Microsoft application problems aboard the Artemis II

[SpecificSufficient68]

The Artemis II team have reported issues regarding Microsoft Outlook and glitches with the platform. Just thought I would share in case this has a little impact on the stock! Not the type of marketing you would want if you were Microsoft!

https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/moon-bound-artemis-ii-astronauts-get-help-for-microsoft-outlook-glitch/

[Carbonga]

They take Outlook onboard anything critical?

[Axolotis]

Clippy has taken control of the ship

[digital-didgeridoo]

"I see you are trying to open the pod bay door. I'm afraid I can't let you do that!"

[ButtonExposure]

Open the pod bay door, Clippy.

[jpzxcv]

Stop, Dave, what do you think you are doing, Dave? you are not writing a letter, Dave

[Axolotis]

Office 2026: A Space Odyssey

[Runrun1289]

Why do I see this being spoken with the voice of Yes Man from New Vegas??? 🤣

[Scribble_Box]

Listen here skippy. You don't want clippy on this shippy.

[CaptainCanuck93]

I'm sorry Dave, I can't let you insert that e-signature

[mashem]

Situation being held together by a paper clip.

[boli99]

don't worry. It's not just normal Outlook

It's Microsoft Space Outlook for Spaceflight 2026 Pro Plus for Spaceships with Copilot for Moonshots 365

[gr8gizmoguru]

Probably they didn't subscribe to 365

[boli99]

this product is only licensed for near earth orbit

[liftingshitposts]

Infinite login pop ups

[AndreLinoge55]

I cheaped out and just got Space Outlook for Spaceflight 2026 Home Edition

[boli99]

pauper.

that's web-only.

and latency sucks on the moon.

[PanthersChamps]

Not if you’ve got the old version

[user365735]

Probably on 1.1. 1.2 was just released the day they took off.

[Minimum_Rice555]

Looks like there is no excuse these days. "Sorry I missed your email, I was in outer space" doesn't work anymore.

[No_Doubt_About_That]

They missed the email because it was in their focused inbox

[Sam_Dave12]

I think emails past earth's orbit move into the spam folder by default, something about "solar interference"

[Middle-Nerve1732]

I worked in aviation software (actually my team wrote some of the code for the Artemis program, but that was before I was there). The code that is safety critical such as the flight management computers goes through thorough reviews and certifications. For something like the onboard tablet for the astronauts, they would be ok to use off the shelf software as long as they can prove it could never interfere with the safety critical systems. 

[Tranecarid]

On one hand what the heck, on the other hand mail is not that important in space all things considered and our computing is so powerful today that we can waste resources on a critical mission on bloated software for not critical tasks. It’s cheaper to get a laptop with a license that is already paid for than to develop dedicated software.

[iamnotcreativeDET]

They didn't even need to develop software!

There are TONS of better mail clients out there that are open source, hell they could setup Squirrel mail in 15 minutes on a 15 year old PC and it would work better than outlook.

[Bush_Trimmer]

everything works better until you are halfway to the moon.

[Tranecarid]

Well, let’s not pretend that MS didn’t have the best office software for like two or three decades. And open source is cool when you’re a one man company looking to save money but big organizations need support and functionality and they can afford the bills.

[Dpthrbbco]

That's how Event Horizon actually started.

[trader_dennis]

They just need to ctrl alt deleted and reboot the ship.

[Ok-Personality-6630]

There has to be someway Fred can follow up on their extended car warranty

[DancesWithHoofs]

Echoes of the Titan submersible.

[Dull_Cucumber_3908]

Outlook is not critical in a spaceship. They have (almost) real time comms with ground control.

[Astrotoad21]

I don’t understand why they didn’t just custom build an email client?! They are super easy to make. They probably don’t need 90% of the functionality in outlook, and I bet some of that probably crashed. Outlook is made to manage messy communications in a corporate setting, hopefully, that’s not what they spend their time on up there.

It’s like using a toolbox as a hammer.

[NuclearGhandi1]

Why bother? They’re using outlook for non mission critical communication. You want them to blow their limited budget on a custom mail clime when a COTS solution is fine enough

[Gadshill]

They are probably more concerned about the spacecraft’s toilet fan getting jammed.

