Jul 12, 2024 · Researchers at Cornell University have designed a novel in-suit urine collection and filtration system, or “Dune” system,” to “promote astronaut wellbeing.”

Jul 15, 2024 · A team of researchers has designed a spacesuit that would collect urine and filter it into drinkable water – inspired by the "stillsuits" of the science fiction franchise "Dune.

Jul 12, 2024 · Now science fiction is on the verge of becoming science fact: Researchers from Cornell University have designed a prototype stillsuit for astronauts that will recycle their urine …

May 20, 2024 · Well, first things first: the team left the urine and feces recycling to the Fremen. This suit is limited to two body fluids: sweat, and the moisture in the wearer's breath.

Jul 15, 2024 · Researchers are working to develop a system for extracting drinkable water from urine that astronauts could use during spacewalks.

Jul 16, 2024 · Researchers have created a prototype spacesuit that’s capable of recycling urine into drinking water. Inspired by the “stillsuits” in the sci-fi classic Dune, the unique design could …

Jul 19, 2024 · For years, astronauts on spacewalks around the ISS have relieved themselves using a disposable diaper inside their spacesuit, known as a maximum absorbency garment …

Jul 12, 2024 · In Dune’s fictitious universe, the Fremen, the inhabitants of the desert planet Arrakis, wear a full-body stillsuit. This suit constantly collects sweat and urine and converts …

Jul 12, 2024 · Existing waste management systems for spacesuits are uncomfortable, unhygienic, and don’t recycle valuable water in urine. Now, researchers from Cornell Univers.

Jul 13, 2024 · Unveiled by researchers from Cornell University in a paper published this week in Frontiers in Space Technologies, “stillsuit” prototypes use a unique urine collection and …