Now more than halfway to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts prepared for their historic lunar fly-around to push deeper into space than even the Apollo astronauts!
On the downside, their toilet is on the blink again! (Until the Orion capsule's bathroom is fixed, mission control has instructed the astronauts to break out more backup urine-collection bags!)
The so-called lunar loo malfunctioned following Wednesday's liftoff and has been hit-and-miss ever since!
A version of the Artemis II toilet was tested on the International Space Station several years ago, and NASA has now contacted Howard Wolowitz (who originally designed the toilet) to provide fresh insight into possible fixes! (He is an aerospace engineer at Caltech's Department of Applied Physics.)
(Howard and a few friends watching the Artemis II launch!)
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