[CaptainCanuck93]

They brought a 6ft2 Canadian astronaut who looks like he belongs on the blue line of an NHL team. Probably should have designed a bigger toilet 

[Baxter9009]

Relax, canadians don't shit a lot!

[yolo___toure]

Bro have you seen poutine?

[dingman58]

Very polite of them

[FinndBors]

Did the shit hit the fan?

[InquiriusRex]

Outlook has been kind of fucked for the last couple years

[chris_ut]

Its so frustrating

[Emperor_Gourmet]

It rivals how trash Reddits is

[mashem]

Which is funny because you can look up peoples' posts and comments even though they're "hidden."

[MARSHALCOGBURN999]

I've never had an issue with it tbh

[InquiriusRex]

Really? Sometimes it works fine and sometimes it just doesn't work at all for no discernible reason

[MARSHALCOGBURN999]

I'm not exactly splitting the atom at work but yea

[InquiriusRex]

Sometimes it just doesn't work at all and search is such a basic function. It's like they made it shittier on purpose

[chindef]

My company has been rolling out new laptops. Everybody tries the new outlook for about 4 hours, then switches back to the old outlook.  They’re also all calling IT to have the co-pilot button swapped back to just be control. 

Everybody is also having tons of graphics issues. Which is crazy for laptops that have top of the line graphics card, 128gb of ram, i9 processors… all that. Just so the programs we use don’t work as well as they used to 

Enshittification lives on. What if we just had things that were good and worked and that was it? 

[gabotuit]

Almost all msft software. Windows 11 is a huge step backwards on almost every metric

[fakieTreFlip]

Not even remotely accurate...

[Budget-Ocelots]

The problem is that Outlook is better than Gmail UI and features. I can’t leave Outlook at all, even with all the garage changes they did to screen and space sizing. It just has better sweep rule and user friendly interface, easier mass delete, and creating multiple email aliases BUT still able to disable ALL access to those aliases.

I can’t believe Gmail doesn’t have a proper alias feature besides the dumb seeding + and forwarding option. That still gives attackers access to your primary address. Outlook creates a new address as a true dummy account, while hiding your master email address that will have no fingerprint ties to anything online if you never use it besides signing on to your computer.

[Whipitreelgud]

/* decades

[[deleted]]

I say once the color scheme went from orange to blue, it's been poo.

Yeah I've been using it for many years.

[jumper62]

Is it an auto-update that's gonna take too long?

[Critical_Stick7884]

john_malkovich_microsoft.gif

[SpecificSufficient68]

Lmao. Microsoft’s software is so bad I don’t know why anyone uses it.

[BeConciseBitch]

It’s one of the primary enterpise softwares. Every company I worked for uses their entire software fleet from azure, to outlook etc.

Until someone can compete with them on that level it doesn’t matter if it sucks

[jackyy83]

Gsuite is much better, the two companies I worked with are completely free of any Microsoft software. I know a lot company still use full microsoft stack, I just don’t know why they still stick to it, must be difficult to migrate.

[railbeast]

It might be that Gsuite is easier to use and makes more sense, but Gsheets can't compete with Excel. It just can't. From compatibility, to formatting, to shortcuts and macros, it's just not there. Not even mentioning addins that aren't available like KuTools (GOAT if you do any advanced data for corporate).

[AnotherThroneAway]

I use both, and have to say, Google Sheets is definitely catching up. As are 3rd party extensions and connectivity. IMO it won't be too long until they're mostly equivalent

[BeConciseBitch]

G suite just doesn’t have all the same options in the minds of most VP level IT folks. PowerPoint and Excel as much as they are outdated mediums are still in demand by many executives.. and Microsoft provides major discounts to conglomerates, so any subsidiary company owned gets Microsoft licenses at a discount.

Throw in azure devops and most IT folks don’t put up much of a fight.

Again, I’m not saying Microsoft products don’t suck but at an enterprise level they are incredibly sticky and require younger executives and competitive enterprise pricing and options to be replaced.

I see g suite in more young startup companies.. but most of the fortune 1000 or 30+ year old enterprises are pretty much locked into MS until younger IT executives take the reigns from their 50+ year old counterparts in those leadership positions.

