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The Bifunctional Regenerative Electrochemical Air Transformation for Human Environments (BREATHE) for life support and habitation is part of the atmosphere revitalization equipment necessary to provide and maintain a livable environment within the pressurized cabin of crewed spacecraft. nbsp;BREATHE is a low-power electrodialysis-based concept for regenerating a liquid carbon dioxide scrubbing mat ...

The North Atlantic Right Whale and other large marine species have experienced dramatic negative effects by entanglement with bottom set fishing gear. Crab Raft Inc. has developed, tested and demonstrated innovative, truly Rope-Less Fishing Gear, targeted primarily for the Crab and Lobster fishing industries. With no ropes, Crab Raft Inc. Fishing Gear has no entanglement potential. This innovativ ...

A novel injectornbsp;is proposed in response to quot;Robust design solutions for liquid oxygen injection and subsequent stable combustion with high temperature (gt;1700 R) hydrogen flowing at low pressure (lt;25nbsp;psia) and high velocity (~Mach 0.2)quot; subtopic, listed undernbsp;quot;Advanced Propulsion Systems Ground Test Technologyquot; focus area.nbsp; This injector features fully 3D-printe ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes to further mature a Primary Fuel Cell (PFC) System that will meet NASArsquo;s lunar mission target specifications of (i) high specific power (gt;2,000 W/kg), (ii) high current density (gt;200 mA/cm2), (iii) long service life (a final operational life of gt;10,000 hrs is targeted), and (iv) operability with H2/O2, CH4/O2, and other propellants.nbsp; The PFC ...

NASA has been adopting MBSE vigorously in its Systems Engineering (SE) practicesnbsp;for its Space Missions through the use of the System Markup Language (SysML). Given the structural and functional complexities of modern NASA space missions such as the lunar exploration using the Gateway, and other human exploration missions in development, SE processes need to have extensive Fault Management (FM ...

The objective of this Phase I proposal is to assess the feasibility of a new submersible hyperspectral absorption spectrophotometer for ocean color and biogeochemistry research. The proposed instrument will employ an integrating cavity design with high resolution spectral discrimination from 300 nm to the 750 nm for both source light and detector to mitigate the effects of scattering error and flu ...

Problem: Mars missions will not have real-time communications with Mission Control Center (MCC), and correspondinglynbsp;limited access tonbsp;supervision for complex medical scenarios that lie outside the skill set of crew members. Thus we neednbsp;solutions that can provide just-in-time training, monitoring, and autonomous guidance of medical procedures, to make the crew independent of MCC.Solut ...

We will develop a self-cleaning dust and regolith tolerant fitting that will enable either gas or fluid transfer on the Moon, Mars, or other worlds.nbsp; The fitting will not rely on soft seals that will quickly become brittle in space.nbsp; The fitting design is well suited for use in the ultra-cold permanently shadowed regions of the Moon and will be adaptable for quick operation automatically o ...

In this SBIR, USNC-Tech will design a next-generation NTP moderator with thermal, mechanical, and neutronic performance superior to existing insulator solutions. During Phase 1, USNC-Tech will design, optimize, and computationally demonstrate the effectiveness of next-generation NTP moderator insulator technology. During Phase 2, USNC-Tech will procure, assemble, and test promising solutions ident ...

Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI) proposes a compact, vacuum-regenerable sorbent bed for effectively removing a broad range of trace contaminants, meeting all topic performance requirements, which can be integrated with the Exploration Portable Life Support System (xPLSS) CO2/H2O removal system. Both the primary trace contaminants (ammonia, CO, formaldehyde, and methyl mercaptan) as well as other s ...