2017-07-062017-07-062017-07-16ICES_2017_44http://hdl.handle.net/2346/72885Thomas Stapleton, United Technologies Corporation Aerospace Systems (UTC), USAMichael Heldmann, United Technologies Corporation Aerospace Systems (UTC), USAMiguel Torres, United Technologies Corporation Aerospace Systems (UTC), USAJonathan O'Neill, United Technologies Corporation Aerospace Systems (UTC), USATracy Scott-Parry, United Technologies Corporation Aerospace Systems (UTC), USARoger Corallo, United Technologies Corporation Aerospace Systems (UTC), USAKimberly White, United Technologies Corporation Aerospace Systems (UTC), USAScott Schneider, United Technologies Corporation Aerospace Systems (UTC), USAICES501: Life Support Systems Engineering and AnalysisThe 47th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in South Carolina, USA on 16 July 2017 through 20 July 2017NASA 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.application/pdfengModularityDevelopmentDeep SpaceECLSLife SupportPresentations