NASA’s Artemis II mission is already pretty historic as the agency’s first crewed journey around the moon in more than half a century. But tucked inside all the big-picture lunar ambition is a much more grounded milestone, with astronauts finally getting a toilet that does not sound like a hassle.
This may not be the most glamorous part of the mission, but it is still a meaningful one. Decades ago, the Apollo astronauts went to the moon using a waste system based on plastic bags and funnels, and NASA’s own later assessment described it as “objectionable” and “distasteful”.
But no longer.
NASAWhy this is actually a big deal
The old Apollo’s plumbing setup was messy, awkward, and prone to failure. Crew members had to manually use adhesive-rimmed plastic bags and tubes in microgravity, then mix in germicide by hand to
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