Life Support System and Habitability Concepts for the ECLIPSE (European Cis-Lunar Interplanetary Port for Space Exploration) Orbiting Station

In a long term vision of space exploration an orbiting station located at Earth Moon Lagrangian Point 1 (EML1), named ECLIPSE should act as a logistic node supporting traffic between Earth, Moon and the future manned and unmanned missions towards Mars.

The paper presents the results of the study performed during the SEEDS III Project Work Phase: focusing on the preliminary concepts of the Habitability and the Environmental Control and Life Support System for the ECLIPSE Medical Center (EMC) and ECLIPSE Quarantine Module (EQM), the Cis Lunar Orbiting Shuttle (CLOS) and the Mobile Pressurized Control Module (MPCM).