Flushed. The malfunctioning toilet on board the Artemis II, the second most expensive commode ever built, cost American taxpayers $23 million. NASA scientists took six years to create two of the 3D-printed titanium thrones,

At this time yesterday, there were only nine toilets in space. Today, the freshly-launched Orion space capsule’s commode makes it an even 10 .

Astronauts during Apollo missions used urine collection and transfer devices and plastic fecal bags. The latter bags, after use, were stored in a sanitation box on the spacecraft, according to the National Air and Space Museum.

Houston, we have a plumbing problem.

The sleek green pay toilet in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza, next to a children's playground and across from the main library, wasn't working last week. The digital readout on the high-tech, self-cleaning commode said "Occupied. " But it wasn't.