Water
Potable, coolant, and hygiene streams loop through distillation and electrolysis skids.
Waste Streams
What astronauts throw away & reuse on station
Hardware
Retired brackets, rails, and tools are milled and printed back into structural fixtures.
Polymer
Wrappers and films are pelletized into feedstock for shielding laminates and trays.
Logistics
Foam blocks and cargo liners compress into modular bins, bag liners, and padding.
How much of today's waste becomes useful materials on-orbit—split into frames, shielding, optics, and other feedstock.
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Mix changes with crew size, mission profile, and available upcycling kits.
Savings Tool
How much launch mass can recycling save?
Results
- Mass avoided to launch
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- Launch cost avoided
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- Net savings vs. resupply
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Per-launch impact, at a glance
Per-Launch Snapshot
--% of today's astronaut waste our in-orbit outputs could replace
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From waste to hardware
Viewport shards -> inspection lenses
We polish cracked glass to deliver new optics for camera checks and science payloads.
Polymer films -> MMOD tiles
Layered polymers become micrometeoroid shielding that protects crew modules.
Rails -> modular frames
Machined rails and brackets turn into structural frames for experiments and storage.
Textiles -> layered liners
Retired garments stack into thermal liners for logistics bags and glovebox covers.
Playtest
Waste-to-Hardware Challenge
Team
The team behind
Mission Crew
We build space-station recycling capability with materials, systems, structures, propulsion, and automation skills.
CosmoDust prototypes closed-loop recycling kits, mission planning tools, and automation routines that keep orbital logistics sustainable.
- Mert YıldırımLeader
- Barış AkkanCreative Director
- Mehmet Mert TopçuResearch Lead
- Ahmet Buğra BirpınarLead Designer
- Atlas Rüzgar ŞahinData Analyst
- Doğukan KıvançDesigner
Select a crew role to see how it shapes our recycling missions.