'Stillsuit' From 'Dune' Inspires Design for Astronauts
Filtration system featured in the sci-fi classic “Dune” would recycle astronauts’ urine.
Scientists built real-life “stillsuit” to recycle astronaut urine on space walks
Prototype would replace multi-layered adult diapers currently worn on space walks.
Real-life 'stillsuit': Dune-inspired upgrade for spacesuits allow astronauts to recycle urine into water
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 the International Space Station (ISS…
Scientists unveil prototype spacesuit system that recycles urine as drinking water
By Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — 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 be on…
When science fiction becomes reality! Dune-inspired spacesuit transforms astronauts' urine into drinking water within minutes
The spacesuit is the brainchild of researchers from Cornell University and features a futuristic device that can recycle urine into drinking water.
Scientists design spacesuit which turns urine into drinking water
The prototype has been inspired by sci-fi film Dune
Dune-Inspired Spacesuit Recycles Urine Into Clean Drinking Water
Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell University have designed a Dune-inspired spacesuit that recycles urine, which should help prolong spacewalks.