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Artemis II onboard operations, comms bandwidth, and mission quirks

April 6, 2026r/nasa, r/space

In r_nasa and r_space, discussion mixes practical questions about crew life and comms constraints with NASA clarifying that live video quality is limited by bandwidth priorities, plus a viral side story about using urine to clear toilet ice.

We've seen some conversations on the video quality of our live coverage as Artemis II heads towards the Moon.
our current bandwidth is a little lower and sometimes prioritized for mission activities.
NASA requested the astronauts all pee in the toilet back to back, then perform a waste dump, so the warm pee would clear some ice.
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