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Fartemis II: Houston, We Have a Number Two Problem: Artemis Toilet Goes Full Meltdown

justmindy
justmindy  |  8:00 AM on April 02, 2026

To be fair, every trip is going to have some catastrophe. Just watch any of the National Lampoon's Movies. Always an issue, and often it has to do with going potty. Now, life is imitating art and the Artemis mission spacecraft is dealing with some ahem, plumbing emergencies.

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Someone call Roto Rooter.

They’re gonna aim for the stars.

NASA’s Artemis II four crew members will blast off April 1 for a 10-day trip around of the moon — in a camper‑sized space capsule with their prized new private space toilet.

“We’re pretty fortunate as a crew to have a toilet with a door on this tiny spacecraft,” Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen said in a recent video tour.

“(It’s) the one place we can go during the mission where we can actually feel like we’re alone for a moment,” he added. Astronauts will float into the phone‑booth‑sized stall, use a hose to dispose of urine and perch on an industrial‑looking toilet seat to go No. 2.

Well, it sounded good in theory, at least.

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That really stinks. Heh.

If there is one of those on the moon, they should definitely stop by. Clean bathrooms and great pulled pork sandwiches.

The Big Bang Theory fans are having flashbacks. 

Marco can't be everything to everybody.

Have they tried plunging it? How about wiggling the handle?

Fingers crossed!

It's hard to hit the bag on Earth where there's gravity. It must be a real experience doing that while floating around. Oof!

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