Resupply of High Pressure Oxygen and Nitrogen Tanks for Extra-Atmospheric Station and Bases 2007-01-3179
The Shuttle retirement in 2010 will force the ISS program to reconsider how to supply the Station with nitrogen and oxygen for six to ten more years beyond 2010. The major options for post-Shuttle retirement resupply are resupply via transfer vehicle, the use of small Intervehicular Activity (IVA) high pressure tanks, “stockpile” enough gas to support International Space Station (ISS) through end of life, or generate the necessary gases onboard the Station. The method chosen to sustain the ISS will serve as a building block for producing new minimally dependent environmental control and life support systems for future manned missions to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Citation: Cook, A., Leonard, D., and O'Donnell, P., "Resupply of High Pressure Oxygen and Nitrogen Tanks for Extra-Atmospheric Station and Bases," SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-3179, 2007, https://doi.org/10.4271/2007-01-3179. Download Citation
Author(s):
Anthony J. Cook, Daniel J. Leonard, Patricia A. O'Donnell
Affiliated:
The Boeing Company
Pages: 15
Event:
International Conference On Environmental Systems
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
SAE 2007 Transactions Journal of Aerospace-V116-1
Related Topics:
Life support systems
Spacecraft
SAE MOBILUS
Subscribers can view annotate, and download all of SAE's content.
Learn More »
