Technologies that reduce logistical needs will be a key component of long term space missions. For this reason, NASA has recently begun a Logistic Reduction and Repurposing (LRR) project. This project involves four hardware ...

Closing the water loop on long duration spaceflight missions is a key aspect of reducing mission mass and logistics support for orbiting facilities and interplanetary spacecraft. Currently, no single practical process ...

The Heat Melt Compactor (HMC), a waste management technology developed at the NASA Ames Research Center, was designed to process waste generated aboard spacecraft. The device compacts, encapsulates and sterilizes the waste ...

The Brine Evaporation Bag (BEB) is a membrane based bag system for the dewatering of brine. Previous studies showed the ability of the BEB to dewater brine at low temperatures with a 96% mass reduction. Additionally, a ...

Foam is used extensively as packing material for items sent to the International Space Station (ISS). Although lightweight, foam is bulky and can occupy a large fraction of the limited ISS volume. Four chemically distinct ...

New technology is needed to collect, stabilize, recover useful materials, and store human fecal waste and other spacecraft solid wastes for long duration space missions. The system should also require minimal crew interactions, ...