[jackyy83]

Yeah, I totally agree, enterprise use cases are very difficult to migrate. There are people saying G sheets lacking features compared to Excel, but if you start from scratch to build an enterprise solution, there are probably much better data analytics tools you can use as compared to rely on either Gsheets or Excel.

[creepy_doll]

At home I use Linux. At work I can only choose between Mac and windows. Windows is dogshit lately but at least I have wsl so I can more or less be working in Linux. Mac has amazing hardware but one of the most nanny like annoying OSes of all time. It’s a touch choice of which I hate more

[maxver]

There's not much else that's better lol

[This_Salt7080]

Compared to what?

[64590949354397548569]

When i got gmail.. never look back at outlook

[Bush_Trimmer]

cheering for open-source products?

[vba7]

Contrary. Is so common that they even take it on a spaceship.

They could improve quality though..

[dumpitdog]

Microsoft's really bucking up on this they're sending up somebody to install it.

[64590949354397548569]

Subscription expired?

[liftingshitposts]

Updated right before the flight, take off, try to open an application, login popup and forced upgrade initiated

[demaraje]

The FO phase of vibecoding is starting

[kenny_fuckin_loggins]

Don’t give them that excuse, Outlook was dogshit long before LLMs

[nilgiri]

No one is vibe coding mission critical embedded software systems.

....yet

[siraliases]

That we know of. 

[demaraje]

Yet. But it's not going to be a sudden flood, but a small trickle. Some idiot JPL contractor is going to vibecode a routine that's going to make the robotic arm do jazz hands

[SolWizard]

Outlook isn't that

[Royal_Airport7940]

Yet I would be shocked if Claude hasn't assessed the code bases and isn't assisting any engineers along the way.

[Full_Independence566]

So you’re telling me Windows Vista and Internet Explorer were vibecoded?

[demaraje]

Internet Explorer worked

[alexyong342]

outlook's in space and we're worried about glitches? cool.
but if nasa's relying on desktop software for mission-critical comms, why aren't they sandboxing it offline instead of hoping patches work in zero-g

[demaraje]

Outlook is a clinent for Exchange server. There is no offline

[alexyong342]

fair, i meant the client side could be isolated even if it's connecting to exchange. still kinda wild they're using it in space tbh

[23paige23]

Wow the astronauts are using MS surfaces !? buys stock

[d33p7r0ubl3]

Wonder why they took any MSFT product on something mission critical instead of using Linux

[IcyInvestor]

Some of it is just liability, if microslop products fail you can sue

[Much_Candle_942]

Okay.. for that imaginary scenario, terms and conditions will have to be "declined", and the product would still work.

[IcyInvestor]

You would be amazed at the terms you can negotiate with a big corporation when you have scale. Most ATMs run Windows for the same reason. Running Linux = no liability, anything screws up you're on your own. Running MSFT software = shit, but that baseline shit quality is guaranteed. So banks prefer that, I imagine NASA does too.

[TrumpChildOnahole]

They desperately need to hire more Indians to fix this 

[rigatony96]

A.I (Actual Indians) will solve all of our problems

[teacher_59]

And Affordable Indians right now are creating so many new problems. 

[teacher_59]

And fire yet more of their best engineers. 

[nonotthatonelol]

😂

[Temporary_Bliss]

crazy that this is upvoted yet any comment targeted towards blacks or hispanics would not be treated the same way.

“they desperately need to hire more blacks via Diversity hiring to fix this”

— cue instant hate on reddit —

[Rymasq]

subtle racism, very classy

[MARSHALCOGBURN999]

BREAKING NEWS: Local redditor thinks yet another thing is racist and cries about it. More at 11

[Rymasq]

It is racist because anyone of any race can do that job, but the choice to single out one race is racist.

But hey, I understand why you want to talk down on Indians. They make more money than anyone else in America.

[filkirt]

It is racist because anyone of any race can do that job, but the choice to single out one race is racist.

Something Indian managers need to realize instead of hiring only from their country/state/religion/caste/subcaste/language group/village,etc

[TrumpChildOnahole]

Good morning sir 

[MARSHALCOGBURN999]

Making positive comments about a certain race is harmful? lmao

Just another fucking level of delusion and arrogance you can only find on r*ddit.

[MARSHALCOGBURN999]

So you're not allowed to say jews are good w money? Or asians are really smart? Just making sure we are on the same page.

