Artemis 2’s space bathroom is a private, door-equipped upgrade from Apollo’s bags

Artemis 2 will fly four astronauts in NASA’s Orion capsule with a private, doored bathroom—a major upgrade over Apollo’s plastic-bag waste system. The hygiene bay uses a Universal Waste Management System similar to the ISS, with individual urine funnels and privacy curtains; urine is not recycled on this short 10-day mission, but solid waste will be stored in bags and returned to Earth. The crew—Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen—are slated for a roughly 10-day lunar flyby around April 1, highlighting a pragmatic contingency plan that even includes backup urine bags if the primary toilet malfunctions.