on the space station, and can support larger crews. The toilet will...