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Item Environmental Control and Life Support for Deep Space Travel(46th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2016-07-10) Stapleton, Thomas; Heldmann, Micheal; Schneider, Scott; O'Neill, Jonathan; Samplatsky, Darren; White, Kimberly; Corallo, RogerNASA is working with UTAS Space, Land, and Sea to develop concepts that group Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLS) systems into logical palletized modules allowing for the maximum use of common components and the development of unique methods and design concepts that support in-flight maintenance and repair to support future exploration platforms. This new approach, developing Palletized ECLS Module designs, is intended to allow previously qualified hardware to be readily integrated into evolving exploration life support platforms. The intent of this paper is to summarize the approach to developing these modules and summarize advancements made over the first seven months of development. Areas of advancement expected to be reviewed in this paper include grouping of ECLS functions onto unique modules, developing a list of common components (valves, sensors, fans, etc.), proposing Palletized Module geometry, in-situ integration, and in-flight maintenance features and techniques.Item Environmental Control and Life Support System Developed for Deep Space Travel(47th International Conference on Environmental Systems, 2017-07-16) Stapleton, Thomas; Heldmann, Michael; Torres, Miguel; O'Neill, Jonathan; Scott-Parry, Tracy; Corallo, Roger; White, Kimberly; Schneider, ScottNASA outlined plans to journey from the current Low Earth Orbit toward earth independent exploration, evolving habitat capacity to support a trip to Mars, a planetary visit, and return home 3 years later. The Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) are being developed to enable this vision. UTAS completed the first phase of this advancement, or NextSTEP, in September 2016, and is currently working on the second phase design for a universal ECLSS Module to support the different habitats. The team defined an evolutionary path that advances a 90-day Cislunar ECLSS toward a deep space, 1,100-day configuration. Integral to this configuration are: a Universal ECLSS Pallet design that enhances in-flight maintenance and, Integrated ECLSS Control System that enables the use of Machine Learning algorithms, intelligent sensors, and a state-of-the-art cross-pallet communication. The overarching design activities included in this effort define a time dependent strategy enabling deep space exploration.