The Orion spacecraft’s toilet system has failed for the second time since the Artemis II crew launched toward the Moon, forcing astronauts to switch to backup waste collection bags while an odor ...

‘When the astronauts have to go, we want to allow them to boldly go.’ ‘When the astronauts have to go, we want to allow them to boldly go.’ Late Thursday evening, a Northrop Grumman rocket is set to ...

NASA mission controllers successfully operated the Orion spacecraft’s toilet system during the deep-space phase of Artemis II, but an unexpected early termination of wastewater venting on Flight Day 4 ...

The space environment—microgravity, extreme temperatures and more—make it near-impossible to truly test a space toilet like ...

Commissioned by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the G2RT toilet works without any connection to local sewage or water systems. About 3.6 billion people—almost half the world’s population—don’t ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anne Field covers impact entrepreneurship and impact investing. Over two-thirds of the world lacks access to sewered toilets, ...