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ISS Potable Water Sampling and Chemical Analysis Results for 2016
47th International Conference on Environmental Systems ICES-2017-337 16-20 July 2017, Charleston, South Carolina ISS Potable Water Sampling and Chemical Analysis Results for 2016 John E. Straub II1, Debrah K. Plumlee2, William T. Wallace2, James T. Alverson2, Mickie J. Benoit2, Robert L. Gillispie2, David Hunter2, Mike Kuo2, and Jeffrey A. Rutz2 KBRwyle, Houston, Texas, 77058 Edgar K. Hudson3 and Leslie J. Loh4 JES Tech, Houston, Texas, 77058 and Daniel B. Gazda5 NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, 77058 This paper continues the annual tradition, at this conference, of summarizing the results of chemical analyses performed on archival potable water samples returned from the International Space Station (ISS). 2016 represented a banner year for life aboard the ISS, including the successful conclusion for 2 crewmembers of a record 1-year mission. Water reclaimed from urine and/or humidity condensate remained the primary source of potable water for the crewmembers of ISS Expeditions 46-50. The year was also marked by the end of a long-standing tradition of U.S. sampling and monitoring of Russian Segment potable water sources. Two water samples, taken during Expedition 46 and returned on Soyuz 44 in March 2016, represented the final Russian Segment samples to be collected and analyzed by the U.S. side. Although anticipated for 2016, a rise in the total organic carbon (TOC) concentration of the product water from the U.S. water processor assembly due to breakthrough of organic contaminants from the system did not materialize, as evidenced -
Anastasi 2032
Shashwat Goel & Ankita Phulia Anastasi 2032 Table of Contents Section Page Number 0 Introduction 2 1 Basic Requirements 4 2 Structural Design 15 3 Operations 31 4 Human Factors 54 5 Business 65 6 Bibliography 80 Fletchel Constructors 1 Shashwat Goel & Ankita Phulia Anastasi 2032 0 Introduction What is an underwater base doing in a space settlement design competition? Today, large-scale space habitation, and the opportunity to take advantage of the vast resources and possibilities of outer space, remains more in the realm of speculation than reality. We have experienced fifteen years of continuous space habitation and construction, with another seven years scheduled. Yet we have still not been able to take major steps towards commercial and industrial space development, which is usually the most-cited reason for establishing orbital colonies. This is mainly due to the prohibitively high cost, even today. In this situation, we cannot easily afford the luxury of testing how such systems could eventually work in space. This leaves us looking for analogous situations. While some scientists have sought this in the mountains of Hawaii, this does not tell the full story. We are unable to properly fathom or test how a large-scale industrial and tourism operation, as it is expected will eventually exist on-orbit, on Earth. This led us to the idea of building an oceanic base. The ocean is, in many ways, similar to free space. Large swathes of it remain unexplored. There are unrealised commercial opportunities. There are hostile yet exciting environments. Creating basic life support and pressure-containing structures are challenging. -
Concept Study of a Cislunar Outpost Architecture and Associated Elements That Enable a Path to Mars
Concept Study of a Cislunar Outpost Architecture and Associated Elements that Enable a Path to Mars Presented by: Timothy Cichan Lockheed Martin Space [email protected] Mike Drever Lockheed Martin Space [email protected] Franco Fenoglio Thales Alenia Space Italy [email protected] Willian D. Pratt Lockheed Martin Space [email protected] Josh Hopkins Lockheed Martin Space [email protected] September 2016 © 2014 Lockheed Martin Corporation Abstract During the course of human space exploration, astronauts have travelled all the way to the Moon on short flights and have logged missions of a year or more of continuous time on board Mir and the International Space Station (ISS), close to Earth. However, if the long term goal of space exploration is to land humans on the surface of Mars, NASA needs precursor missions that combine operating for very long durations and great distances. This will allow astronauts to learn how to work in deep space for months at a time and address many of the risks associated with a Mars mission lasting over 1,000 days in deep space, such as the inability to abort home or resupply in an emergency. A facility placed in an orbit in the vicinity of the Moon, called a Deep Space Transit Habitat (DSTH), is an ideal place to gain experience operating in deep space. This next generation of in-space habitation will be evolvable, flexible, and modular. It will allow astronauts to demonstrate they can operate for months at a time beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The DSTH can also be an international collaboration, with partnering nations contributing elements and major subsystems, based on their expertise. -
