Testing of the Prototype Plant Research Unit Subsystems

961507

07/01/1996

Event
International Conference On Environmental Systems
Authors Abstract
Content
The Plant Research Unit (PRU) is currently under development by the Space Station Biological Research Project (SSBRP) team at NASA Ames Research Center (ARC) with a scheduled launch in 2001. The goal of the project is to provide a controlled environment that can support seed-to-seed and other plant experiments for up to 90 days. This paper describes testing conducted on the major PRU prototype subsystems. Preliminary test results indicate that the prototype subsystem hardware can meet most of the SSBRP science requirements within the Space Station mass, volume, power and heat rejection constraints.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/961507
Pages
8
Citation
Kliss, M., Turner, M., Lomax, P., Heathcote, D. et al., "Testing of the Prototype Plant Research Unit Subsystems," SAE Technical Paper 961507, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/961507.
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Published
Jul 1, 1996
Product Code
961507
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English