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Artemis II's toilet is on the blink again, forcing astronauts to use more backup collection bags as odor fills capsule
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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.
Key facts
- Hansen, Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch are the world’s first lunar astronauts since Apollo 17’s crew of three in 1972
- Artemis II is poised to set a distance record for humans, traveling more than 252,000 miles (400,000 kilometers) from Earth before hanging a U-turn behind the moon and heading home without stopping
- Their nearly 10-day mission — ending with a Pacific splashdown on April 10 — is the first step in NASA’s bold plans for a sustainable moon base
- The Earth is small, and the moon is definitely getting bigger,” pilot Victor Glover reported
Summary
The three Americans and one Canadian are set to reach their destination Monday, photographing the mysterious lunar far side as they zoom around. “The Earth is small, and the moon is definitely getting bigger,” pilot Victor Glover reported. Until the Orion capsule’s bathroom is fixed, Mission Control has instructed the astronauts to break out more of the backup urine collection bags. Engineers suspect ice may be blocking the line that is preventing urine from completely flushing overboard.