SpaceRef - Astronautics - Life Support

SpaceRef - Astronautics - Life Support - Biological

A Laboratory-Scale Controlled Ecological Life Support System - This 1994 paper describes the requirements, design, and some experimental results from Phase I of the Laboratory-Scale Controlled Ecological Life Support System (Lab-Scale CELSS) project at NASA Ames Research Center.

Animal Support and Production - an online CELSS bibliography - An online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.

Biomass Production - This webpage presents a discussion prepared by NASA Johnson Space Center of how plants will be integrated into a life support system and their growth optimized within that system for maximum productivity.

Bioregenerative Life Support Systems - This site provides an overview of what a controlled ecological life-support system (CELSS) is and how it functions.

Bioregenerative Planetary Life Support Systems Test Complex (BIO-plex) Project - BIOplex is a research project at NASA Johnson Space Center to support large-scale, long-duration testing of integrated, high fidelity, biological and physico-chemical regenerative life support systems with human test subjects under closed, controlled conditions. BIO-Plex will be the basis for future long-duration human missions on lunar and planetary surfaces.

Crop Physiology laboratory - This page describes research at Utah State University's CPL which is dedicated towards optimizing the growth of several plant species for use in bio-regenerative life support systems. This research includes the use of hydroponic nutrient solutions, elevated carbon dioxide levels, very high photosynthetic photon fluxes, and the development and testing of models.

Designing for Human Presence in Space - An Introduction to Environmental Control and Life Support Systems - This book serves as an introduction to the NASA/MSFC process of designing Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) for habitats to provide living and working quarters in space and on the Moon or other planets. [NASA Reference Publication RP-1324.]

Development of the Laboratory Scale Controlled Ecological Life Support System Project, Phase I - This is a 1994 paper that describes Laboratory Scale CELSS (LSC) project which sought to study the recycling of carbon from plant biomass at NASA Ames Research Center.

Dynamic Simulation of the Laboratory-Scale Controlled Ecological Life Support System - This page provides a description of a modeling and simulation effort, along with the construction of an experimental testbed controlled ecological life support system (CELSS) at NASA Ames Research Center.

Engineering Parameters and Construction - an online CELSS bibliography - An online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.

Food Technology and Nutrition - This web page was prepared by NASA Johnson Space Center to describe how food will be produced within closed life support systems as a means of enhancing self-sufficiency and crew health during long space missions.

General Reading and Overviews - an online CELSS bibliography - An online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.

Lab-Scale Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) Project - This NASA Ames Research Center project studies the long term dynamics of controlled ecological life support systems.

Microbe Production and Problems - an online CELSS bibliography - An online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.

NASA's Approach to Integrated System Testing of Regenerative Life Support Systems - This page provides an overview of NASA's overall approach to ground testing of integrated regenerative life support systems. This paper was presented at the 1995 International Conference on Environmental Systems

NASA's Biomass Production Chamber - a Testbed for Bioregenerative Life Support Studies - The Biomass Production Chamber (BPC) provides a large, closed environment for crop growth tests for NASA's Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) program. [Adobe Acrobat file].

New Jersey Specialized Center of Research and Training (NJ-NSCORT) for Bioregenerative Life Support (BLSS) - This NASA-funded project seeks to develop Bioregenerative life support systems that use living systems for food, oxygen and water instead of mechanical systems.

Plant Biomass Production - An online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.

Purdue's NSCORT on Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS) - This NASA-sponsored project at Purdue University was a multi-disciplinary research center dedicated to the design and development of Bioregenerative and Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems for long-duration manned space and terrestrial applications. The Center was active for five years from 1990 and was disbanded in November of 1995.

Regenerative Life Support - An overview of life support research being conducted at Oregon State University.

Related Materials - an online CELSS bibliography - An online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.

Space & Advanced Life-Support Agriculture (SALSA) - A description of life support research being performed by the University of Guelph into evaluating recycled hydroponic nutrient solutions, the accumulation of gaseous hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds, efficient lighting in dense plant canopies, environment sensor technology, and sophisticated environment control strategies through computer-automated feedback control.

Systems Modeling, Simulation, and Control - an online CELSS bibliography - An online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.

The Application of Microwave Incineration to Regenerative Life Support - This 1995 report provides a description possible processes whereby solid wastes generated in space could be processed to recover usable materials at NASA Ames Research Center.

The Role of Bioregenerative Life-Support Systems in a Manned Future in Space - An overview of how life support systems, human physiology, and spacecraft design all need to be considered as future human missions are designed.

The Use of Microwave Incineration to Process Biological Wastes - This page is a 1995 paper from NASA Ames Research Center that describes the use of microwaves to incinerate biological waste aboard spacecraft.

Waste Incineration for Resource Recovery in Regenerative Life Support Systems - This page provides a description of a project at Utah State University that is looking into the major constituents of waste generated in life support systems, namely inedible biomass, human waste, and some trash components and an analysis of system requirements and various incineration options.

Waste Management and Resource Recovery - an online CELSS bibliography - An online listing of scientific and technical documents pertaining to Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS) design at NASA Johnson Space Center.