The hygiene bay is "the one place that we can go during the mission where we can actually feel like we're alone for a moment," said astronaut Jeremy Hansen.

There was giddy euphoria at the Kennedy Space Center after the successful and spectacular launch, writes the BBC's Pallab Ghosh.

As part of Nasa's plans to return humans to the Moon, the Artemis programme is one of the most ambitious space projects of all time.

Glitch to the facilities quickly fixed, in relief to astronauts onboard Orion spacecraft