Jenkins 2000 AIRLOCK & CONNECTIVE TUNNEL DESIGN
Jenkins_2000 AIRLOCK & CONNECTIVE TUNNEL DESIGN AND AIR MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES FOR MARS HABITAT AND EARTH ANALOG SITES Jessica Jenkins* ABSTRACT For a manned mission to Mars, there are numerous systems that must be designed for humans to live safely with all of their basic needs met at all times. Among the most important aspects will be the retention of suitable pressure and breathable air to sustain life. Also, due to the corrosive nature of the Martian dust, highly advanced airlock systems including airshowers and HEPA filters must be in place so that the interior of the habitat and necessary equipment is protected from any significant damage. There are multiple current airlocks that are used in different situations, which could be modified for use on Mars. The same is true of connecting tunnels to link different habitat modules. In our proposed Mars Analog Challenge, many of the airlock designs and procedures could be tested under simulated conditions to obtain further information without actually putting people at risk. Other benefits of a long-term study would be to test how the procedures affect air maintenance and whether they need to be modified prior to their implementation on Mars. INTRODUCTION One of the most important factors in the Mars Habitat design involves maintaining the air pressure within the habitat. Preservation of breathable air will be an extremely vital part of the mission, as very little can be found in situ. Since Mars surface expeditions will be of such long duration, it is imperative that the airlock designs incorporate innovative air maintenance strategies. For our proposed Earth Analog Site competition, many of the components of these designs can be tested, as can the procedures required for long-duration habitation on Mars. -
NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA’s “Big Bang” Service Delivery Transformation: Shared Services in the Cloud Paul Rydeen NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) Enterprise Service Center (ESC) Program Manager Agenda • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Overview • NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) Overview • Where We Are Today • The Migration To The Cloud • Top Takeaways NASA Vision • We reach for new heights and reveal the unknown for the benefit of humankind NASA Mission Statement • Drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economic vitality and stewardship of Earth NASA Centers The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) • 17,605 Civil Service employees and 28,693 contractors at or near 10 Field Centers and NASA Headquarters • Four Mission Directorates: – Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate – Human Exploration & Operations Mission Directorate – Science Mission Directorate – Space Technology Mission Directorate • NASA’s FY17 budget is $19.0 billion What is the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC)? • A business model for delivering support services • Provides high-quality service and achieves cost savings for NASA • Opened for service in March 2006 Why Shared Services for NASA? • Reduces resources expended for support • Provides better quality, more timely services at lower cost • Improves data integrity, consistency, and accountability • Standardizes core business processes • Facilitates process re-engineering and -
Britain Back in Space
Spaceflight A British Interplanetary Society Publication Britain back in Space Vol 58 No 1 January 2016 £4.50 www.bis-space.com 1.indd 1 11/26/2015 8:30:59 AM 2.indd 2 11/26/2015 8:31:14 AM CONTENTS Editor: Published by the British Interplanetary Society David Baker, PhD, BSc, FBIS, FRHS Sub-editor: Volume 58 No. 1 January 2016 Ann Page 4-5 Peake on countdown – to the ISS and beyond Production Assistant: As British astronaut Tim Peake gets ready for his ride into space, Ben Jones Spaceflight reviews the build-up to this mission and examines the Spaceflight Promotion: possibilities that may unfold as a result of European contributions to Suszann Parry NASA’s Orion programme. Spaceflight Arthur C. Clarke House, 6-9 Ready to go! 27/29 South Lambeth Road, London, SW8 1SZ, England. What happens when Tim Peake arrives at the International Space Tel: +44 (0)20 7735 3160 Station, where can I watch it, listen to it, follow it, and what are the Fax: +44 (0)20 7582 7167 broadcasters doing about special programming? We provide the Email: [email protected] directory to a media frenzy! www.bis-space.com 16-17 BIS Technical Projects ADVERTISING Tel: +44 (0)1424 883401 Robin Brand has been busy gathering the latest information about Email: [email protected] studies, research projects and practical experiments now underway at DISTRIBUTION the BIS, the first in a periodic series of roundups. Spaceflight may be received worldwide by mail through membership of the British 18 Icarus Progress Report Interplanetary Society. -
