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 ...

A marvel of the “Dune” sci-fi film franchise is the survival outfit worn by the desert-dwelling Fremen — “stillsuits” that recycle all bodily fluids into potable water. Now, such technology appears to ...

As NASA and other space agencies move closer toward humans traveling to, and inhabiting the Moon and Mars, researchers are looking at how astronauts and future space dwellers can be more comfortable ...

A spacesuit capable of absorbing moisture and recycling it into drinking water sounds like the stuff of science fiction. But a new study could bring it one step closer to reality. A team of ...

Astronauts on spacewalks famously have to relieve themselves inside their spacesuits. Not only is this uncomfortable for the wearer and unhygienic, it is also wasteful, as – unlike wastewater on board ...

Forward-looking: Dune's iconic stillsuits have served as the inspiration for a new prototype spacesuit that can convert astronauts' urine into drinkable water. Such a device would be a huge ...

Do you ever get caught short while on a spacewalk? Astronauts using diapers while wearing spacesuits is a dirty secret in space exploration, but a new design is promising not only a more hygienic ...