Spacecraft cabin air quality is influenced by a variety of factors. Beyond normal equipment offgassing and crew metabolic loads, the vehicles operational configuration contributes significantly to overall air quality. Leaks from system equipment and payload facilities, operational status of the atmospheric scrubbing systems, and the introduction of new equipment and modules to the vehicle all influence air quality. The dynamics associated with changes in the International Space Stations (ISS) configuration since the launch of the U.S. Segments laboratory module, Destiny, is summarized. Key classes of trace chemical contaminants that are important to crew health and equipment performance are emphasized. The temporary effects associated with attaching each multi-purpose logistics module (MPLM) to the ISS and influence of in-flight air quality on the post-flight ground processing of the MPLM are explored.


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    Title :

    Cabin Air Quality Dynamics On Board the International Space Station


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    Publication date :

    2003


    Size :

    14 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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