# Has anyone vomited in space? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 1, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569 "2009-04-01T13:07:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/1 "2009-04-01T13:07:22Z")
As the title asks: Has a human being ever vomited in space? ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/2 "2009-04-01T13:16:45Z")
Yup - may have happened earlier but certainly occurred on Apollo 8 > **[Apollo 8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_8)** > > Apollo 8 (December 21–27, 1968) was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first human spaceflight to reach the Moon. The crew orbited the Moon ten times without landing, and then departed safely back to Earth. These three astronauts—Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders—were the first humans to witness and photograph the far side of the Moon and an Earthrise. > Apollo 8 launched on December 21, 1968, and was the second crewed spaceflight mission flown in the Uni... The movie Apollo 13 has a fine recreation of Fred Hayes and his zero g vomit. ---
**Author:** ![muttrox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@muttrox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muttrox)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/3 "2009-04-01T13:53:38Z")
Somewhat related: roughly 2/3 of people vomit their first time in 0g (regardless of whether that is in space or not). [The Vomit Comet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet#Airsickness) ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/4 "2009-04-01T14:32:37Z")
I don’t believe anyone has ever vomited while on a spacewalk, however. According to what I’ve read, that would probably kill you. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/5 "2009-04-01T15:33:27Z")
From **howye** ’s link: > [@](#): > > About an hour after starting his sleep shift, Borman requested clearance to take a Seconal sleeping pill. However, the pill had little effect. Borman eventually fell asleep but then awoke feeling ill. He vomited twice **and had a bout of diarrhea** that left the spacecraft full of small globules of **vomit and feces** that the crew cleaned up to the best of their ability. Makes spaceflight seem a LOT less glamorous… ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/6 "2009-04-01T15:43:09Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > Makes spaceflight seem a LOT less glamorous… Yeah, my respect for Jim Lovell (already high\*) went way up after reading that. To be willing to risk dealing with that again? That’s the right stuff. (Of course, the fact that it also happened on Apollo 13 makes me wonder if maybe he’s just bad luck to be in a capsule with. 🙂 ) \*I have an Apollo 8 mission patch sewn onto a jacket I wear fairly regularly. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/7 "2009-04-01T18:16:06Z")
The excellent and highly underrated HBO series _From the Earth to the Moon_ features a number of zero-G vomit scenes, including the Apollo 8 incident mentioned above. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/8 "2009-04-01T21:27:30Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > I don’t believe anyone has ever vomited while on a spacewalk, however. According to what I’ve read, that would probably kill you. > > –Cliffy Or it may result in something like [this](http://img1.jurko.net/wall/paper/nebula.jpg) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/9 "2009-04-01T21:43:38Z")
> [@muttrox](#): > > Somewhat related: roughly 2/3 of people vomit their first time in 0g (regardless of whether that is in space or not). > > [The Vomit Comet](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vomit_Comet#Airsickness) I take it it feels much lik ebeing inebriated what with the dizziness and vomiting. One might even say that 0g SMASHED! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-vomited-in-space/491569/10 "2009-04-01T23:28:46Z")
I once vomited in the space my clean socks normally occupied.