No toilet for returning SpaceX crew, stuck using diapers

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This photograph provided by NASA, Astronauts, from left, Mark Vande Hei, Shane Kimbrough, Akihiko Hoshide and Megan McArthur, airs with chile peppers grown aboard the International Space Station connected Friday, Nov. 5, 2021. (NASA via AP)

By: The Associated Press & Scripps National

Posted at 4:30 PM, Nov 05, 2021

and past updated 2021-11-05 17:30:22-04

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronauts who volition depart the International Space Station arsenic aboriginal arsenic this play volition beryllium stuck utilizing diapers connected the mode home.

That's due to the fact that the toilet successful their SpaceX capsule is broken.

NASA astronaut Megan McArthur told reporters Friday that it's conscionable 1 of galore challenges she and the others faced during their six-month mission.

NASA is deciding whether to bring McArthur and her 3 crewmates backmost earlier launching their replacements.

That motorboat already has been delayed much than a week by atrocious upwind and a insignificant aesculapian contented involving 1 of the crew.