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Johnson Space Center

Partnership Points of Contact National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) and White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) Capabilities

JSC Points of Contact:

Christopher Feng JSC Partnerships Lead AgreementManager Christopher.Feng-1@nasa.gov 281-667-2205

Montgomery Goforth Business Development & Technology Integration Montgomery.B.Goforth@nasa.gov 281-244-1117

WSTF Points of Contact:

Ariana Guerrero WSTF Agreements Manager Ariana.Guerrero-1@nasa.gov 575.524.5442

Mary A. Burke WSTF Deputy Director Mary.A.Burke@nasa.gov 575.524.5449 mailto:Christopher.Feng-1@nasa.gov mailto:Montgomery.B.Goforth@nasa.gov mailto:ariana.guerrero-1@nasa.gov mailto:mary.a.burke@nasa.gov

JSC/WSTF Products, Services, and Capabilities for CLDP National Aeronautics and Space Administration

JSC primary facilities are located in Houston, Texas. Additionally, JSC manages the WSTF near Las Cruces, New Mexico.

JSC and WSTF possess extensive capabilities and expertise critical to CLDP and is extremely well positioned as a valuable partner, hardware provider, and service provider for industry performers submitting proposals for CLDP.

In this package, you will find:

- High Value/High Impact JSC Engineering Products available to CLD Providers.

- High Value/High Impact Human Heath and Performance Services available for CLD Providers.

- General JSC/WSTF Capabilities and Services relatable to CLD Providers.

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JSC Engineering Products for CLDP National Aeronautics and

While JSC/WSTF have many available capabilities and services, there are items JSC is particularly well positioned to provide based on current development investments and/or that has been designed, developed and flight proven via ISS or Orion.

1) Fire Emergency Equipment

a) Portable Fire Extinguisher – a lightweight portable fire extinguisher for a worst-case open cabin fire

b) Contingency Breathing Apparatus with Fire Cartridges – provides respiratory protection to crew in response to a fire event through post-fire cleanup

c) Anomaly Gas Analyzer – an air constituents monitor for post fire and off-nominal landing scenarios

2) Toilet System – a microgravity and lunar gravity waste management system.

3) Exercise CMS/VIS System - critical to maintain crew’s physiological condition while in microgravity, and to protect the vehicle from exercise loads while ensuring a safe and stable platform for exercise

4) Vehicle Systems Manager (includes Core Flight SW) – software control paradigm for autonomous operations and reduced ground operator support

5) Cold Stowage – used to support temperature sensitive (or controlled) science, including integration and ground logistics

6) Modular Battery System – provides multi-power source for commonality and reduce mass

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JSC Engineering: Value-Proposition for CLDP National Aeronautics and

High value and high impact capabilities will reduce DDTE technical, schedule risk.

EA Recommend Value Rationale DDTE Risk Benefit Drivers for Collaboration

Fire Emergency Equipment

(PFE, AGA, CBA)

Rapid mitigation of onboard CLD emergency combustion event (e.g. cabin fire) while crewed

M/H Leverage design for space applications (HW & Lessons)

Toilet System(s) Reliable and well-characterized devices that maintains/promotes crew wellness with future extensibility

H Leverage Govt DDTE lessons and improvements from HLS and

MCO

Exercise Sys (CMS/VIS) Reliable and well-characterized device that maintains/promotes crew wellness

M Extensive Govt experience on device AND its vibe isolation.

Vehicle Systems Manager

(VSM)

Optimal control paradigm for resources and fault management, with scalable architecture that maximizes functionality and safety for the CLD

M/H Govt design supporting standardization and interoperability

Cold Stowage Systems Control of temperature-sensitive experimental payloads over specific thermal ranges for utilization

M Leverage 20+ years of actual use over 100s of experiments.

Modular IVA/EVA Battery Safe storage and delivery of electrical power, with scalability/operability enhancement, reduce mass & cost

M Apply multi-program Govt skills delivering reliable power

H=High, M=Medium, L=Low (e.g. M/H => medium high) EVA/IVA = Extra-vehicular, Intra-vehicular activity CLD = Commercial LEO Destination

Above levels of Dev. risk will be reduced upon accessing engineering’s institutional knowledge, expertise, labs, tools, and associated skills base.

