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Astronaut Scott Kelly Explains How the ISS Is Like Harris County Jail

Sep 05, 20175 min
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Episode description

Before he rocketed off to spend a year in space, one of Scott Kelly’s final acts on Earth was peeing on the back tire of a van. Not because you can’t pee in space (you can—it just requires some suction). It’s tradition: Yuri Gagarin, who made it to space first, did the same thing.

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