Bioregenerative Planetary Life Support Systems Test Complex: Facility Description and Testing Objectives 972342
As a key component in its ground test bed capability, NASA's Advanced Life Support Program has been developing a large-scale advanced life support facility capable of supporting long-duration testing of integrated bioregenerative life support systems with human test crews. This facility, the Bioregenerative Planetary Life Support Systems Test Complex (BIO-Plex), is currently under development at the Johnson Space Center. The BIO-Plex is comprised of a set of interconnected test chambers with a sealed internal environment capable of supporting test crews of four individuals for periods exceeding one year. The life support systems to be tested will consist of both biological and physicochemical technologies and will perform all required air revitalization, water recovery, biomass production, food processing, solid waste processing, thermal management, and integrated command and control functions. This paper provides a description of the BIO-Plex facility to be developed over the next several years and a description of the life support testing activities planned to be conducted in the facility.
Citation: Kirby, G., Tri, T., and Smith, F., "Bioregenerative Planetary Life Support Systems Test Complex: Facility Description and Testing Objectives," SAE Technical Paper 972342, 1997, https://doi.org/10.4271/972342. Download Citation
Author(s):
Gina M. Kirby, Terry O. Tri, Frederick D. Smith
Affiliated:
NASA Johnson Space Center
Pages: 7
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Related Topics:
Life support systems
Thermal management
Test facilities
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