By James Felton
Publication Date: 2026-04-02 13:56:00
Yesterday, at 6.35 pm EDT, the Artemis II crew launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and began their historic, record-breaking 10-day journey around the Moon.
Everything is looking good for the crew, with everybody on board safe and the mission proceeding as expected at the time of writing. But there have been a few teething issues, including a toilet fault, and, incredibly, problems with Microsoft Outlook.
Not long after launch, the crew reported to NASA that the high-tech toilet, which uses a fan to draw the urine away without gravity to do the job for you, was flashing a fault light.
“The toilet fan is reported to be jammed,” NASA spokesperson Gary Jordan said whilst commentating the liftoff, per BBC Sky at Night Magazine.
“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.”
Fortunately, the crew always had the backup plan of peeing into bags. This was not a problem that would result in…