Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space? – ...

The first U.S. citizen to ever fly in space peed in his space suit. Alan Shepard's May 5, 1961 flight on the Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7 was meant to be a short, 15-minute jaunt through 490 miles of ...