The toilet trouble is even worse when you consider that seven more astronauts are about to arrive at the station.

NPR: Space Toilet Awaits Repair Mission

It's expected to arrive at space station Alpha at 9:08 p.m.

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It is scheduled to arrive at the station on Wednesday.

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It ground to a halt in Kent at about 2245 GMT, but the train brought in to replace it did not arrive at London's St Pancras station until 0235 GMT on Monday.

BBC: Delayed passengers arrive at St Pancras

CTV, a private television station, reports that such facilities in Quebec province are often overwhelmed at weekends when prisoners arrive to serve short sentences, which can lead to some overcrowding.

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