HLS = Human Landing System MCO = Mars Campaign Office 5

Portable Fire Extinguisher (PFE)

• The Orion program requires a lightweight portable fire extinguisher for a worst-case open cabin fire scenario: 5200mAh battery in laptop fire.

• The Orion PFE is a water-based fire extinguisher designed to extinguish open-cabin fires only (no hidden fires).

• The Orion PFE is for contingency use only.

• Tank is ASME Certified Titanium Pressure Vessel.

• Service Fluid: Nitrogen and water separated by a bladder

• Fire Suppressant: 3lbs Water (Nitrogen is not discharged)

• Water Requirement: JSC-SPEC-C-20D, Grade A

• Nitrogen Requirement: Grade B Nitrogen per MPCV 70156

Technical Parameters

Fill Pressure: 300 PSIG Water Spray

Expellant: H2O Water Spray

Stowage: Hard mounted on Orion ECLSS Wall (bracket is 10”L x 8”W x 10”D & 5.1 pounds) and Accessible in 5 Seconds (assuming crew at PFE)

Size: 18” Long x 6” Diameter

Mass: 13 Pounds Wet Mass [Tank with water] Bracket is additionally 5.2 lbs

Discharge Time: 25+ Seconds

Charged Life: 1 Year

Use Life: 5 Missions (Bladder has 5 year life)

Part Number: SEH33125710 [PFE Assembly: SEH33125712 Bracket Assembly: SEH33125725]

Time to Build and Certify ATP + 2-5 Years

Contingency Breathing Apparatus (Emergency Mask with Fire Cartridges)

• The Contingency Breathing Apparatus (CBA) Assembly is designed to provide respiratory protection, with appropriate cartridges installed, to the Orion crew in response to a fire and post-fire event for a minimum of 8 hours of protection (with cartridge change-out). The CBA Assembly system contains the Emergency Mask (ISS) and the Orion Fire Cartridges (ISS FCs with added Prefilters).

• The Emergency Mask is one size fits most. EM (original) fit majority of crew population, EM-Small is an option for smaller female crew.

It seals at the neck and has a nosecup.

• CBA Assembly does not:

• provide an oxygen source

• contain an interface for food or drink packages

• contain any verbal communication enhancements

Technical Parameters

Emergency Mask Mass: 1.5 lbs

Emergency Mask Dimensions: 0.33 ft3 (0.01m3)

Fire Cartridge Mass: 1 lb (packaged)

Fire Cartridge Dimensions: 4” x 4” x 7” (112 in3)

Emergency Mask with 2 Fire Cartridge Mass:

3.5 lbs (1.6 kg)

Emergency Mask with 2 Fire Cartridge Vol: 0.43 ft3 (0.012 m3)

Time to Build and Certify ATP + 2-5 Years

Part Numbers CBA Top Assy: SEH40100484-301 ISS Emergency Mask: SEG40100366-601 ISS Fire Cartridge: SEG11101216-303

Pre-Filter

• The Fire Cartridge (FC) provides respiratory protection to the crew by oxidizing Carbon Monoxide (CO) and adsorbing other combustion products from a fire environment to below the 24-hour Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations (SMAC) values.

• Each FC set will have an operational life of 90 minutes, with Prefilter change-out.

• Prefilter is designed to provide the Fire Cartridge additional protection from water and smoke particulate.

• Prevents water spray from prematurely clogging P100 filter, maximizing the use-life of the Fire Cartridges. 7

Anomaly Gas Analyzer (AGA)

The purpose of AGA is to serve as an air monitor for post fire and off-nominal landing scenarios.

