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Russian Cosmonauts to test new system extracting water from urine on ISS – Space Daily

Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 05, 2020 –
The urine-reclaming system helps decrease the amount of water that needs to be shipped to the ISS via cargo spacecraft.

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The urine-reclaming system helps decrease the amount of water that needs to be shipped to the ISS via cargo spacecraft.
Russian cosmonauts on board of the International Space Station are getting ready to test the effectiveness of a new experimental water recycling system.
The new piece of equipment, designated SRV-U-RS and installed in the Rassvet module of the station, allows extracting water from humane urine, to be used for drinking.
As Russian cosmonaut Ivan Vagner explained on Twitter, a…

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