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==Haircuts in space== [[File:Haircut in ISS ISS026-E-017736 (15 Jan. 2011).jpg|thumb|NASA astronaut [[Catherine Coleman|Catherine (Cady) Coleman]] trims the hair of [[Paolo Nespoli]] in the [[Kibō (ISS module)|''Kibō'' laboratory]] on the [[International Space Station]] during [[Expedition 26]]. A [[hair clipper]] attached to a [[vacuum cleaner]] removes free-floating hair clippings.<ref name=NASA>{{cite web|title=Spaceflight gallery|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-26/html/iss026e017741.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110401234048/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-26/html/iss026e017741.html|archive-date=2011-04-01}}</ref>]] Haircuts also occur in the [[International Space Station]]. During the various expeditions astronauts use hair clippers attached to vacuum devices for grooming their colleagues so that the cut hair will not drift inside the weightless environment of the space station and become a nuisance to the astronauts or a hazard to the sensitive equipment installations inside the station.<ref>{{cite web|title=International Space Station Imagery ISS016-E-014192 (1 Dec. 2007)|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-16/html/iss016e014192.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208103815/http://www.spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-16/html/iss016e014192.html|archive-date=8 December 2007|publisher=NASA|access-date=20 November 2012}}</ref><ref name=Sunita>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Sunita|title=Journal of Sunita Williams|url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/journal_sunita_williams_7.html|access-date=20 November 2012|quote=So, you may be wondering how we do this and not get hair all over the place...Can you figure out how we do this by the picture?|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405235154/https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition15/journal_sunita_williams_7.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Edward T. Lu">{{cite web|last=Edward T. Lu|title=Greetings Earthlings|url=http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp7/luletters/lu_letter9.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030906153525/http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/station/crew/exp7/luletters/lu_letter9.html|archive-date=2003-09-06}}</ref> Haircutting in space was also used for charitable purposes in the case of astronaut [[Sunita Williams]] who obtained such a haircut by fellow astronaut [[Joan Higginbotham]] inside the International Space Station. Sunita's ponytail was brought back to earth with the [[STS-116]] crew and was donated to [[Locks of Love]].<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-121906a.html |author=CollectSpace.com| title=Astronaut cuts her hair in space for charity | date=20 December 2006 | access-date=8 June 2007 }}</ref><ref name=Pearlman>{{cite web|last=Pearlman|first=Robert Z.|title=Astronaut Cuts Her Hair in Space for Charity|url=http://www.space.com/3283-astronaut-cuts-hair-space-charity.html|publisher=Space.com|access-date=20 November 2012|date=19 December 2006}}</ref>
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