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Posted on 04/06/2026 9:55:57 PM PDT by algore
The toilet on board the Artemis II spacecraft has reportedly broken down again, leaving the four astronauts on board with no working bathroom on their return to Earth.
NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen will reportedly now have to switch to a diaper-like alternative for the remainder of the trip back to Earth.
The space agency later confirmed that the toilet was not working as the Artemis flight reached day six in their ten-day mission.
NASA has previously said that in the event the space capsule's toilet stopped working, the astronauts would need to switch to a device called the Collapsible Contingency Urinal (CCU).
The CCU is a backup system for urine collection developed specifically for the Artemis moon missions.
Simply put, it is a plastic bag with special inner surfaces called hydrophilic vanes that act like tiny channels. These channels use capillary action, the same natural force that makes a paper towel soak up a spill, which pulls the urine away from the astronaut and down to the bottom of the bag.
At the bottom of the bag is a small drain port. The crew can connect it to the spacecraft's systems and safely release the urine into space.
In both cases, NASA confirmed that the astronauts were still able to use the malfunctioning toilet for bowel movements.
If the Artemis toilet has completely broken down and can no longer handle solid waste collection, the four astronauts would have to fall back to older-style fecal collection bags.
These are basically sealed plastic bags with adhesives and wipes. These were used on the Apollo moon missions.
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but at least it proved what chemtrailing has done to the planet
I bet Elon would have made a shitter that works
Better than nothing...
Elon has had his own shitter problems, but he passed them on to someone else before they became too big an issue
I thought the chick fixed it.
>> this mission has been a crappy boondogle
Oh, stop. Just please stop with this sh!t. No pun intended.
Anyone that leans on the UK Daily FAIL for their anti-american tawking points needs to have their head examined (again no pun intended).
They can pull out the five gallon bucket they probably keep in the mop closet and use the plastic grocery bags they loaded their groceries onboard with.
Oh no al - it moved the planets ! Horrific. /sarc
She did, but now it’s busted again.
Wouldn’t want to be in a space capsule with floating turds.
USS Ford and Artemis II both with crappy toilets….LOL!
That’s one good reason never to throw any plastic grocery bags away. They’re easy to store, and sure can come in handy in emergencies.
And of course packs of water, etc., too.
DEFINITELY shouldn’t have loaded the capsule with all that Chipotle food.
Fully agree. Even with the toilet issue, the mission is a success. Also, what other country has come close to that? None.
I thought they had the toilet situation handled. Now all they need is poorly fitting diapers.
She's doing everything else...cooking, cleaning, organizing why not maintainence?
Night photo (2026) vs. day photo (1972)...Hasselblad 70mm film vs. Nikon D5 DLR, etc, etc.:
Differences explained:
https://youtu.be/51WNE4Nb0J0?si=G8spD7o_FfoqjVb7
(Not a jet contrail thing).
There are no plastic grocery bags in New York State. Andy Cuomo had them banned because he didn’t like seeing them caught and hanging in the trees in his neighborhood. So 99.9% of the rest of the state has to pay the price because of his crappy neighborhood.
Pretty sure it got “fixed”:
https://www.astronomy.com/space-exploration/artemis-2-crew-fixes-toilet-can-now-pee-in-it/
Now no need to use their “Piddle Paks” (also used by military pilots):
https://www.abilityone.com/piddle-pak-crew-relief-bag/product/81040
Guaranteed, this episode will become a training model for new Astronauts. “You have to start your launch knowing that this actually could happen to your crew. Can you handle it?”
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