• Combustion Products (CO, HCN, HCl, HF)

• Cabin Environments (CO2, O2, Total P)

• Ammonia (NH3)

• Portable Hand Held Unit

• Battery Powered

• No Communication with ISS or Vehicle

• Cabin Environments (CO2, O2, Total P)

• Ammonia (NH3)

• No Power Interface with ISS or Vehicle

• Contingency Use Only (For Orion)

• Multiple Units on ISS, Single Unit on Orion

• Part Numbers are:

• ISS AGA Part #: SEZ33125556-302

• ISS Pump Part #: SEG33125912-301

• ISS Probe Part #: SEG33125913-301

• Orion AGA Part #: SEZ33125556-301

Technical Parameters

Power Source: Canon BP-975 Battery

AGA Mounting: Handheld or Specific to Orion

Size (Does not Include Protrusions): 11.5” x 6.9” x 4.5” & 8.6” x 4.5” x 3.2” Pump

Mass: 13.9 lbs

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Toilet System

• NASA is currently developing a Toilet under the Human Landing System

(HLS) program that just completed PDR. CDR is planned for May 2026 with delivery to HLS in early 2028.

• Toilet can be used in microgravity and lunar gravity

• Urine is stored or disposed of (not recycled) and is stabilized using Oxone.

• Contingency hardware can be used in the case of a toilet failure or in cases that the toilet cannot be accessed

• Collapsible Contingency Urinal (CCU) for urine collection

• Currently certified for use on Orion, tech demo on ISS, planned for HLS

• Urine can be vented or stored depending on mission needs

• Male and female CCUs are available with appropriate interfaces

• Artemis Bag for fecal collection is in development with the same schedule as the GFE Toilet mentioned above

• Current NASA investments will provide a micro-g CLD solution for CLD Initial Operational Capability. A further advancement to a regenerative ECLSS-forward solution is also of substantial interest to NASA JSC for 203X and beyond

Toilet Assembly

Collapsible Contingency Urinal (CCU)

Exercise Countermeasure System (CMS) Devices

• JSC team has 25+ years of experience in designing, building, integrating, testing, and sustaining exercise devices in microgravity

• Second Generation Treadmill (T2) | 15 years of use on ISS

• Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) | 15 years of use on ISS

• Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization (CEVIS) | 25 years of use on ISS

• 25+ years of experience integrating and sustaining Danish Aerospace Company

(DAC) built ergometer with NASA designed VIS into ISS vehicle

• Miniature Exercise Device (MED2) | Tech demo performed on ISS

• Enables aerobic rowing and up to 200 lbs resistance with a single cable

• Device can be enhanced (i.e. increased resistance, cycling capability) to meet

LEO Destination requirements

• Orion Flywheel | First flight on Artemis-II

• Enables aerobic rowing and limited resistive exercise

• JSC will leverage decades of expertise to rapidly develop a novel exercise device, modify COTS capabilities, or provide integration expertise, to meet LEO Destination requirements

• Build off the Lessons Learned

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Vibration Isolation and Stabilization (VIS) System

• Loads and vibrations generated by exercise are the result of the combined mass and C.G. motion (frequency, magnitude, direction) of the crewmember and exercise device. The low frequencies of exercise typically overlaps with the resonant frequencies of the vehicle.

• If exercise device/activity is not isolated, the impacts of these loads and vibrations:

• Disturb payloads needing a microgravity environment

• Can structurally damage the vehicle by exciting its natural frequencies

• Can impact GN&C

• If exercise is not stabilized, the crewmember may not be able to safely and effectively exercise

• VIS design and Degrees of Freedom (DOF) are particular to exercise device modalities and CLD vehicle constraints

• JSC Engineering has 25+ years of experience designing, building, integrating, and sustaining both active and passive VIS systems for exercise devices

• TVIS, T2, CEVIS, ARED, E4D VIS

• Each system’s VIS was designed specifically for that hardware

• JSC can design and build a custom VIS for a Commercial LEO destination

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Vehicle Systems Manager (VSM) Vehicle Systems Manager (VSM) is a software control paradigm that supports autonomous operations and reduced ground operator support – with functionalities as shown in the Table

• VSM uses a scalable and selectable set of Core Flight Software (CFS) applications that support several autonomous spacecraft functions

• VSM is data-driven and so can be applied to various spacecraft systems; it enables rapid updates based on operational needs and lessons learned

• VSM can be distributed across various systems, or run as a set of hierarchical system managers, thus handling complex autonomous tasks

