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Advanced Life Support Program an overview of NASA's life support acitvities at NASA Headquarters.
NASA's Advanced Life Support Program Plan a December 1993 report from NASA's Office of Life and Microgravity Science and Applications which sought to lay out a long term plan to provide self-sufficiency in life support for productive research and exploration in space, for benefits on Earth and to provide a basis for planetary explorations.
NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS) Program Plan a 1993 report from NASA's Office of Life and Microgravity Science and Applications that sets forth the goals, objectives, and strategy of the CELSS Program. It also describes the ground-based and flight- based research required to develop and demonstrate a regenerative life support system based upon the integration of biological and physical/chemical processes.
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8 October 1997: Team begins test of advanced life suport system, NASA press release
Advanced Life Support Program The main website at NASA Johnson Space Center for life support system research and devleopment.
Lunar-Mars Life Support Test Project (LMLSTP) a research program at NASA Johnson Space Center that has supported humans within simulated spacecraft using advanced recycling systems for months at a time.
Bioregenerative Planetary Life Support Systems Test Complex (BIO-plex) Project a research project at NASA Johnson Space Center to support large-scale, long-duration testing of integrated, high fidelity, biological and physico-chemical regenerative life support systems with human test subjects under closed, controlled conditions. BIO-Plex will be the basis for
future long-duration human missions on lunar and planetary surfaces.
Bioregenerative Life Support Systems an overview of what a controlled ecological life-support system (CELSS) is and how it functions.
Air Revitalization a discussion prepared by NASA Johnson Space Center of how air is cleaned of contaminants for reuse withina closed life support system.
Biomass Production a discussion prepared by NASA Johnson Space Center of how plants will be intergated into a life suport system and their growth optimized within that system for maximum productivity.
Food Technology and Nutrition a page prepared by NASA Johnson Space Center of how food will be produced within closed life support systems as a means of enhancing self-sufficiency and crew health during long space missions.
Monitoring and Control a collection of pages prepared by NASA Johnson Space Center on how life support systems will be monitored and controlled including the sensors and software that will be required.
Contingency Analysis of Space Exploration Human Support Systems, a report produced in 1992 for the Space Exploration Initiative at NASA Johnson Space Center that explores various hazardous events and how space systems should be designed to protect humans.
Terrestrial Analogs of Space Exploration Human and Habitation Systems, a report produced in 1992 for the Space Exploration Initiative at NASA Johnson Space Center that explores the use of locations and environmental simulations on earth that can sevre as analogs for the conditions humans could expect to face on the Moon and Mars.
Internal Atmospheric Pressure and Composition for Planet Surface Habitats and Extravehicular Mobility Units, a report produced in 1992 for the Space Exploration Initiative at NASA Johnson Space Center that cosniders the atmospheric pressure and composition that is required to safely support humans as they live in habitats and use spacesuits to explore planetary surfaces.
NASA'S Advanced Life Support Systems Human-Rated Test Facility, a paper produced at NASA Johnson Space Center that describes the Advanced Life Support Program's (ALS) Human-Rated Test Facility (HRTF)
Crew Habitable Element Space Radiation Shielding for Exploration Missions, a report produced in 1992 for the Space Exploration Initiative at NASA Johnson Space Center that explores the requirements for shielding humans against radiations hazards from solar and galactic sources during space travel and planetary exploration.
The Role of Bioregenerative Life-Support Systems in a Manned Future in Space overview of how life support systems, human physiology, and spacecraft design all need to be considered as future huamn missions are designed.
Integration of Plant Growth into a Mars Habitat, a report produced in 1992 for the Space Exploration Initiative at NASA Johnson Space Center that explores the use of plants as part of a regenrative life support system on Mars.
Plant Biomass Production an online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Online CELSS Bibliography: Animal Support and Production an online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Online CELSS Bibliography: Microbe Production and Problems an online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Online CELSS Bibliography: Waste Management and Resource Recovery an online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Online CELSS Bibliography: Systems Modeling, Simulation, and Control an online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Online CELSS Bibliography: Engineering Parameters and Construction an online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Online CELSS Bibliography: General Reading and Overviews an online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.
Online CELSS Bibliography: Related Materials an online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.
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Space & Advanced Life-Support Agriculture (SALSA) a description of life support research being performed by the University of Guelph into evaluating recycled hydroponic nutrient solutions, the accumulation of gaseous hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds, efficient lighting in dense plant canopies, environment sensor technology, and sophisticated environment control strategies through computer-automated feedback control.
Regenerative Life Support an overview of life support research being conducted at Orgeon State University.
Waste Incineration for Resource Recovery in Regenerative Life Support Systems description of a project at Utah State University that is looking into the major constituents of waste generated in life support systems, namely inedible biomass, human waste, and some trash components and an analysis of system requirements and various incineration options.
Crop Physiology laboraotry research at Utah State University's CPL is dedicated towards optimizing the growth of several plant species for use in bio-regenerative life support systems. This research includes the use of hydroponic nutrient solutions, elevated carbon dioxide levels, very high PPF's (photosynthetic photon fluxes), the development and testing of models.
Life Support Systems, a collection of links and information pertaining to the development of life support systems for use in transit to- and living upon the surface of Mars online at the Mars Academy.
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Space Shuttle Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) The ECLSS consists of an air revitalization system, water coolant loop systems, atmosphere revitalization pressure control system, active thermal control system, supply water and waste
water system, waste collection system and airlock support system. These systems interact to provide a habitable environment for the flight crew in the crew compartment in addition to cooling or heating various orbiter systems or components. Part of the online Space Shuttle News reference.
Designing for Human Presence in Space: An Introduction to Environmental Control and Life Support Systems, NASA Reference Publication RP-1324 This book serves as an introduction to the NASA/MSFC process of designing Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) for habitats to provide living and working quarters in space and on the Moon or other planets.
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