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Water treatment for extraterrestrial use

By reducing the need for resupply missions, we save on costs, prevent pollution, and most importantly, reduce risk to human life.

The unique proposition of Hydromars

Hydromars offers complete reuse of water in space regardless of contaminant type or concentration. This means recovery of every single water molecule while providing pure water for consumption and laboratory use.

Our equipment differs from presently available water treatment methods - it does not function as a filter, it is not an absorber, and it is not an ion exchanger.

We use a new unit operation for removal of contaminants from water and enable development of a compact plug-and-play system. With Hydromars, access to space becomes sustainable.

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Hydro4M2 - validation in space

Hydromars was funded by the European Space Agency for a fully paid payload space onboard Nyx Orbital Space Vehicle as part of the “Mission Possible” orbital flight and reentry mission.

The launch is scheduled for Q2 2025 onboard SpaceX's Falcon 9 launcher.

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HydroAMBS1 to test space wastewater mixtures 

HydroAMBS1 (Hydromars Automated Modular Breadboard System) is the first thermal pervaporation demonstrator that aims to purify all spacecraft wastewater and provide pure water for consumption and nutrient-rich retentate for resource recovery.

Known water purification solutions fail to solve the challenge of the complete and closed-circuit recovery of water from all waste streams with low energy usage and process complexity. This is what Hydromars is developing with the HydroAMBS1 experimental rig.

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Hydromars solution for VESTA Habitat project

Hydromars is a consortium member and a task contributor for closed-loop water systems development within the German Aerospace Center (DLR) led VESTA Habitat project.

VESTA aims to develop a terrestrial analogue to a future extraterrestrial habitat on the moon and is the next step after the highly successful EDEN-ISS project at Neumayer Station in Antarctica. 

As the task contributor, Hydromars is initially in charge of conceptualizing a complete solution during the project's 3-year preliminary design stage. Thereafter, Hydromars shall be responsible for the full implementation of an integrated solution to purify all wastewater streams while providing highly pure water for consumption along with a nutrient-rich retentate for growing plants.

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