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Development of the Advanced Life Support Systems Integration Research Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center
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Abstract
Future NASA manned missions to the moon and Mars will require development of robust regenerative life support system technologies which offer high reliability and minimal resupply. To support the development of such systems, early ground-based test facilities will be required to demonstrate integrated, long-duration performance of candidate regenerative air revitalization, water recovery, and thermal management systems. The advanced life support Systems Integration Research Facility (SIRF) is one such test facility currently being developed at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). The SIRF, when completed, will accommodate unmanned and subsequently manned integrated testing of advanced regenerative life support technologies at ambient and reduced atmospheric pressures. This paper will provide an overview of the SIRF project, a top-level description of test facilities to support the project, conceptual illustrations of integrated test article configurations for each of the three SIRF systems, and a phased project schedule denoting projected activities and milestones through the next several years.
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Tri, T. and Thompson, C., "Development of the Advanced Life Support Systems Integration Research Facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center," SAE Technical Paper 921317, 1992, https://doi.org/10.4271/921317.Also In
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- Skylab Medical Experiments Altitude Test (SMEAT) NASA-Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center October 1973
- Systems Integration Research Facility Project Plan NASA-Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center April 1992
- Systems Integration Research Facility Test Requirements Document NASA-Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center May 1992