Artemis II crew faces Microsoft Outlook hitch hours after takeoff

NY Post ^ | 4/02/26 | Caitlin McCormack

[Libloather]

ET phone IT!

The Artemis II crew’s early tasks were disrupted by an issue with the shuttle’s Microsoft Outlook less than a day after blasting off into Earth’s orbit.

Reid Wiseman, the mission’s commander, reported the problem with the email app to the Houston-based mission control just seven hours after the rocket’s historic launch.

“I also see that I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working,” Wiseman could be heard saying over dispatch.

“If you want to remote in and check the Optimus and those two Outlooks that would be awesome,” he added.

Mission control said that they would join through the shuttle’s PCD, or their personal computing device, to patch the problem.

The PCD’s are specialized tablets the astronauts use to manage more menial tasks, like emailing clients back on Earth and parsing through mission manuals, throughout their 10-day voyage.

Wiseman was seen using one of the PCDs just before Wednesday’s takeoff, stunning eagle-eyed NASA fans who quickly made note of his now-formerly top secret passcode.

[poconopundit]

A picture is worth a thousand words!  Nice.

Visited the Bell Mall sushi restaurant with the Mrs. yesterday.

And it was a double treat because the Mall was lined with cherry blossoms at their peak of color.

Let's go there when you come to Nippon next time.

[Candor7]

Let’s go there when you come to Nippon next time.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

That would be my great pleasure.

[Paul R.]

I came in for a short break and saw that the crew have noticed a “burning smell” on one of the latest operations of the toilet, but not with a subsequent use. So, the problem may have recurred a few hours ago, but not again since then (that I know of).

Is there a backup system? You know, one that doesn’t back up...