The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed a system for handling hazardous waste of aerosol cans that encourages recycling. EPA estimates it will also save at least $3 million per ...

A new toilet is headed to the International Space Station this week, in addition to new foods to grow and beauty products. The $23 million toilet system is known as the Universal Waste Management ...

Early space missions lacked dedicated waste management systems, leading to improvised solutions like in-suit urination for U-2 pilots and unplanned urination in-flight for Alan Shepard. Early ...

A Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft is currently docked to the International Space Station (ISS) and among the 8,000 pounds of cargo the craft is bringing to the station is a very exciting ...

To help its astronauts boldly go, NASA just shipped a newly designed space toilet to the International Space Station. The first new commode designed in decades will eventually be used for deep space ...