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Topic: Haircut in space
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Dirk
Member Posts: 933
From: Belgium
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 02-23-2008 05:29 PM
   
How have astronauts their hair cut in space (ISS) during long time missions?Dirk |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-23-2008 05:37 PM
A couple of recent pictures of Dan Tani can help answer your question. quote:
Astronaut Daniel Tani, Expedition 16 flight engineer, trims his hair in the Harmony node of the International Space Station while Space Shuttle Atlantis is docked with the station. Tani used hair clippers fashioned with a vacuum device to garner freshly cut hair.
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Mr Meek
Member Posts: 353
From: Chattanooga, TN
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 02-23-2008 07:05 PM
It's a super-science Flowbee...just without the "Rockin' Mullet" setting. |
DCCollector
Member Posts: 227
From: Washington, DC USA
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 02-23-2008 10:13 PM
The IMAX movie "Space Station 3D" also includes a scene in which Commander Bill Shepard gets a haircut from crew mate Yuri Gidzenko. Their equipment seems a little less fancy than Dan Tani's... |
SpaceCadet114
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posted 02-24-2008 01:23 PM
How would women cut their hair? If they didn't want a shave-cut? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-24-2008 01:43 PM
Suni Williams had her long locks cut to a more manageable length just before the shuttle that brought her to the space station departed for Earth. As a bonus, she arranged for the ponytail to be donated for charity. In that case, and later during her flight for a touch-up, it was simply done with a pair of scissors and a vacuum device to gather the clippings. |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 02-24-2008 04:31 PM
While your question appeared targeted towards ISS flights, some Skylab astronauts got haircuts during their missions too. I've seen a photo of Owen Garriott giving Al Bean a haircut, at least. |
issman1
Member Posts: 1042
From: UK
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 02-25-2008 07:17 AM
I have a similar curiosity as to how ISS/Shuttle/Soyuz crewmembers spit in space. What do they use for a spitoon? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-25-2008 08:42 AM
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Originally posted by issman1:
I have a similar curiosity as to how ISS/Shuttle/Soyuz crewmembers spit in space.
If your question is in regards to brushing their teeth, then shuttle and ISS astronauts do not (spit). As Dan Tani recently said before returning to Earth, "I'm looking forward to spitting my toothpaste out in a sink rather than swallowing it." |
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