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After toilet and email issues, Artemis II astronauts fire engine to head for the moon
Mission Control remotely accessed the crew’s tablet and fixed the email issue, while astronauts also restored a jammed toilet fan aboard Orion.
- On the first day of the 10-day Artemis II mission, Commander Reid Wiseman reported he could not open Microsoft Outlook on his Microsoft Surface Pro, requesting assistance from Houston Mission Control.
- Wiseman reported, "I have two Microsoft Outlooks, and neither one of those are working," prompting ground teams to offer remote access to diagnose Optimus software conflicts on his PCD.
- Ground engineers successfully resolved the Optimus and Outlook issues within about an hour of remote access, confirming the intervention worked for the crew's email access.
- Mission Control confirmed they were "done remoting into his PCD," noting the system would appear offline, as "expected," ending the remote session after successful repairs.
- NASA runs mission-critical systems on radiation-hardened hardware distinct from personal computing devices, ensuring software issues on crew PCDs do not compromise Artemis II's core flight operations.
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