Science Worksheet
Today’s activity includes a fantastic look inside our book: Get to Work with Science and Technology ASTRONAUT Life as a Scientist and Engineer in Space You will also get the chance to try packing your own luggage for a mission to space! (You will need a set of kitchen scales for this activity.) To find out more about life as an astronaut go to: https://www.rubytuesdaybooks.com/product/astronaut-life-as-a-scientist-and- engineer-in-space/ © Ruby Tuesday Books 2021 Just Another Day at Work The countdown is over. A deafening roar bursts from the base of the Soyuz-FG rocket. As people around the world hold their breath, the rocket soars into the sky on a column of flame. Blasting away from Earth are Timothy Kopra, Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Peake. Just three scientists and engineers on their way to work! In a few hours, the men will reach their destination – the International Space Station (ISS). Their training has been long and hard. But it will all be worth it to have the chance to live and work high above Earth in the most extreme laboratory ever built! ISS Expedition 46 crew members Tim Peake (left), Yuri Malenchenko (centre) and Timothy Kopra (right) preflight, 15 December, 2015. 6 Astronauts are highly skilled men and women. They may be scientists, engineers, pilots – or all three. Astronauts work for space agencies such as NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and ESA (European Space Agency). The Soyuz-FG blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. 7 The International Space Station The ISS travels through space at almost 8 kilometres per second. -
View from the Build Line
T OTAL I MPULSE V OLUME 2 0 , N O . 6 November - December 2020 MARQUARDT MA177XAA LASRM Inside This Issue: Article: Page My Year of Construction 3 Marquardt MA177XAA LASRM 5 View From The Flight Line 9 Club News 10 Current Events in Space Exploration 11 Competition Corner 14 THOY Knighthawk Plan 15 This Month in Aerospace History 15 NASA Paper Models 21 Launch Windows 22 Vendor News 23 Vintage Ad 24 SPACEX NEWS View From The Build Line T OTAL I MPULSE V OLUME 2 0 , N O . 6 P a g e 2 CLUB OFFICERS We can’t say for certain what 2021 is going President: Scott Miller to bring us. I hope you’re able to spend Vice President: Roger Sadowsky some time pursuing model rocketry as best Treasurer: Tony Haga Secretary: Bob Dickinson you can. What is most important though is Editor / NAR Advisor: Buzz Nau to take care of yourself, check on your Communications: Dan Harrison friends and family and make sure they are Board of Director: Dale Hodgson doing as well as they possibly can under Board of Director: Mark Chrumka the circumstances. I’m looking forward to Board of Director: Dave Glover seeing you all again as soon as possible. It’s now 30 December and I am just barely MEMBERSHIP getting this edition of the newsletter out To become a member of the Jackson Model before the new year. Motivation for model Rocketry Club and Huron Valley Rocket Society means becoming a part of our family. We have rocketry has been hard to come by this monthly launches and participate in many edu- year. -
Multi Duty (MD) Airlock
Multi Duty (MD) Airlock ■ Versatile airlock can be connected to many different types of storage and conveying devices ■ Square flanged inlet and outlet ■ Highly reliable, rugged design delivers low maintenance service ■ Sealed bearings require no lubrication and provide years of service ■ Available in a wide range of sizes ■ Special options extend service life in challenging applications Application Outboard press fit bearings provide better protection, resulting With tens of thousands of installations throughout the world, the in longer service life. Special wear resistant MD designs are Schenck Process MD airlock is a highly universal airlock used designed to be placed in abrasive environments. Field tests of to meter dry bulk materials under feeding devices, such as bins, these designs show a lifespan up to eight times longer than a hoppers, mixers, screw conveyors and sifters. standard MD airlock. Providing rugged service, the MD is suitable for use in dilute Operating Principle phase vacuum, pressure or combination vacuum/pressure The airlock reliably meters products into conveying lines or pneumatic conveying systems. Low mounting height is ideal storage areas. With open end rotors, the product comes in for space restricted applications. With a low profile and a wide contact with the endplates of the housing. With closed end flange width, the MD airlock is able to match drill hole patterns rotors, the product is confined within the pockets of the rotor. of many competitor’s valves for easy replacement. Features Equipment Rated up to 15 psi pressure differential The MD has a cast housing and endplates with a square flange. Standard temperature rating is 200 ºF (93 °C) The rotor and housing are precision machined to obtain a high Optional high-temperature rated to 450 ºF (232 °C) degree of accuracy and close tolerances. -
