On July 2, the International Space Station succeeded in issuing more than 170 pounds of garbage (78 kg) from the Bishop of Airlock Commercial Station. This was achieved through the use of the commercial waste bags of the station and the Airlock system, which was designed by Nanoracks.
Johnson Space Center NASA developed a special bag that can hold all the space for space station. This feature of various items such as dirty clothing and packaging materials and cleaning items used by astronauts.
The bag was discarded by a commercial cargo ship and will burn when re -entering the Earth’s atmosphere. The bag was discarded from the commercial airlock bishop of the station.
“This technology shows a more efficient and ongoing model to eliminate waste above ISS and subsequently highlights a critical new function and utility for all commercial space stations in the future,” Nanorocks said in a statement.
So far, the astronauts have kept garbage at the space station and sent it back to earth to the Cygnus cargo vehicle.
“This is the first open closed cycle of Bishop Airlock, our first distribution, and what we hope is the beginning of a newer and more sustainable issuance of ISS,” Dr. Amela Wilson, CEO of Nanoracks.
Cygnus cargo vehicles are used to collect trash pockets before being released from the space station for de-orbits. Then all spacecraft is filled with a garbage bag used to burn while re -entering the Earth’s atmosphere.
With a new waste disposal system, the ISS crew can fill the container up to 600 lbs of waste which will then be released after that Airlock will be re -installed empty.
This is the first time that ISS dispose of garbage in the Airlock drainage system. Satellite launch that often causes extraordinary space traffic and collects space that floats around zero gravity. This space junk threatens the lives of people at the international space station. But the waste produced by ISS also adds to floating waste in space, until now. Airlock waste system will become the most significant waste management technology for the easiest space.