Houston has revealed that Orion was only able to dump 3% of its waste water last night.
The issue was potentially caused by the “freezing of the vent lines”.
The waste water tank is currently 64% full and with a capacity limit of 80%.
Crew were instructed to use back up collection devices overnight if needed.
In an attempt to fix this issue, the spacecraft will now move to an altitude where the sun will shine onto the wastewater vent line.
Controllers have also increased the heater temperatures on the nozzles and the lines themselves and are hoping all of these actions will help “thaw out potential ice”.
Cameras will be taking pictures of the manoeuvres to see if they fix the issue.
Mission control cancels course correction for second time
Mission control has just announced the cancellation of Orion’s second outbound trajectory correction – this manoeuvre has now been called off twice.
Course corrections are used to keep the spacecraft on the right path and involve a brief burn of the engines.
The now-cancelled procedure had been scheduled for 1:49am (UK time).
Orion’s previous course correction was also called off as the craft was also deemed unecessary, with the capsule already be on course.
Today’s course correction will now be replaced by some manoeuvres and a checkout of the Orion’s waste water dump.
Crew of Artemis II wake up to Pink Pony Club
Mission control has now woken up the Artemis II’s crew with the song Pink Pony Club by Chappell Roan, causing laughter among the astronauts.
The song cut off just before the chorus, disappointing the crew who radioed in that “we were all eagerly awaiting the chorus”.
“We’ll try again next time,” joked the controller.
Here’s the song Pink Pony Club if you want to close your eyes and imagine you’re waking up 169,200 miles from Earth:
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