UCD
Facility
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Urine Containment Device - for men, a latex condom leading to a bladder than allowed them to void themselves during the sometimes-long wait on the pad for launch. For women, a Depends-type disposable diaper. Just not the wait, but the position of the astronauts, laying on their back with their legs up, brought on the urge, as demonstrated on Alan Shepherd's UCD-less first American flight into space.