• Question: In space do you have to wear nappies?

    Asked by Robert to Vinita on 18 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Vinita Marwaha

      Vinita Marwaha answered on 18 Jun 2016:

      Somewhat. During lift-off, landing and spacewalks astronauts wear a Maximum Absorption Garment for these purposes. They’re used because astronauts are not able to remove their space suits during long operations, such as spacewalks that usually last for several hours!

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  • Photo: Andrea

    Andrea commented on :

    I have a funny story here:
    When Kjell was on a spacewalk last year he called down to ask about a label on the outside of the space station that was pretty faded. He then asked “do i want to know how old this is?” and Houston said “Nope. You were probably in nappies” Kjell laughed and said “I’m STILL in nappies!!” 😉 😉