Artemis II astronauts have toilet trouble on their way towards the Moon

Artemis II astronauts have toilet trouble on their way towards the Moon39 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGrace Eliza Goodwin'That is something we have never seen before': Artemis II crew describe far side of MoonNasa is set to send humans deeper into space than ever before, but there's one piece of technology that still has some kinks - the Orion space capsule's toilet.Since launching from Earth on Wednesday, the four astronauts aboard the Artemis II mission's Orion capsule have had some intermittent issues with their toilet.At one point on Saturday, the toilet was unable to dump its waste overboard, possibly due to a frozen vent line, Nasa said. The astronauts have instead used an alternative system which involves collapsible plastic containers that collect their urine.Despite some toilet troubles, Artemis II is successfully into day five of the historic 10-day mission around the Moon.The four crew members - Nasa's Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen - are in a small cabin about the size of a camper van, just 5m (15ft) wide and 3m (9ft) high.While speaking to Earth via a video link on Thursday, mission specialist Koch mentioned there had been a slight "priming" issue with the toilet."I'm proud to call myself the space plumber, I like to say that it is probably the most important piece of equipment on board," she said. Then Nasa said in a press release on Saturday that a wastewater vent line had clogged.ReutersNASA Artemis II crew members Jeremy Hansen, Reid Wiseman, Christina Koch, and Victor Glover answer questions from reporters during the first downlink event of their mission on 2 AprilThe flight crew had to adjust the spacecraft to point the vent toward the Sun to help clear the clog. The adjustment did not change the trajectory of their path, the agency said. They were able to free up space in the waste management system tank, but...