Artemis II astronauts face toilet malfunction during 10-day lunar mission
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Sandy Roberts
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
NASA's Artemis II mission, launched April 1, 2026, successfully completed a 10-day lunar flyby with four astronauts testing Orion spacecraft systems. However, the crew faced a significant challenge with the spacecraft's toilet, which malfunctioned shortly after launch. The article details the engineering behind space toilets on Orion, the plumbing problems encountered during the mission, and how astronauts managed the situation in deep space.
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The Artemis II mission successfully launched on April 1, 2026, for a 10-day adventure, slingshotting around the moon and back.
Almost as soon as the Orion spacecraft left the launchpad, the astronauts encountered a problem with an important piece of equipment: the toilet.
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