2015-10-272015-10-272015-07-12ICES-2015-058http://hdl.handle.net/2346/64355Bellevue, WashingtonPaul Zabel, German Aerospace Center (DLR), GermanyVincent Vrakking, German Aerospace Center (DLR), GermanyPetra Rettberg, German Aerospace Center (DLR), GermanyDaniel Schubert, German Aerospace Center (DLR), GermanyOliver Romberg, German Aerospace Center (DLR), GermanyBernd-Wolfgang Johannes, German Aerospace Center (DLR), GermanyConrad Zeidler, German Aerospace Center (DLR), GermanyMatthew Bamsey, German Aerospace Center (DLR), GermanyBarbara Imhof, LIQUIFER Systems Group GmbH, AustriaRobert Davenport, LIQUIFER Systems Group GmbH, AustriaWaltraut Hoheneder, LIQUIFER Systems Group GmbH, AustriaRené Waclavicek, LIQUIFER Systems Group GmbH, AustriaChris Gilbert, LIQUIFER Systems Group GmbH, AustriaMolly Hogle, LIQUIFER Systems Group GmbH, AustriaAlberto Battistelli, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ItalySimona Proietti, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ItalyGuglielmo Santi, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ItalyFilomena Nazzaro, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ItalyFlorinda Fratianni, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ItalyRaffaele Coppola, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ItalyStefano Moscatello, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ItalyWalter Stefanoni, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, ItalyMike Dixon, University of Guelph, OntarioMike Stasiak, University of Guelph, OntarioEberhard Kohlberg, Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, GermanyThe 45th International Conference on Environmental Systems was held in Bellevue, Washington, USA on 12 July 2015 through 16 July 2015.Dirk Mengedoht, Alfred-Wegener-Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, GermanyLorenzo Bucchieri, EnginSoft S.p.A, ItalyErik Mazzoleni, EnginSoft S.p.A, ItalyPlant cultivation in large-scale closed environments is challenging and several key technologies necessary for space-based plant production are not yet space-qualified or remain in early stages of development. The EDEN ISS project foresees development and demonstration of higher plant cultivation technologies, suitable for future deployment on the International Space Station and from a long-term perspective, within Moon and Mars habitats. The EDEN ISS consortium will design and test essential plant cultivation technologies using an International Standard Payload Rack form factor cultivation system for potential testing on-board the International Space Station. Furthermore, a Future Exploration Greenhouse will be designed with respect to future planetary bio-regenerative life support system deployments. The technologies will be tested in a laboratory environment as well as at the highly-isolated German Antarctic Neumayer Station III. A small and mobile container-sized test facility will be built in order to provide realistic mass flow relationships. In addition to technology development and validation, food safety and plant handling procedures will be developed. This paper describes the goals and objectives of EDEN ISS and the different project phases and milestones. Furthermore, the project consortium will be introduced and the role of each partner within the project is explained.application/pdfengPresentation