Volunteers Test Bigelow Life-Support Gear

By Frank Morring, Jr.

Engineers and a former astronaut have started human-in-the-loop testing of the environmental control and life support system (ECLSS) for Bigelow Aerospace’s Sundancer inflatable orbital module, using a 90-cu.-meter chamber at the Orbitech facility in Madison, Wis.

Initial 8-hr. tests will evaluate thermal and humidity control, ventilation, carbon dioxide and trace contaminant removal ...

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