“The Orion Waste Management System (WMS) features a full commode suitable for short to mid-length duration missions, offering both privacy and comfortable means for the astronauts to use the bathroom. It employs a small urine tank that is vented to space and replaceable canisters for solid waste storage,” a technical paper on Orion states.

The space agency conducted a crucial fueling test today (Feb. 2) with the Artemis 2 mission's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, loading more than 700,000 gallons (2.65 million liters) of cryogenic liquid hydrogen (LH2) and liquid oxygen (LOX) into the two-stage vehicle on Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced the first crewed mission of the Artemis II will fly around the moon after an

NASA is preparing to conduct a critical prelaunch test known as a wet dress rehearsal for the Artemis II mission.

NASA is working to take astronauts farther from Earth than any humans have ever gone, but the ambitious and costly moonshot has been plagued by delays.

Time to suit up!