2018-07-082018-07-082018-07-08ICES_2018_269http://hdl.handle.net/2346/74215Barry Finger, Paragon Space Development CorporationAndrew Jackson, Texas Tech UniversityPatrick Pasadilla, Paragon Space Development CorporationBrittany Zimmerman, Paragon Space Development CorporationICES305: Environmental and Thermal Control of Commercial and Exploration SpacecraftThe 48th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA on 08 July 2018 through 12 July 2018.Paragon Space Development Corporation® (Paragon) and our partner Research Institution Texas Tech University (TTU) are developing a game changing spacecraft habitat wastewater recycling system that integrates 1) the TTU Membrane Aerated Biological Reactor (MABR), 2) Nafion Membrane Water Purification (NWP) distillation technology, and 3) Gas-phase Trace Contaminant Removal (GTCR) to realize a low-mass, low-volume, closed-loop, sustainable, and ultra-reliable water recycling and purification system. It is the coupling of these three well-developed and understood processes that is novel and offers a significant advantage over state of the art (SOA) spacecraft water processing systems. When fully developed, the Integrated water Recovery Assembly (IRA) will reduce the need for hazardous chemical pretreat and potentially eliminate the need for aqueous-phase treatment now used to reach potable standards. Further, IRA will reduce waste generation and increase material recycling by converting carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen species into useful products such as H2O, N2, and CO2 (which can be further processed to recover O2). IRA will be less complex, require far fewer consumables, be more robust, and more sustainable than SOA systems. This paper summarizes the results of work completed during the initial development phase where a subscale demonstrator was manufactured and tested. A preview of the ongoing development and testing of a full-scale demonstrator will also be provided.engECLSSwastewaterlife supportwater recoveryenvironmental controldistillationbioreactorhybrid water processingpotable waterPresentation