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Girls don't just want to be astronauts: they want to be able to have the rule in space

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Now five years ago, American astronaut Christina Koch broke the record of staying at the International Space Station (ISS) for a woman: 328 days, almost a year. Had she been on the ground, Koch would have spent — on average — about eleven menstrual cycles, but up there he had none.In general, space exploration has always been conceived as a male activity: the suits, the size of the seats on the ferries or even the bathrooms on the ISS were initi…

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Girls don't just want to be astronauts: they want to be able to have the rule in space

In general, space exploration has always been conceived as a male activity: the costumes, the size of the seats on the ferries or even the bathrooms found in the ISS were initially designed to be visited only by men. Despite the fact that the number of women who have left the Earth orbit since Valentina Tereshkova (USS) and Sally Ride (USS) did so in 1983 is approaching 100, until the autumn of 2020 a more friendly toilet was not provided for as…

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Astronaut... and being able to have the rule in space

ANTONIO VILLARREAL / SINC // Five years ago, American astronaut Christina Koch broke the record of staying at the International Space Station (ISS) for a woman: 328 days, almost a year ago. Had she been on the ground, Koch would have passed – on average – for about eleven menstrual cycles, but up there he had none. The issue of menstruation in space has always been problematic to address. First, because of the consequences on the health of astro…

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