Today, NASA recovers over 90 percent of the water used in space. Clean water keeps an astronaut crew hydrated, hygienic and fed.

The Expedition 73 crew unpacked a newly arrived cargo craft, wrapped up a second week of science with an visiting crew of international astronauts and continued to conduct science and maintenance ...

INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION (ISS) WATER PROCESSOR ASSEMBLY (WPA) ... The basis for award will be Best Value utilizing the Trade Off Process as described in FAR 15.101-1.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station just achieved a milestone in water recycling that could prove crucial to expanding human presence in the solar system—if you can stomach it ...

Clogs in water recovery systems on the international space station have been so backed up that hoses have had to be sent back to Earth for cleaning and refurbishing.

While the ISS does get the occasional shipment of water in the form of 90-pound duffle bag-shaped Contingency Water Containers to replace what’s invariably lost to space, its inhabitants rely on ...

Astronauts on interplanetary missions will be a bit less thirsty after a new NASA system succeeded at reclaiming 98% of waste water aboard the International Space Station (ISS) by converting ...

The recycling process also includes a subsystem called the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA), which recovers water from the astronaut's urine using vacuum distillation.

NASA puts ISS spacewalks on hold to investigate water leak by Jeff Foust May 18, 2022 January 23, 2023. ... That will be done through a review process she compared to a flight readiness review.

Boeing's Starliner capsule is moving toward a June 1 launch, with some last-minute additions to replace some vital equipment aboard the ISS.