SpaceX Astronauts will return to Earth in nappies

SpaceX Astronauts will return to Earth in nappies

Astronauts ready to depart the International Space Station as early as this weekend will have to wear diapers on the way home because of their capsule has a broken toilet.

The journey home is likely to take up to 20 hours.

The crew for this mission, known as Crew-2, has been at the International Space Station since April, and have spent nearly 200 days in space. “It’s been a very, very intense mission, a lot of things have happened,” said expedition commander and French astronaut Thomas Pesquet

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