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TIL There is no laundry facility on the International Space Station (ISS). Astronauts typically wear their clothes until they are too dirty and then discard them. These clothes are placed in a cargo ship that will eventually burn up upon re-entering Earth’s atmosphere.
4X5ja
TIL astronauts need to sleep near air vents or risk carbon dioxide from their own lungs forming a bubble around their head due to weightlessness.
R7657
TIL It is impossible to wash clothes on board the International Space Station. It would take too much water. The astronauts wear their clothes until they are too dirty and then throw them out. All ISS waste burns up in the atmosphere on re-entry.