Artemis II is 10 days into its deep space loop and the mission is running clean enough that NASA's daily Johnson Space Center briefings have run out of real problems to discuss.
The one technical hiccup worth noting: Orion's onboard toilet failed to prime during initial system checkout because insufficient water was introduced to wet the pump. More water was added, the pump responded, and the system has functioned normally since.
The full article is worth reading for what the toilet saga reveals about mission ops in a low-drama phase, including what 'frozen urine' actually refers to in the context of spacecraft waste management at lunar distances.
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