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Completed TRL 3 (started at 3, targeting 5)
The objectives of the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS) Modularity Phase 2 study are to add activities that are needed to evolve ECLSS from supporting an initial cislunar habitat toward a habitat for deep space travel. This program will develop an ECLSS architecture for a cislunar habitat that is evolvable to support closed-loop, earth independent, deep space exploration applications; generate a dynamic modular ECLSS model; develop a fully functional prototype of the selected control architecture; support the development of ECLSS Standards and Interfaces; leverage the state-of-the-art intelligent technologies to enhance ECLSS performance, safety and reliability; develop and fabricate a series of demonstration pallets; and develop and fabricate an Air Revitalization System (ARS) Prototype.
This NextSTEP Phase 2 partnership with Collins Aerospace Systems will continue to evolve the ECLSS needed for a habitat in cislunar space that can be used to support missions to Moon and deep space.
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