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I don't know about recycling oxygen. But I know they remove exhaled (carbon dioxide)CO2 in the living environments by using (solid lithium hydroxide) LiOH that bonds with CO2 to form (solid lithium carbonate) Li2CO3 and (water) H2O.

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Q: How do they recycle oxygen in a space shuttle?
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Why does a space shuttle carry its own supply of oxygen?

There is no oxygen or air in space so the shuttle has to have its own supply.


How can fire lighten in space without oxygen if there is no oxygen then how can a space shuttle come back?

The space shuttle is able to fire its engines in space because it takes the needed oxygen with it.


When rockets leave the space shuttle how do they not catch the shuttle on fire?

because there is no oxygen in space so fire can't burn the shuttle


Why does the space shuttle carry oxygen?

The space shuttle carries oxygen for two reasons: to allow the crew to breathe and to act as an oxidizer for its hydrogen fuel.


Why does space shuttle carry oxygen?

The space shuttle carries oxygen for two reasons: to allow the crew to breathe and to act as an oxidizer for its hydrogen fuel.


What kind of fuel does the space shuttle use?

A space shuttle uses a combination of liquid oxygen and liquid nitrogen.


What do you need to survive in the space shuttle?

you need everything in space shuttle a oxygen to breathe,dry and packed food to eat,


Do space shuttle use any other power source?

the space shuttle is propeled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen oxidiser.


Why does a space shuttle carry hydrogen and why do they keep hydrogen and oxygen it in its liquid?

Why does a space shuttle carry hydrogen and why do they keep hydrogen and oxegen it in its liquid?


Why do space shuttles need separate oxygen to burn the fuel in the space shuttle?

Answer: All combustion reactions require oxygen, since there is no oxygen in space, they must bring it with them.


What type of fuel was used to launch the space shuttle?

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How would you breath inside inside a space shuttle?

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