Listening to the live stream yesterday evening - they performed a significant amount of troubleshooting for the toilet. This required consulting with a full team of experts, including a "Toilet Lead". It seems it wasn't "flushing" waste into the collection bag or something similar - but they were eventually able to get it working.
I found the language NASA and the astronauts used to communicate absolutely hilarious - "Yes, we're excited and eager to begin immediate fluid disposal!"
Glad they got it working - best of luck to Atemis II mission!
Apparently the way they got it working was to power cycle the toilet.
I especially liked the part where mission control referred to using the toilet as "donation"
I love this. No matter what we do and how far we push the limits of humanity, we still have to shit.
> "Yes, we're excited and eager to begin immediate fluid disposal!"
corporate talk on a public science mission :/