The national research council's "NASA space technology roadmaps and priorities" identified long-duration environmental control and life support systems (ECLSS) as one of the top five areas capable…

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract to Umpqua Research Company, doing business as Umpqua Research Co., a small business, to advance the state-of-the-art of atmospheric revitalization system technologies required to enable NASA's human exploration missions. This is Phase II of the "Advanced Oxygen Recovery for Spacecraft Life Support Systems" project, which aims to develop a more mature prototype system capable of recovering a target rate of oxygen from a representative carbon dioxide gas stream (at least Technology Readiness Level 5). The contract has a potential value of $2,164,718.00 and a completion date of March 24, 2022. This effort builds upon Phase I of the project, where Umpqua Research Company participated under a previous NASA contract to design, fabricate, and demonstrate an engineering development unit. The contract does not have a set-aside designation.

The national research council's "NASA space technology roadmaps and priorities" identified long-duration environmental control and life support systems (ECLSS) as one of the top five areas capable of having the greatest impact on deep space exploration. The capability addressed represents an advanced system to further close the atmosphere revitalization loop on long duration human spacecraft. NASA space technology roadmap TA 6 human health, life support and habitation systems, technology established the technology performance goal of increasing the percentage of oxygen recovered from metabolic carbon dioxide to 75-90%. As future exploration missions extend beyond low earth orbit (LEO), vehicles will require life support systems (LSS) with high reliability and self-sufficiency, as practical opportunities for consumable resupply will not exist. An effective life support system must maintain a safe and habitable atmosphere within a spacecraft by removing contaminants while simultaneously maintaining the proper atmospheric composition and cabin pressure. The goal of this effort is to advance the state-of-the-art of atmospheric revitalization system technologies required to enable NASA S human exploration missions. This statement of work is the result of a proposal submitted by umpqua research company entitled continuous bosch reactor for down selection under the solicitation advanced oxygen recovery for spacecraft life support systems appendix - phase II, solicitation number: NNH14ZOA001N-14GCD-C2-phase-II for phase II of the effort. Umpqua research company participated in phase I of the effort under NASA contract NNL15AA04C. The advanced oxygen recovery for spacecraft life support systems project is being conducted as a phased acquisition with two technology development phases as follows: 1) phase I, the engineering development unit (EDU) phase, involved the design, fabrication, and demonstration of an engineering development unit (at least technology readiness level [TRL] 4) capable of empirically demonstrating the capability of the proposed technology. Phase I completed in july 2016, and umpqua research company delivered hardware produced during this effort to NASA as the final deliverables under contract NNL15AA04C. 2) phase II is the brassboard hardware phase involving the development of a more mature prototype system (at least TRL 5) capable of recovering the target rate of oxygen from a representative carbon dioxide gas stream. Selection for phase II contracts was conducted through a separate down-selection process in accordance with NFS 1817.7001-5. Umpqua research company S proposal was selected for phase II of the effort.