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More than half way to the moon, the Artemis II astronauts grappled with a toilet problem (edition.cnn.com)
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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

They don't even need to burn fuel to turn the ship. If it has reaction wheels or CMGs they can do it by making a few minor adjustments in the gimbals or reaction wheel speeds.