The glamour and excitement of space flight come with some pretty mundane life requirements. One of those is the need for working bathroom facilities.
You can’t exactly call a plumber when you’re in space, but Artemis II astronauts have managed to fix their lunar toilet without one. In a blog post on Thursday, NASA shared that the Orion spacecraft’s commode is now operational, following work by the onboard crew and with help from mission control in Houston.
The Artemis II crew lifted off on Wednesday from Florida and later reported a blinking fault light relating to their toilet. According to the post, “mission control teams successfully assessed the data and worked with the crew to troubleshoot and resolve the issue.”
“The toilet fan is reported to be jammed,” NASA spokesperson Gary Jordan said during live mission commentary, according to the BBC. “Now the ground teams are coming up with instructions on how to get
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