Time Flies When You're Inflight the Director of JSC NASA Ellen Ochoa PHOTO
Time flies when you're inflight The director of JSC NASA Ellen Ochoa PHOTO: IT’S NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL AT JOHNSON SPACE 2X2015 projects and this year’s X projects, all providing the ability CENTER. We are accomplishing spectacular milestones through a to get test hardware into space for better utilization of the space combination of expertise, hard work and new, improved processes and station as an exploration test bed. The Revolutionize ISS for Science collaborations. From Exploration Flight Test-1 more than a year ago to and Exploration (RISE) effort changes the paradigm of the program’s the recent safe and successful completion of the one-year mission, we processes to consider the customers’ points of view. The Procurement are collecting vital information and moving a step at a time closer to and Chief Financial Officer offices collaborate much more closely than Mars. We are also reaching out and informing a much larger audience before to improve their service to all the organizations at the center. than ever before thanks to social media and a concerted effort—both Many more examples show that people across JSC are engaged in at JSC and across the agency—to tell our story in a way that connects innovation to accomplish our mission. the dots. In the 2015 Employee Viewpoint Survey, your responses led to A few years ago, as I addressed audiences or simply talked JSC being ranked #1 out of 318 federal agency subcomponents (i.e., informally with people around the country, I got asked about the centers of federal agencies across the country, including all NASA end of shuttle and whether we were shutting down JSC. -
Next Term's Project ENAE 483/788D
Discussion of Next Term • Final design project information • Discussion of final exam • Discussion of grading for group projects • Other useful information © 2013 David L. Akin - All rights reserved http://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu U N I V E R S I T Y O F Next Term’s Project ENAE 483/788D - Principles of Space Systems Design MARYLAND 1 Notes • Due date for project 5 postponed to time of final exam Monday 12/16 • Slides for Tuesday’s class (Sensors and Actuators) posted to Piazza site • Reminders: – Final exam limited single 8.5”x11” sheet of notes – Bring a calculator – Given honest attempt, final will only be counted if it improves overall grade U N I V E R S I T Y O F Next Term’s Project ENAE 483/788D - Principles of Space Systems Design MARYLAND 2 ENAE 483/788D Final Exam Questions • Orbital mechanics • Rocket performance • Reliability • Life support • Power systems • Structural design • Thermal analysis • Cost analysis • Propulsion systems • Systems engineering U N I V E R S I T Y O F Next Term’s Project ENAE 483/788D - Principles of Space Systems Design MARYLAND 3 Grading Rubrik for Group Projects • 10 - essentially perfect • 9 - excellent • 8 - very good • 7 - good • 6 - okay • 5 - minor deficiencies • 4 - significant deficiencies • 3 or below - major deficiencies U N I V E R S I T Y O F Next Term’s Project ENAE 483/788D - Principles of Space Systems Design MARYLAND 4 Fall Term Project Organization Systems Crew Systems Power, Propulsion, and Loads, Structures, and Avionics and Engineering Thermal Mechanisms Software A1 B1 C1 D1 E1 A2 -
13.012 Marine Hydrodynamics for Ocean Engineers Fall 2004 Quiz #1 Student Name: ˆ4 10
13.012 Marine Hydrodynamics for Ocean Engineers Fall 2004 Quiz #1 Student name: _____________________________________ This is a closed book examination. You are allowed 1 sheet of 8.5” x 11” paper with notes. For the problems in Section A, fill in the answers where indicated by ____________, or in the provided space. When a list of options is presented ([…],[…],[….] etc), circle all the options (all, none, one or more) that apply. Use the following constants unless otherwise specified: 2 3 -6 2 Gravity: g = 10 m/s water density: ρw = 1000 kg/m kinematic viscosity: νw = 1x10 m /s 3 -6 2 Seawater density: ρw = 1025 kg/m kinematic viscosity: νsw = 1x10 m /s 3 -5 2 Air density: ρa = 1 kg/m kinematic viscosity: νa = 1x10 m /s Assume the fluid is incompressible unless otherwise defined. Give all answers in SI units (kg, m, s). All numerical answers MUST have the proper units attached. Part A (30%): 1) A 1 m3 block of aluminum, specific gravity 2.7, is tethered to a piece of cork, specific gravity 0.24. The volume of cork required to keep the block neutrally buoyant in seawater is _______________ and the volume required in fresh water is _______________. Assume both the aluminum and cork are fully submerged and that the weight of the tether is negligible. h 2) The velocity field V= 4 xyiˆ + 10 y2 ˆj+ C zykˆ is valid for C = _____________. The vorticity in this flow field is ω = ______________. This flow field is [irrotational][rotational]. 3) The two linearized boundary conditions at the free surface for linear progressive free-surface gravity waves are _________________ and __________________.