Space

132 readers

1 users here now

Cover author: Michał Kałużny http://astrofotografia.pl/

founded 2 years ago

NASA just recycled 98% of all astronaut pee and sweat on the ISS (engineers are thrilled) (68k.news)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

6 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have achieved a 98% water recovery rate in a breakthrough achieved by a method that might make the faint of heart slightly squeamish: they hit peak astronaut pee recycling.

The water recycling achievement is an important milestone for low-orbit space missions that aim to provide the basic needs of astronauts without resupply missions. This means recycling or regenerating things like food, air and water.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I'll go out in a limb here and say it tastes like water.