DAVID L. RYAN/GLOBE STAFFAstronaut Catherine Coleman, who was inspired by Sally Ride to join NASA, is scheduled to spend six months on the International Space Station next year.
(David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
CATHERINE COLEMAN | G Force
Her work is rocket science
DAVID L. RYAN/GLOBE STAFFAstronaut Catherine Coleman, who was inspired by Sally Ride to join NASA, is scheduled to spend six months on the International Space Station next year.
(David L. Ryan/Globe Staff)
Sooner or later everyone asks astronaut Catherine Coleman how people pee in space. It's easier than relieving yourself on a camping trip, the 48-year-old MIT and UMass-Amherst graduate says. But even NASA's gravity-free solution wouldn't help with the stress urinary incontinence - think leaks after laughing, sneezing, running - she developed because of a prolapsed uterus and dropped bladder. Her ... (Full article: 447 words)
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