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Today, Explained

When nature calls in space

Today, Explained

Vox

Politics, Daily News, News

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Artemis II is a historic mission for a number of reasons, including the Orion capsule’s bathroom. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Andrea Lopez-Cruzado and Gabriel Dunatov, engineered by Patrick Boyd and David Tatasciore, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. NASA astronaut and Artemis II mission specialist Christina Koch peers out of one of the Orion spacecraft's main cabin windows, looking back at Earth, as the crew travels towards the Moon. Photo by NASA via Getty Images. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happy Easter to all who celebrate.

0:03.0

Let's see what the president had to say early Easter Sunday morning.

0:07.0

Truth Social.

0:10.0

Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran.

0:17.0

There will be nothing like it. Open the fucking straight, you crazy bastards, or you'll be living in hell.

0:23.8

Just watch.

0:25.1

Praise me to Allah, President Donald J. Trump.

0:29.6

Wow.

0:30.3

I guess he was our first Muslim president all along.

0:33.5

Let's see what message our astronauts up in space had for us this Easter.

0:37.2

I think as we go into Easter Sunday thinking about, you know, all the cultures all around the world, whether you celebrate it or not, whether you believe in God or not, this is an opportunity for us to remember where we are, who we are, and that we are the same thing and that we've got to get through this together.

0:52.8

Space seems like a nicer place to be right now, so we're going to talk about a historic day for the human race on Today Explained.

0:59.0

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1:06.0

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1:13.0

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1:15.5

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1:41.3

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