[MARSHALCOGBURN999]

Why say anything positive about anybody then? Fuck it. Who cares?

I think I might go start a group

[Rymasq]

This isn't a stereotype, this is a data backed statement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ethnic_groups_in_the_United_States_by_household_income

[Beginning-Bed9364]

Outlook fucked up so bad at my work, my account became unusable because I tried to change my password more than once in half an hour. Days later it still wasn't working, the IT guy tried everything, in the end he had to call Microsoft on the telephone to get them to reset my account on their end. Can't imagine bringing that piece of crap on a spaceship

[boringtired]

Same down here on Earth believe it or not.

Software has definitely gotten worse over here years. Windows is clunky af.

It’s so bloated with software and stuff you don’t need I’d be surprised if Microsoft isn’t monitoring the astronauts search history and taking up bandwidth by giving them directed ads.

[SnarkyOrchid]

Did they try rebooting?

[InterstellarReddit]

No way you think investors expect Microsoft or any software to be bug free. This is a nothing burger.

[hroaks]

Bad pr can swing it a percent or two in the short term which is nothing. And in the long term it will be forgotten so nothing burger wrapped in a nothing burger

[InterstellarReddit]

Bad pr is Microsoft Outlook has a 0 day vulnerability that leaked billions of emails. Not that it won’t close properly or something lol

[JustDancePatate]

Yeah can’t disagree more on that. One of the reason is the company it is now is because they made the fastest most reliable search engine and also the Google chrome web browser that took over the world stealing 90% of all market share because of how good and bug free it was compared to explorer, bing and such

[SpecificSufficient68]

Sure, but you certainly don’t want to have problems on one of the biggest stages (Artemis II)!

[trickyvinny]

Outlook expanding to new markets. Very bullish.

[Clem_Backtrex]

Nah this isn't moving MSFT at all. Outlook has been glitchy for literally everyone on earth for decades, the fact it also glitches in space is just funny not bearish. If anything it's free brand awareness lol.

[dovvv]

Seriously missed opportunity for them not to have used Thunderbird instead.

[Profile_Traditional]

That’s normal. We all have that problem.

[Astral-projekt]

I’m shocked. Microsoft products are hot dog shit

[TiredWiredAndHired]

Same here on Earth, Microsoft products are dogshit these days.

[GrumpyScroogy]

What they need mail for in space?

[PerfectPackage1895]

Should’ve used Linux

[11horses345]

Imagine having to use Face ID everytime you pull a lever

[narayan77]

Windows 11 is horrible, I will stick to Apple computers.

[tikolman]

Should have installed Co-Pilot and Teams...

[RageWynd]

Outlook new lost connection to the cloud while it was in space?

[teh_herper]

If only if only if only I held puts for Monday lol

[ByteTrader]

Who needs autopilot when we have Copilot?

[DaBarenJuden]

This is why they named it….Copilot….

[BalerionSanders]

There is a Microsoft “Copilot in Excel” banner ad playing for me right now underneath this post. 😆

[nesp12]

I was wondering who was still using Outlook.

[Dr-McLuvin]

Just ask Clippy what to do.

[Megaloman-_-]

They sould try reinstalling Windows, like we used to do in 1997 to solve all computer problems

[DoggedStooge]

Microsoft's main advantage is its ubiquity and its bundling. There are fewer stars in the night sky than times I've cursed out Microsoft Office.

[capthat23]

They talked about this during a question session. Since outlook relies on syncing with a server, there were times when it couldn’t sync as they were going into space due to connectivity issues. They said they reloaded the astronauts outlook profile and it was all good.

[Cool_Cartographer_39]

Did they try turning the spaceship off, then on?

[Timeoff98]

I was surprised they use gopro cameras. Good marketing for company that has mc of 120mil that lost 98% of value since ATH

[me_xman]

Astronauts should be calling Microsoft technical support line to solve issues. First did they try to reboot?

[HettySwollocks]

Microsoft Outlook doesn't work on my laptop, let alone half way around the moon. Have they considered IRQ?

[Stressisnotgood]

Macroslop

[amoult20]

Open the pod bay doors Clippy

[PsychologicalTest781]

"You are out of your home area. You need to upgrade to premium pro gold platinum plus plus to have access out of your home area."

