A closeup of the replacement urine and body-fluid distillation assembly for the International Space Station's (ISS). The new water recycling system is being checked out in the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The unit will be flown to the station aboard space shuttle Discovery on the STS-119 mission.
I am sure the crew will be relieved to see it. The previous urine recycling unit (URU) experienced a series of malfunctions after installation. The thought of which just leaves a bad taste in the mouth but it does demonstrate how close the partnership and bond is, between the crew inside the ISS. Cheers team!
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