Overview
- A jammed fan shut down urine collection soon after launch, then a guided repair put the toilet back in service.
- Astronauts later reported a burning smell in the hygiene bay near the toilet, with controllers saying it was not a major concern.
- The crew used backup urinals during the outage and was told to let the fan reach full speed before resuming normal use.
- After the fix, Orion completed the translunar injection burn that set the crew on course for a lunar flyby.
- NASA’s 3D-printed titanium Upper Waste Management System is a six-year upgrade reported to cost about $23 million, placing it behind the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s roughly $30 million system and building on an $11.5 million ISS model from 2020.