New Delhi, April 2 -- NASA's Artemis 2 mission shot off beautifully on Wednesday. However, within hours of launching, four astronauts reported a glitch in the space toilet of the Orion spacecraft.

Mission specialist Christina Koch flagged an issue while starting up part of Orion's waste system - which NASA calls the Universal Waste Management System - that deals with urine collection, mentioned a report by Space.com.

"The toilet fan is reported to be jammed," NASA spokesperson Gary Jordan said during live mission commentary. "Now the ground teams are coming up with instructions on how to get into the fan and clear that area to revive the toilet for the mission."

According to NASA's director of flight operations Norm Knight, the glitch ...