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A Dune-inspired spacesuit turns astronaut pee into drinking water

The urine collection system could help with future space exploration

Dune-inspired spacesuit

The new spacesuit design (illustrated) that collects urine and recycles it into drinking water weighs around 8 kilograms and can purify half a liter of water in five minutes.

Freman Space Team (illustration), NASA

By Adam Mann

In the science-fiction series Dune, the desert-dwelling Fremen of the arid planet Arrakis recycle their body’s moisture using specially designed outfits called stillsuits.