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Posted on 04/02/2026 9:44:58 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Just hours after the Artemis II mission successfully launched its historic deep space lunar flyby, the four-person crew experienced a problem with the Orion spacecraft’s high-tech toilet.
Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch — the only woman onboard the 10-day mission — first reported the issue to Mission Control not long after Wednesday night’s breathtaking liftoff from Kennedy Space Center.
“The toilet fan is reported to be jammed,” NASA spokesperson Gary Jordan said during live mission commentary, according to Space.com. “Now the ground teams are coming up with instructions on how to get into the fan and clear that area to revive the toilet for the mission.”
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Well, something hit the fan.
They didn’t instrument the porta-pottie??
Shame on them - a glaring oversight. They could have ground-aborted until it got fixed.
Unfortunately, inside a space capsule, they can.
“Space plumbing is so weird”
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“The fancier they make the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up
the drain.”
— Scotty
Saw this on the Big Bang.
😂😂🤣
Same contractor for the aircraft carrier?
Howard Wolowitz fault.
Well played. 😄
Damn dude, stole my response
That’s an option with limitations. Apollo bags are another option. Interesting info on this topic in the Apollo logs.
Yeah, that's a tricky one. Especially after Grandpa has been in there after Thanksgiving dinner.
I would think a toilet fan problem ranks somewhat below a service module oxygen tank exploding and disabling the spacecraft’s life-support systems. But I could be wrong.
You beat me to it!
Check the transcripts for Apollo 10 -- somewhere around p. 440. Hilarious.
Hoss
They wear them during launch and reentry, when they must also wear their space suits for long periods of time.
It’s the fan not the toilet. Surprised NASA publicized or leaked this.
The “right stuff” guys would have laughed and said “this is nothing. Some of us got burned alive”.
Not enough bread crumbs.
Hahaha that was exactly what I was going to type!
Well, that stinks!
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