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Orion toilet malfunction updates become a running mission subplot

April 5, 2026Ryan Caton, TJ Cooney, Jasmine

Ryan Caton and TJ Cooney note that a surprising share of Artemis II comms revolve around the toilet, with Mission Control providing operational updates and constraints during troubleshooting.

TOILET UPDATE: Full Orion toilet functionality is expected to be restored in approximately 2 hours, according to Mission Control Houston.
Since the previous update, the toilet has been limited to Numbers 2s, allowing the stored waste in the tank to be vented into space.
I’d say about 20% of the comms we’ve heard for Artemis 2 have been about something involving the toilet
Ryan Caton
TJ Cooney
Jasmine
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