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Notes This prototype female waste receptacle for a space toilet was designed in connection with the Vostok-6 mission, which was to carry the first female cosmonaut. Like the male space toilet it was designed to allow the female cosmonaut to relieve herself hygienically and without risk of spillage of waste products into the spacecraft. This waste receptacle was designed for use with a waste management system similar to the ACoIII (97/4/1) and worked in a similar manner.

The first space toilet (Vostok-2, 1961) was designed for use by male cosmonauts. Becasue of the difference in female anatomy, a waste receptacle specifically shaped to fit a woman had to be designed when it was decided to fly a female cosmonaut on the Vostok-6 mission. This protoype is essentially the same as the flight model used on the actual mission.

Like 97/4/1, this space toilet was designed by the Zvezda Design Bureau. A certificate from Zvezda, in Russian with a certified English translation, signed by the agency's Director, G.I. Severin, accompanies this item. It confirms design and manufacture by Zvezda.



This prototype female receptacle was manufactured by the Zvezda Design Bureau in its own facilities, probably in Moscow.



This prototype was made and tested in 1962 and 1963.