Need help with toilet repair

Apr 04, 2026 Last reply: 3 months ago 3 Replies

If any of you are available, the Atemis crew can you your help. They have to pee and can't hold it any longer.



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Norm Knight, NASA's director of flight operations, told reporters here at the Kennedy Space Center that the malfunction was due to a controller issue on the toilet. But NASA confirmed astronauts could still use the space commode to poop, just not urinate, though engineers were working to restore it to full service.



"In the meantime they're getting their contingency — their backup waste management capabilities specifically for urine," Jordan said. "The fecal collection of the toilet, that specific capability, can still be used with the waste management system aboard Orion."


Colbert has it all solved - at about the 5 minute mark :

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John T.

I wonder what their hourly rate is. Well done.

There's a science fiction author named Jamie McFarlane. It seems like his protagonist ends up fixing a spaceship toilet in practically every book. It's nice to see his focus on what's important.

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