Robust Thermal Control of Propulsion Lines for Space Missions Pradeep Bhandari NASA JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA-91109 In spacecraft that have propulsion lines that are located externally with ...

Dimethylsilanediol (DMSD) has been identified as a problematic organic on ISS. This contaminant was initially identified in the ISS condensate and in the Water Processor Assembly (WPA) product water in 2010 when the Total ...

The primary purposes of a space vehicle thermal balance test are to gather thermal test data to be used in thermal model correlation and to verify the design and performance of the thermal control subsystem. During the ...

The current ISS Water Recovery System (WRS) reclaims water from crew urine, humidity condensate, and Sabatier product water. Urine is initially processed by the Urine Processor Assembly (UPA) which recovers 75% of the urine ...

The International Space Station (ISS) Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) provides a working environment for 6 crew through atmosphere revitalization and water recovery systems. In the last year, elevated ...

Two-phase pumped cooling systems are applied when it is required to maintain a very stable temperature in a system, for example in the AMS02, which was launched with a space shuttle (in May 2011) and subsequently mounted ...

Managed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the first spacecraft in the latest series of weather satellites for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), completed thermal vacuum testing in August ...

Removal of carbon dioxide (CO2)is a necessary step in air revitalization and is often accomplished with sorbent materials. Since moisture competes with CO2 in sorbent materials, it is necessary to remove the water first. ...

A team at NASA Langley Research Center conducted a study during which a conceptual space mission was designed. In this study, rodents are used as human analogs to gather biological and systems data in a relevant environment ...

Future NASA space telescopes and exploration missions require cryocooling of large areas such as optics, detector arrays, and cryogenic propellant tanks. One device that can potentially be used to provide closed-loop ...