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Johnson Space Center's Regenerative Life Support Systems Test Bed.

D J Barta1, D L Henninger

  • 1Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, NASA, Houston, TX 77058, USA.

Advances in Space Research : the Official Journal of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
|January 1, 1996
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NASA

Area of Science:

  • Space Exploration
  • Life Support Systems
  • Environmental Science

Background:

  • The Regenerative Life Support Systems (RLSS) Test Bed supports NASA's Advanced Life Support (ALS) Program.
  • It is an atmospherically closed, controlled environment for testing regenerative life support systems.
  • The facility includes two large-scale plant growth chambers.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate regenerative life support systems using higher plants and physicochemical systems.
  • To test system performance under varying atmospheric pressures, including planetary surface habitat conditions.
  • To investigate planetary resource utilization for advanced life support.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing two plant growth chambers: Variable Pressure Growth Chamber (VPGC) and Ambient Pressure Growth Chamber (APGC).
Keywords:
NASA Center JSCNASA Discipline Life Support SystemsNASA Discipline Number 61-10NASA Program Advanced Life Support

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  • Configuring root zones for hydroponic or solid media plant culture.
  • Conducting tests with and without human subjects, focusing on system integration and environmental factors.

    • Main Results:

    • The VPGC can operate at lower atmospheric pressures for planetary habitat simulation.
    • Testing will focus on integrating biological and physicochemical systems for air and water revitalization.
    • Studies will include planetary resource utilization with simulated soils and environmental toxicology.

    Conclusions:

    • The RLSS Test Bed is a critical facility for advancing human space exploration.
    • Research will inform the design and implementation of sustainable life support systems for future missions.
    • The facility enables comprehensive testing of integrated life support technologies.