Houston, we have a problem...

I love this kind of news:

        -----------------------------------------------------

WASHINGTON—The International Space Station’s lone toilet is broken, leaving the crew with almost nowhere to go.
While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week, the toilet motor fan stopped working, according to NASA. Since then, the liquid-waste-gathering part of the toilet has been working on-and-off.

Back-up
Fortunately, the solid waste collecting part is functioning normally. Russian officials do not know the cause of the problem and the crew has been unable to fix it.
The crew -- two Russians and one American -- has used the toilet on the Soyuz return capsule, but it has a limited capacity. They now are using a back-up bag-like collection system that can be connected to the broken toilet, according to NASA public affairs officials.

“Like any home anywhere, the importance of having a working bathroom is obvious,” NASA spokesperson Allard Beutel said.

7-year-old
The 7-year-old toilet on the space station broke once before but not for as long a time, Nicole Cloutier, Johnson Space Center spokesperson, said in Houston.

"It's not really an emergency, they have many options available if they need," Cloutier said.
"There is another toilet ready to fly in the fall, in order to have two toilets on board for when they'll have the expanded crew of six" at the ISS, she said.

        -----------------------------------------------------