International SpaceStation astronaut SamanthaCristoforetti has shared a video showing how the orbiting outpost disposes of garbage.
While most folks on Earth are lucky enough to have access to municipal services that take care of all our trash, such garbage collection systems don’t extend to space.
Current ISS inhabitant Samantha Cristoforetti, who arrived at the orbiting outpost in April, this week tweeted a short video showing how the crew get rid of the station’s garbage. “Back in July we tested a new capability for the space station,” the Italian astronaut said in her tweet. “Filled with dry trash & foam, this big trash container was jettisoned from a depressurised airlock on the station & it burned up harmlessly in the Earth’s atmosphere.”
Nanoracks Bishop Airlock - International Space Station Trash Deployment - View #1 Built by Texas-based Nanoracks, the airlock’s trash containers can hold up to 600 pounds of unwanted material.
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