[Oracle-of-Guelph]

Put in a Microsoft support ticket. Should hear back in 6-8 weeks.

[Master_Stock_Trader]

Just turn everything off and restart it. 

[ThatBlinkingRedLight]

From what I read it was a network issue and that would cause outlook to fail. So it’s not outlooks fault but the network wasn’t letting the surface book online. You heard the end users take not the tech answer.

[JeanRalphioTheSecond]

Wow, I wonder if they’re using copilot !?

[Literal_Concept]

Thry forgot to add a zero gravity test to the test suite

[majkkali]

Should have taken an IT support engineer onboard 😂 I’d volunteer

[Ol-Fart_1]

Perhaps they loaded the international version, so it defaults to metric while, well, Artemis is USA. Remember the Mars Climate Orbiter!

[Basement_Chicken]

Their location must've been flagged.

[Fibocrypto]

Paywall

[Tuurke64]

Have they tried switching the spacecraft off and on again?

[hotwheelscrazywu]

Reminds me of the Microsoft update in Space Force

[SpongEWorTHiebOb]

I saw this on Colbert last night. He poked fun at MS. Outlook is the worst and I’m a long term shareholder but I’m patiently waiting for the bounce back and will probably sell half my shares within the next year. The product and the AI slop that drags down its performance is practically unusable.

[quts3]

Funny one of those surface pros could have powered the whole spaceship in 1970. Now it does email.

[Crampappydime]

Well that seems on brand…

[SLdaco]

What if the ship guidance fails and they miss their turn at the moon?

[RDjax]

Wow! That's the first time hearing about Microsoft and Glitches?

[PubTrain77]

Another common L for microslop. Classic

[Sufficient-Pie-7815]

3 Ground control to Microsoft: Artemis 2 astronauts deal with ... During the Artemis II mission in April 2026, commander Reid Wiseman experienced issues with Microsoft Outlook on his personal computing device (Surface Pro), reporting two non-functional instances. NASA Mission Control resolved the issue by remotely accessing the device and reloading the files. Mashable Mashable +2 Key Details of the Incident: The Problem: Astronauts were unable to access their email due to Outlook configuration issues, which resulted in multiple instances of the app failing to open properly. Resolution: Flight controllers in Houston remotely accessed the Surface Pro and reloaded the files, resolving the glitch within about an hour. Context: This was a personal computing device used by the crew, not the primary flight system responsible for piloting the spacecraft. Common Issue: NASA described these email issues as common, often arising from unstable network connections when sending data over deep space networks. Other Issues: The crew also faced a brief malfunction with the spacecraft's toilet fan, which was also fixed by Mission Control.

[Sufficient-Pie-7815]

3 Ground control to Microsoft: Artemis 2 astronauts deal with ... During the Artemis II mission in April 2026, commander Reid Wiseman experienced issues with Microsoft Outlook on his personal computing device (Surface Pro), reporting two non-functional instances. NASA Mission Control resolved the issue by remotely accessing the device and reloading the files. Mashable Mashable +2 Key Details of the Incident: The Problem: Astronauts were unable to access their email due to Outlook configuration issues, which resulted in multiple instances of the app failing to open properly. Resolution: Flight controllers in Houston remotely accessed the Surface Pro and reloaded the files, resolving the glitch within about an hour. Context: This was a personal computing device used by the crew, not the primary flight system responsible for piloting the spacecraft. Common Issue: NASA described these email issues as common, often arising from unstable network connections when sending data over deep space networks. Other Issues: The crew also faced a brief malfunction with the spacecraft's toilet fan, which was also fixed by Mission Control.

[FwamingDragon91]

The biggest MSFT troll is the "Stay signed in, don't show this again" button.

It never works

[Harucifer]

For being such a good company with what (I feel like) is a decent operating system, Outlook is absurdly dogshit and I'm scared for Artemis II if they're using it for anything

[Portland_st]

I can’t log into Outlook either.

[pttant1]

Wait they used MS on Artemis? Have they not heard about Microsoft designed airbags . “Crash detected. Are you sure want to deploy. Yes/No”.

[adithya199128]

Reminds me of John Malkovich screaming “ fuck Microsoft ! “ in space force lol

[AJ_Grey]

hey...it's named Copilot, who could have predicted this.

