How the International Space Station recycles water

How the International Space Station recycles water

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 room when every inch of cargo space counts. That’s a key challenge engineers faced when designing the International Space Station (ISS). Before NASA developed an advanced water recycling system, water made up nearly ha…