NASA Artemis II crew fixes onboard toilet issue mid-flight as Orion leaves Earth orbit

Artemis II's Orion (officially named Integrity) fixed an onboard toilet after a bilging fault light and system restoration mid-flight.

Following the repairs, the crew exited Earth orbit and headed toward the Moon; the translunar injection burn lasted roughly six minutes and accelerated the spacecraft out of Earth's gravitational field.

Orion deployed its four solar array wings within minutes of launch and later entered a high Earth orbit extending 46,000 miles for about 24 hours for system checkouts.

The crew transitioned to deep space communications via NASA’s Deep Space Network; Orion performed an automated departure burn to distance itself from the ICPS, which had served as a docking target.

The mission began April 1 with the Space Launch System lifting off from Kennedy Space Center; it is a planned 10-day test flight and the first crewed lunar flyby since Apollo 17 in 1972.