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Flush With Success: Artemis II Crew Fixes Space Toilet

CNET·Meara Isenberg·about 2 months ago
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Houston, we have a potty problem. A team effort restored the Orion spacecraft's bathroom, to astronauts' relief. Meara covers streaming service news for CNET. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in journalism. When she's not writing, she likes to dote over her cat, sip black coffee and try out new horror movies. 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.…

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