Tim Peake has shown us how to brew an espresso in space and demonstrated the tricky art of munching a bacon sarnie whilst floating in zero gravity.
But he's neglected to answer the question on everyone's lips: just how do astronauts go to the toilet?
Now the astro-Brit has finally revealed the solution to this (jimmy) riddle in a video produced from the International Space Station's smallest room.
"It really is quite simple," Major Tim said.
How to use the loo in space. An answer to the question astronauts get asked the most. #spacetoiletyoutube.com/watch?v=Vg5-9P…
Basically, when astronaut need a wee, they attached a dangerous looking bright yellow suction tube to their unmentionables, which milks them like a cow.
So what happens if astronauts need to, ahem, evacuate themselves?
"For number two, the airflow does the same thing," he said, pointing to a rather small looking toilet device.
Astronauts sit on this device (pictured above), do their business and then it's sucked away to be stored beyond the smell of human noses.
But remember: in space, no-one can hear you've been.
So we'd urge Tim Peake to be considerate and give his fellow spacemen and women a warning if he's left his captain's log in the toilet
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