‘Space plumber’ to the rescue as Artemis astronauts navigate life aboard Orion
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“It is the first time astronauts venturing into deep space have had a real toilet on board, allowing the crew some ‘alone’ moments”
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“The four crew members zipping through space towards the moon are carrying out a mission unlike any before it, but they are also still muddling on through life’s mundanities – all while they float around together in a square footage equivalent to two minivans”
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— Artemis II is an ongoing U.S. spaceflight sending four astronauts on a flyby around the Moon and back to Earth. Launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 1, 2026, the ten-day mission is crewed by NA…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_II
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— Artemis IV is planned to be the third crewed mission and first lunar landing of the NASA-led Artemis program, marking the first crewed landing on the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972. It will be the first…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_IV
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— The Artemis program is a Moon exploration program led by the United States' National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), formally established in 2017 through Space Policy Directive 1. By 2028…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
“Mission specialist Christina Koch, the first woman to venture into deep space, said preparing for the 10-day journey was akin to planning for a camping trip”
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“Orion wares include 58 tortillas, 43 cups of coffee, barbecued beef brisket and five types of hot sauce”
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Wikipedia entries about Orion constellation, mythology, and nebula do not reference spacecraft inventory items. No corroborating evidence found.
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— This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Orion, sorted by decreasing brightness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Orion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Orion
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— In Greek mythology, Orion (; : Ancient Greek: Ὠρίων or Ὠαρίων, romanized: Ōríōn) was a giant huntsman whom Zeus or Artemis placed among the stars as a constellation. He was venerated as a hero in the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(mythology)
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— The Orion Nebula (also known as Messier 42, M42, or NGC 1976) is a diffuse nebula in the Milky Way situated south of Orion's Belt in the constellation of Orion, and is known as the middle "star" in th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Nebula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_Nebula
“And one toilet … which had a problem”
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