• Question: Is there running water on a space craft?

    Asked by aoifeomara to Arlene, Colin, David, Eugene, Paul on 21 Nov 2012.
    • Photo: Paul Higgins

      Paul Higgins answered on 21 Nov 2012:


      Well they carry tanks of water (for drinking, etc.). I think they have some sort of vacuum system to wash their hands, so the water doesn’t go everywhere.

    • Photo: David McKeown

      David McKeown answered on 22 Nov 2012:


      They recycle all the used water so they don’t run out, because it is expensive to bring new water supplies to the Space Station. They even recycle the water vapour in the air!

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