Garbage is a growing problem for astronaut missions on the ISS. As NASA seeks to send people to the moon later this decade, ...

NASA will test a state-of-the-art trash compactor aboard the International Space Station —and yes, it resembles a certain ...

Space company Sierra Space is moving ahead with its Trash Compaction and Processing System (TCPS) system ahead of a 2026 ...

The trash compactor aims to tackle the biggest problem of waste disposal in space. While ISS trash can currently be loaded ...

Thanks to a new contract from NASA, Sierra Space Corp. will develop a Trash Compaction and Processing System and test it ...

In George Lucas' pulp sci-fi epic "Star Wars," the innocent farmboy Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) and the blowhard smuggler ...

There’s a luxury motion sensor can and a trash compactor, as well as more practical plastic buckets that’ll do pretty much ...

The TCPS is, as the name says, a trash compactor meant to handle waste management, storage, and water reclamation in long-term space missions. As with any compactor, its main purpose is to reduce ...

NASA will test a state-of-the-art trash compactor aboard the International Space Station—and yes, it resembles a certain Pixar character tasked with the same job responsibilities. If all goes we ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Sierra Space plans to launch a trash compactor to the space station in two years — and some ...