Even the world’s brightest and bravest are titillated by turd. Astronauts mentally and physically prepare for any obstacle that can come their way while soaring through space — including funneling their feces into a tube.

When Apollo astronauts went to the Moon over 50 years ago, using the toilet meant pooping in plastic bags. However, now when humans are going to moon for the first time in decades under the 2026 Artemis II mission,

In space, even the simplest human activities become complex challenges. Without gravity, nothing moves the way it should, and systems have to be designed to control everything. From suction-based toilets to recycling systems,

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whether you use a hole in the ground or a fancy gold-plated toilet, on Earth, gravity pulls your waste down and away from you. For astronauts, “doing their duty” is a bit more ...

The Universal Waste Management System aboard the Orion capsule is an innovation in deep space toiletry (it seems to be fixed now).

The Artemis II crew is almost at the moon, and the astronauts spent this weekend carrying out preparations for their lunar flyby on Monday. That included manual piloting demonstrations, reviewing their science objectives for the six-hour observation period and evaluating their space suits,

The four astronauts on the Artemis II mission have passed the halfway point between the Earth and the moon. Mark Strassmann spoke with the astronauts about the accomplishment.