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Water recycling is paramount for space stations and long-duration missions − an environmental engineer explains how the ISS does it

  • Written by Berrin Tansel, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Florida International University
imageThe water recovery system on the ISS is state of the art. Roscosmos State Space Corporation via AP, File

When you’re on a camping trip, you might have to pack your own food and maybe something to filter or treat water that you find. But imagine your campsite is in space, where there’s no water, and packing jugs of water would take up...

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