New Recycling System Will Turn Astronauts' Urine and Sweat Into Clean Drinking Water
The crew on the International Space Station has been collecting something special for weeks now, waiting for the Space Shuttle Endeavour to deliver the new Water Recycling Unit for installation on the space station.
The unit, known as the WRS, was finally installed Tuesday and will be hooked up to the new $19 million dollar toilet that is being added during this mission. It will be used to recycle astronauts' urine and sweat, and turn it into drinking water.
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