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In order to have water available for astronauts' use while they are on space missions, the following technology is employed:

-- Earth water is injected into bottles, plastic bags, tanks, packaged food, and the astronauts' bodies.

-- These items are then stowed aboard the spacecraft, and launched together with the astronauts.

-- During the mission, some of the waste water discarded from the astronauts' bodies and from other processes is collected and recycled in the spacecraft.

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