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Get a load of this: NASA to test laundry detergent made for space

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How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don’t.

They wear their underwear, gym clothes and everything else until they can’t take the filth and stink anymore, then junk them.

Tons of dirty clothes are thrown away every year, according to NASA. Clothing deemed too dirty to wear is packed away until the trip is over. Then they’re placed aboard unmanned cargo ships that burn up in the atmosphere when they return to Earth. To change this, the space agency has teamed up with Proctor & Gamble Co. to figure out how to clean clothes in space so they can be reused for

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