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Yes, but both are special devices designed for use in microgravity. They use a blender like mechanism to handle solid waste in the toilet and both use wet vacuum cleaner type mechanisms to contain and remove the liquids.

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The astronauts sit on the toilet hooked up so a suction like a vacuum's, sucks up the urine and feces. Then the contents are sprayed out into space.

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