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The NASA Ames Controlled Environment Research Chamber - Present Status
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The Controlled Environment Research Chamber (CERC) at the NASA Ames Research Center was created for early-on investigation of promising new technologies for life support of advanced space exploration missions.
The CERC facility is being used to address the advanced technology requirements necessary to implement an integrated working and living environment for a planetary habitat. The CERC, along with a human-powered centrifuge, a planetary terrain simulator, advanced displays, and a virtual reality capability, is able to develop and demonstrate applicable technologies for future planetary exploration. There will be several robotic mechanisms performing exploration tasks external to the habitat that will be controlled through the virtual environment to provide representative workloads for the crew. Finally, there will be a discussion of innovative new multidisciplinary test facilities, and how effective they are to the investigation of the wide range of human and machine problems inherent in exploration missions.
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Gross, A., Korsmeyer, D., Harper, L., and Force, E., "The NASA Ames Controlled Environment Research Chamber - Present Status," SAE Technical Paper 941488, 1994, https://doi.org/10.4271/941488.Also In
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