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Space food made from astronaut urine to be tested on ISS
ESA's HOBI-WAN project aims to produce Solein protein from microbes using urine-derived nitrogen to support astronaut nutrition and reduce Earth food reliance by 2035.
- The European Space Agency launched the HOBI-WAN program to test Solein, a powdered protein, and began funding its ground development for potential use aboard the International Space Station.
- Because transporting food from Earth is impractical for distant missions, the European Space Agency says long-duration missions need sustainable solutions recycling crew and habitat life-support systems.
- Using gas fermentation, Solein production by Solar Foods relies on microbes fed hydrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen from urea in urine; Earth methods need adapting for microgravity, Arttu Luukanen said.
- ESA says the project is developing a key capability for future space exploration and could reduce reliance on Earth supplies by recycling crew outputs into nutrition.
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The European Space Agency has launched a new program that could have astronauts survive on a protein powder made from “thin air” and urine during long missions, the agency said in a press release.The pilot program aims to test the possibility of using a new protein powder called Solein, which requires air, microbes and electricity to create.
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Urine-based astronaut food to be tested aboard ISS: ‘A key capability for the future of space exploration’
The International Space Station is planning to do a trial run of Solein, a highly-versatile and fuel-efficient powder that's manufactured from thin air and urine.
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