When Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman stepped to the microphone at NASA’s postflight news conference on April 16, 2026, the ...

Do astronauts really flush waste into space? Not quite. NASA’s Orion spacecraft uses advanced vacuum-based systems to safely ...

The problems caused by the first bathroom with a door on a voyage to the Moon have turned it into an unexpected focus of the ...

Artemis II toilet: Artemis II astronauts encountered a minor technical issue with the Orion spacecraft's toilet shortly after launch, specifically a jammed fan in the urine collection system. While ...

Houston, we still have a problem: The toilet has been a recurring issue on the Artemis II moon mission - The Artemis II flight, which launched from Houston, Texas, last Wednesday is the first time tha ...

After a successful trip around the Moon, everything has been going smoothly on the Orion spacecraft’s journey back to Earth – ...

‘When the astronauts have to go, we want to allow them to boldly go.’ ‘When the astronauts have to go, we want to allow them to boldly go.’ Late Thursday evening, a Northrop Grumman rocket is set to ...

A technical issue with the only toilet onboard Artemis 2 was reported shortly after launch. This instigated engineers to troubleshoot a malfunction in the spacecraft’s waste management system during ...

Just hours after Artemis 2 launched on April 1, the toilet’s urine collection fan jammed. Artemis 2 Mission Specialist ...

Managing human waste in space has long been a technical challenge, and NASA’s Artemis II mission reflects a major shift in approach. At the centre of this is the Universal Waste Management System ...