How many bags of poop are on the Moon?

The six Apollo missions that landed on the moon produced 96 bags of waste. According to the NASA History Office, white jettison bags, or trash bags, are definitely still on the moon, some containing astronaut poop.
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How many bags of human waste are on the moon?

Neil Armstrong's iconic footprint is still there, undisturbed; there's no atmosphere, no wind on the moon to blow it away. But the bigger human footprint on the moon is, arguably, the 96 bags of human waste left behind by the six Apollo missions that landed there.
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Who pooped on the moon first?

Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin may have been the first people to set foot on the lunar surface when Apollo 11 landed there 50 years ago, on July 20, 1969, but they had to forgo some Earthly conveniences in order to pull off the moon landing.
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Are there bags of human waste on the moon?

There are a total of 96 bags of human waste on the Moon. Scientists are keen to one day bring this back to Earth, to study how its time on the Moon has affected it, but for now it sits in bags upon the Moon's surface.
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Is there poop floating in space?

Today, astronauts at the International Space Station poop into a little plate-sized toilet hole, and a fan vacuum-sucks their excrement away. A separate funnel equipped with a fan suctions their pee away.
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Astronauts left poop on the moon. We should go get it.



Can you fart in space?

On Earth, farts are typically no big deal — smelly, harmless, and they quickly dissipate. But if you're an astronaut, every fart is a ticking time bomb. The gases in farts are flammable, which can quickly become a problem in a tiny pressurized capsule in the middle of space where your fart gases have no where to go.
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How much junk is left on the moon?

Humans have left over 187,400 kilograms (413,100 lb) of material on the Moon.
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Is the US flag still on the moon?

An enduring question ever since the manned moon landings of the 1960s has been: Are the flags planted by the astronauts still standing? Now, lunar scientists say the verdict is in from the latest photos of the moon taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC): Most do, in fact, still stand.
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What happens to astronaut poop?

Solid waste in individual water-tight bags is compacted in a removable fecal storage canister. A small number of fecal canisters are returned to Earth for evaluation, but most are loaded into a cargo ship that burns up on re-entry through Earth's atmosphere.
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What is poop knife?

Poop Knife: A blade for slicing human feces.
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How do female astronauts pee in space?

To pee, they can sit or stand and then hold the funnel and hose tightly against their skin so that nothing leaks out. To poop, astronauts lift the toilet lid and sit on the seat — just like here on Earth.
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What was left on the moon?

Aside from trash—from food packaging to wet wipes—nearly 100 packets of human urine and excrement have been discarded. The Apollo astronauts also dumped tools and television equipment that they no longer needed.
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What did Apollo astronauts do with poop?

By the time the first Apollo missions launched the space toilets didn't become much sophisticated. Astronauts like Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong had fecal collection bags to use the bags use to stick to their behinds with adhesive when they had to go, also the microgravity could make things messy.
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How do astronauts poop in their suits?

Eliminating Waste

Each spacewalking astronaut wears a large, absorbent diaper called a Maximum Absorption Garment (MAG) to collect urine and feces while in the space suit. The astronaut disposes the MAG when the spacewalk is over and he/she gets dressed in regular work clothes.
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Where is the moon buggy now?

The maps were brought back to Earth and are now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.
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Who owns the Moon?

The short answer is that no one owns the Moon. That's because of a piece of international law. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967, put forward by the United Nations, says that space belongs to no one country.
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How long will footprints on the Moon last?

Image above: The first footprints on the Moon will be there for a million years. There is no wind to blow them away.
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Did China go to the Moon?

Chang'e 3, launched on 2 December 2013 aboard a Long March 3B rocket, landed on the Moon on 14 December 2013. It carried with it a 140 kilograms (310 pounds) lunar rover named Yutu, which was designed to explore an area of 3 square kilometers (1.2 square miles) during a 3-month mission.
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Are there nail clippers on the moon?

Rather than bring used cleaning supplies home on the return trip, astronauts have abandoned numerous everyday items on the surface. The list includes earplugs, towels, soap, nail clippers, watchbands, gloves, and boots.
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Has a Bible been left on the moon?

Two hundred of the bibles were kept aboard the Apollo 14 command module "Kitty Hawk," which remained in lunar orbit. The remaining 100 descended to the moon's surface with Mitchell and mission commander Alan Shepard on board the lunar module "Antares" to the Fra Mauro lunar highlands.
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Can you see the flag on the moon?

Yes, the flag is still on the moon, but you can't see it using a telescope. I found some statistics on the size of lunar equipment in a Press Kit for the Apollo 16 mission. The flag is 125 cm (4 feet) long, and you would need an optical wavelength telescope around 200 meters (~650 feet) in diameter to see it.
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How many shooting stars are astronaut poop?

Your feces will not be shooting stars." NASA also notes that he will drink 730 liters of recycled urine and sweat during his year aboard the ISS—we're guessing that the figures will hold essentially the same for Kornienko.
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Is there any meteor showers in June?

The June Bootid meteor shower will be active from 22 June to 2 July, producing its peak rate of meteors around 27 June. Over this period, there will be a chance of seeing June Bootid meteors whenever the shower's radiant point – in the constellation Bootes – is above the horizon.
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What is a Shooting Star Wikipedia?

A shooting star is the common name for the visible path of a meteoroid as it enters the atmosphere. A shooting star is also broken pieces of meteors that have become broken off in space. The English Wiktionary has a dictionary definition (meanings of a word) for: shooting star.
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