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At the ISS toilet broke down.. / July 20, 2009 /

The International Space Station went down one of the two toilets. Reported in Sunday, July 19, Associated Press, referring to NASA.

Reported that the toilet broke down separating the pump. According to the agency, Mission Control Center NASA astronauts advised to hang on the door of the dressing room plate «It does not work».

As explained CBSnews, to eliminate the problem, 13 people are on the ISS would have a toilet located in the Russian module of the station «Zvezda». According to the Associated Press, repairing a broken pump will be a Belgian astronaut Frank De Winne (Frank De Winne).

This is not the first incident of its kind on the ISS. The toilet at the station has been repaired in autumn and summer of 2008.

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