{"id":561632,"date":"2026-04-03T06:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/561632\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T06:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:02:11","slug":"toilets-fixed-but-artemis-ii-astronauts-now-have-microsoft-outlook-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/561632\/","title":{"rendered":"Toilet’s fixed, but Artemis II astronauts now have Microsoft Outlook problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASA’s moonbound astronauts aboard Artemis II have their toilet functioning again, but now they’re stuck with an equally annoying but perhaps less urgent issue: They can’t open their email.<\/p>\n

Astronauts reported problems with two versions of Microsoft Outlook on their personal computer, an older version and a new one, with both giving them errors. (Been there. Well, not exactly.)<\/p>\n

RELATED: In a thunderous launch, Artemis II astronauts leave Earth. Here’s what’s next<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s the exchange between the astronauts and NASA officials back on Earth:<\/p>\n

“So, with your go, we can remote in and take a look directly.”<\/p>\n

“Yeah, go for it. And then I also see that I have two Microsoft Outlook, and neither one of those is working. If you want to remote in and check Optimus and those two Outlooks, that would be awesome.”<\/p>\n

“All right, we will join in on your PCP, and we’ll let you know when we’re done.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the so-called “lunar loo” malfunctioned as soon as Artemis II reached orbit Wednesday evening, but Mission Control helped astronaut Christina Koch adjust the plumbing to fix the problem.<\/p>\n

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Three Americans and one Canadian inside the Orion capsule are on track to bust out of orbit around Earth Thursday night and continue to the moon for a fly-around.<\/p>\n

KUOW has reached out to Redmond-based Microsoft for comment but has yet to hear back. They could be on the phone with Mission Control, explaining how to run the Microsoft Office Repair Tool.<\/p>\n

In all seriousness, the Outlook issue does not inhibit communication between Artemis II astronauts and Mission Control. Microsoft hardware is helping power the Artemis II rocket.<\/p>\n

But if you’re waiting for an email from space, you might try texting instead.<\/p>\n

RELATED: What’s so cool about the far side of the moon? A NASA Artemis II scientist explains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASA’s moonbound astronauts aboard Artemis II have their toilet functioning again, but now they’re stuck with an equally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":561633,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-561632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561632","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=561632"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561632\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/561633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}