Do astronauts have sex in space?

Is that question allowed ?

Korean astronaut 320 Do astronauts have sex in space? photo

Yi So-yeon, South Korea’s first female astronaut, suits up for a training session

Researching the story Endeavour brings gear to turn urine into drinking water made me realize that astronauts are just people.

They wake up in the middle of the night and have to go, you know, to the bathroom.

So what about sex? Do astronauts have sex in space?

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I asked around and no one would give me a straight answer. Then someone replied “The question is not if they have sex in space but who was the first astronaut to have sex in space?”

I ran with that one for a while and someone said it had to be Tom Hanks, cause he was in Apollo 13.

NASA says “We don’t study human sexuality in space, and we don’t have any studies ongoing with that. We do ask our crews to be responsible and professional and to carry themselves in a way befitting of a U.S. astronaut. The long-term health and safety of our crew is our primary concern.”

We’ll leave it there unless you have something to add.

  • rob mceachern

    Without prejudice, young Ghiz must be from outer space or maybe he thinks he is from outer space, much more intelligent than we simple fools.

  • Alex

    Of course they have sex in space. they stay there 6 months, sometimes a year. They had married couples traveling together, you think they didn’t want top try it out? at old MIR Russian space station, they found sperm in air filters after women been there along with men.