It can be used in a standing position or can be attached to the commode by a pivoting mounting bracket for use in a sitting position, NASA said. The crew takes no showers. But they do have soap. No home cooking in the orbiting outpost. Half the food is Russian, served in a can.
Half is from the United States, served in a bag.
The meals rotate and the crew of one American and two Russians gets a taste of each other's culture. Many Russian cosmonauts had never tasted pudding before. U.S. astronauts had to get used to borscht. Russians wondered about eating vegetables on the side. Cosmonauts toasted with vodka on Mir.