Life-support technology · Environmental Control & Life Support
Waste Management
Systems for collecting and processing human waste and trash in weightlessness — from the spacecraft toilet to the handling of solid waste — protecting crew health and, increasingly, recovering water and resources.
Studied aboard & related
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupEnvironmental Control & Life Support
- Part ofEnvironmental Control and Life Support System
- Associated withInternational Space Station
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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