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The Advanced Life Support Human-Rated Test Facility: Testbed Development and Testing to Understand Evolution to Regenerative Life Support
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As part of its integrated system test bed capability, NASA's Advanced Life Support Program has undertaken the development of a large-scale advanced life support facility capable of supporting long-duration testing of integrated, regenerative biological and physicochemical life support systems. This facility--the Advanced Life Support Human-Rated Test Facility (HRTF) is currently being built at the Johnson Space Center. The HRTF is comprised of a series of interconnected chambers with a sealed internal environment capable of supporting a test crew of four for periods exceeding one year. The life support system will consist of both biological and physicochemical components and will perform air revitalization, water recovery, food production, solid waste processing, thermal management, and integrated command and control functions. Currently, a portion of this multichamber facility has been constructed and is being outfitted with basic utilities and infrastructure. This paper summarizes the recent progress in development of the HRTF and discusses how the facility will be used to help understand the evolution of regenerative life support systems from physicochemically based systems to predominantly biologically based systems.
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Tri, T., Edeen, M., and Henninger, D., "The Advanced Life Support Human-Rated Test Facility: Testbed Development and Testing to Understand Evolution to Regenerative Life Support," SAE Technical Paper 961592, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/961592.Also In
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- Tri, T. O. Henninger, D. L. “Progress on Development of the Advanced Life Support Human-Rated Test Facility,” SAE Paper 951691 1995
- Henninger, D. L. Tri, T. O. “Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems Human-Rated Test Facility: An Overview” SAE Paper 9332241 1993