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High tech but no toliet. (Source: Reuters/NASA)(Source: Reuters/NASA)

Astronauts aboard the NASA space shuttle Discovery will be carrying an extra piece of cargo when they launch on Saturday — a new toilet pump.

Crew members aboard the International Space Station have been fumbling with plastic bags since their zero-gravity toilet . . . made “a loud noise” and stopped working properly last week (Reuters).

Let’s hope what goes into orbit, stays in orbit.