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Evaluation of a Portable Carbon Dioxide Monitor for Use Aboard the International Space Station
Technical Paper
2000-01-2433
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The crew of flight 2A.1 that manned the International Space Station (ISS) assembly mission (STS-96) in May 1999 experienced symptoms that they attributed to poor air quality while working in the ISS modules. Some of these symptoms suggested that an accumulation of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the work area could have contributed to temporary health impacts on the crew. Currently, a fixed-position CO2 monitor in the FGB is the only means of measuring this air contaminant aboard ISS. As a result of this incident, NASA directed the Toxicology Laboratory at Johnson Space Center (JSC) to deliver a portable CO2 monitor for the next ISS assembly mission (STS-101).
The Toxicology Laboratory developed performance requirements for a CO2 monitor and surveyed available CO2 monitoring technologies. The selected portable CO2 monitor uses nondispersive infrared spectroscopy for detection. This paper describes this instrument, its operation, and presents the results from ground-based performance testing.
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Limero, T., Beck, S., and James, J., "Evaluation of a Portable Carbon Dioxide Monitor for Use Aboard the International Space Station," SAE Technical Paper 2000-01-2433, 2000, https://doi.org/10.4271/2000-01-2433.Also In
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