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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Two former Super Bowl–champion quarterbacks took very different paths to their current teams. One bought in to the team’s ...

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 ...