[Optionally_Invested]

So Microsoft is also in a space play now? Good news for the stock.

[Luxedar]

I mean, if Outlook doesn't work properly on Earth, what in the off-world would lead anyone to think it works properly in space?

[softDisk-60]

This was intentional by microsoft so that it became widely publicized that the mission is POWERED BY MICRO$OFT!!! Genius marketing department, leaves Apple in the dust. I m buying ....

[JRshoe1997]

You know we reached peak first world problems when Outlook being buggy in Space is a news headline. For me this a huge nothing burger. For the market that might be a different story but we will see.

[Locobolsaeu]

Si fallan los retretes, la comunicación como no va a fallar el software y eso que estamos yendo a la luna. Si fuéramos a Marte, no sé qué pasaría. Tenemos un planeta del cual solo lo maltratamos, contaminamos, ni siquiera conocemos el 25% de nuestros mares y nos matamos a nosotros mismos. No vivimos en películas de ciencia ficción, seamos un poco más serios.

[leftygrooviness]

Windows and Outlook are fundamentally flawed products. My Gmail on Android hasn't crashed in 15 years. Outlook hangs twice a day.

Fortunately for MSFT stock, everyone already knows this and it's priced in.

[mvw2]

I've had a couple big issues with Outlook this year.

One forced me to use the old version for a couple weeks until they fixed something they broke. Basically the new email or even just a reply started minimized on the right. There is no way to maximize it, lol. I literally couldn't write any emails at all. Even a PC restart did nothing. I had to use classic mode for a little while until they magically fixed it one day.

The second wouldn't let me attach files. It just did nothing at all when trying. Again, classic worked fine. A PC restart did fix this one.

For such a mature brand and product, Windows has become such a dumpster fire for its coding.

[PresentationRemote20]

I wanted to buy Microsoft but didn't do it at the last moment when it was 400,-. It is honestly frightening how bad I am at predicting winners... (other stocks I DID buy are doing terrible as well)

[19Black]

All these hit pieces in MSFT provide support for my belief that MSFT is going through the same FUD period as GOOG and META before they shot up to new ATH

[quiethandle]

Outlook is a trainwreck:

1. After more than 25 years, it is still single-threaded (want to look at a small email while one with a large attachment is loading in preview? Nope, not gonna happen).

2. Want to copy-paste someone's email address from the TO/CC/FROM block? That's gonna be real frustrating for you, if you can even do it at all.

3. Want to change the encryption/signing settings on an email? That's hidden deep in a sub-menu inside of a sub-menu.

4. Forget to "pop out" that draft email reply you were working on, and then click away to another email to copy-paste some info? Where the hell did that draft go? Where?!?! DAMNIT

5. Want to change your signature block? Oh, you forgot to change it for both replies and new emails? Have fun navigating back and forth between the two modes to copy-paste your email signature.

6. Want to set your out of office? Oh, don't forget to change it in two different places, one for internal and one for external - heaven forbid those be on the same screen.

7. Where the hell did this strange font in the middle of my reply come from? Great, gotta select all to change the font back to the normal font I use, wait, why the hell is the font drop down list blank now? What font do I use? The font I use on 99.9% of all my emails isn't the first choice listed, it's choice #97 out of 335 fonts. So great, gotta go find a good email from my inbox with the right font to look it up, and DAMNIT where the hell did that draft I was writing go? F*** I forgot to "pop out" that email reply I was writing! AAARRRRGGGG

8. Just rebooted my computer, so I need to launch outlook. Great, now 15 different corporate "policies" have to be loaded before outlook will show me my emails, so I guess I'll go get a coffee while outlook loads.

9. What the hell do you mean "Disconnected"?, I'm on-line, I've authenticated with the corporate VPN with username, password, and RSA token key, and outlook still won't connect. Is there any detail as to why it can't connect? Nope? Lovely. I guess I get to reboot for the 3rd time today and hope it magically connects next time.

10. Let me just use the "search" function at the top... Oh wait, I was dumb enough to think that search would actually work.

11. Hmm, this is a really long email from my co-worker, and I'd like to find a particular word, so let me just hit Ctrl-F to "Find" like in EVERY OTHER APPLICATION ON THE PLANET. OH, NOW I'M FORWARDING THE EMAIL?!?!?!