Jay Buckey flew to space as a NASA astronaut in 1998. Decades later, he watched one of his experiments leave Earth on a SpaceX rocket. The space company's Polaris Dawn endeavor — a private venture ...

HOUSTON - At the international space station, it was one small sip for man and a giant gulp of recycled urine for mankind. Astronauts aboard the space station celebrated a space first on Wednesday by ...

A prototype of the system for collecting the astronauts' urine. In the future, astronauts may go on longer spacewalks that will require them to carry more drinking water. Claire Walter Researchers are ...

In extreme environments, even the most ordinary tasks can seem like unsurmountable challenges. Because of such difficulties, humanity has, for the most part, settled on grounds that were favorable for ...

A new device may someday allow astronauts to drink purified water made from their filtered pee during spacewalks. Venturing outside of the International Space Station (ISS) is challenging enough ...

The Boeing Starliner will return to Earth no earlier than June 22, a four-day delay from its previous target date. Helium leaks, discovered once Starliner was in space, may be part of the reason for ...

Cornell University scientists are looking to make one of the less cool but still practical parts of Dune a reality. In a new study this week, the team debuted a design for a spacesuit that recycles ...

After several days of false starts, new recycling gear aboard the international space station designed to reclaim drinking water from urine turned in an impressive performance on Tuesday. The ...

NASA workers donate urine for space research, and more news worth an honorable mention. NASA Staff Donates Urine For Space Research NASA workers donate urine for space research, and more news worth an ...

*Spacewalk Monday to prepare station for more equipment *Locking pin installed upside down on last spacewalk *Urine recycling system shuts down during test run *Maneuver to avoid space junk (Updates ...