Environmental Control & Life Support Systems

Environmental Control & Life Support Systems (ECLSS)

Overview Thermal Systems Waste Management

Overview

Space Lab® has specialized knowledge of ECLSS technology, offering research and development services for:

Environment Monitoring
Atmosphere Management
Water Management
Waste Management
Reliability and Risk Analysis
- Robustness Index/Metric Definition
- System Reliability Analysis
- Risk Analysis
- Proper ESM Analysis
ECLSS Component Development & Testing

Long duration deep space missions require efficient yet robust ECLSS. Development of closed loop, regenerative systems also helps us to understand and care for our environment on Earth.

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Thermal Systems

Heat rejection is vital to all spacecraft. NASA has awarded Space Lab® a Phase I SBIR to develop a Freezable Radiator for Efficient, Safe, and Robust (FRESR) single loop thermal control. FRESR allows for non-toxic coolants to be used in a simplified active thermal control system (ATCS). The current target for this technology is either for the Lunar Gateway or the Lunar Lander.

See the Abstract for more information.

Phase I Prototype in Tvac Chamber

Waste Management

The heat melt compactor (HMC) is currently in development for in-cabin waste processing. The HMC produces a 'dirty' effluent gas, such that the mass flow rate needs to be monitored accurately. NASA awarded Space Lab® a Phase I SBIR to investigate a flowmeter implementation to measure this mass flow rate.

See the Abstract for more information.

Phase I Prototype Flow Cell

"We focus on life support, thermal control, environmental monitoring, crop production and other food systems, accommodations for crew health and comfort, telemetry and communications systems, data processing, power systems, and even science instrumentation. You could say that we think of ourselves as space habitat outfitters."