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Biomass Production System Hardware Performance
Technical Paper
2003-01-2484
ISSN: 0148-7191, e-ISSN: 2688-3627
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The Biomass Production System, recently flown on the ISS for 73 days, demonstrated significant advancements in functional performance over previous systems for conducting plant science in microgravity. The Biomass Production System (BPS) was the first flight of a system with multiple, independently controlled, plant growth chambers. Each of four chambers was controlled separately with respect to temperature, humidity, light level, nutrient level, and CO2, and all were housed in a double Middeck locker-sized payload. During the mission, each of the subsystems performed within specification. This paper focuses on how the performance of the BPS hardware allowed successful completion of the preflight objectives.
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Iverson, J., Crabb, T., Morrow, R., and Lee, M., "Biomass Production System Hardware Performance," SAE Technical Paper 2003-01-2484, 2003, https://doi.org/10.4271/2003-01-2484.Also In
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