• VSM runs on a dedicated flight processor and includes failure tolerant design for safety-critical onboard operations

• Includes operational and tooling framework for ground configuration, data development, and operations displays and tools

• The Gateway Program is currently using this VSM architecture

Technical Functionalities

Mission Management Goal-based tasks planned on a timeline; task execution includes constraint-guarded commands and procedure execution

Fault Management Model-based real-time reasoning engine that assesses component and functional health to diagnose failures and impacts

Resource Management Monitors and constrains use of limited resources (power/thermal, bandwidth, discrete hardware)

Vehicle Control and Operations

Battery charging, comms configuration

Human Interactions Alert Management, Consequence Guidance, Decision Aiding, Command Arbitration

Ground-based Data Development Tools

Database tooling, Timeline Validation, Procedure Design

Cold Stowage Hardware Overview

Active Hardware

Glacier is a freezer/refrigerator that support samples from -95°C to +4°C for launch/return and -160°C to +4°C on ISS.

Polar is a freezer/refrigerator that support samples from -95°C to +10°C for launch/return and on ISS.

Iceberg is a freezer/refrigerator that supports samples from -95°C to +4°C on

ISS.

Merlin is an incubator/refrigerator/freezer that supports samples from +4°C to +40°C for launch/return and from -10°C to +48°C on ISS.

Passive Hardware

Double Coldbags are insulated stowage bags used to transport samples to and from ISS on visiting vehicles

Vacuum insulated panels are limited life and require replacement.

Ice Bricks provide cooling or incubation to samples stored inside Double Coldbags/Mini Coldbags

Ice Brick temperatures include -32°C, -26°C, +4°C, +10°C, +12°C, +16°C, +22°C, +25°C, +27°C, +34°C and +37°C

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Ground Support Equipment

Batteries for powered lockers – batteries are limited life items and require replacement.

Portable refrigerators, incubators, and freezers.

Rechargeables batteries for use with portable GSE.

Cold Stowage Task Descriptions

Design & Fabrication

• Design, fabrication, and manufacturing of ancillary equipment (ex. locker tool) , containers, unique test equipment, ground support, etc

Sustaining

Software design for embedded systems, desktop applications, and database & web applications

• Laboratory Management – current lab is at JSC, B32A Room 1009.

• Tracking of limited and cycle life items – this includes coldbag panels, batteries, captive fasteners, etc.

• Equipment calibration tracking

• Inventory management, including hardware spares

• Anomaly investigation, troubleshooting, and repair

• Post-flight refurbishment of flight hardware Systems Engineering & Flight Integration

• Existing and new interface requirements coordination

• Safety assessment coordination

• Reflight verification for interface and safety requirements

• Traffic modeling and flight manifest planning

• Integration testing for visiting vehicles

• Pre and post-flight checkouts and configuration Technical experts

• Subject matter experts, anomaly resolution, delta analysis/certification Operations

• Real Time operations planning (e.g. procedure development, schedule inputs, flight rule & payload reg inputs, etc.)

• Remote operations site development and maintenance to support command & data handling, data archiving, website for real-time data, and payload alert system Configuration Management & Feasibility Assessments

• Assessment of science compliment, choreography of how items are packed together to ensure all temperature requirements are met, etc.

Launch & Return Site Support

• Preparation of hardware at launch site, which includes integrating science into asset prior to turnover to the vehicle.

• Support at the return site to deintegrate science from asset, and turnover science, at temperature, to experiment team.

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Modular IVA/EVA Battery

• Provide modular, safe storage and delivery of 95Wh electrical power at 28V.

• Provides a common interface to that can then be used by many items

• Can be reconfigurable for various voltage requirements from 4 to 32V per module

• Modules can be configured in series or parallel for additional voltage ranges and or current carrying capacity

• Continuous operation over full voltage range without active cooling

• Available in energy (95Wh at 0.5A) or light power (86Wh at 11A) formats per module

• Possibly only battery that will be designed to be safe for use at all planned spacecraft environments with smaller compartments and elevated O2 levels

• Passive propagation resistant design eliminates fire/flame release during internal short circuit

• Screened electrochemical cells maximize operational reliability

• Externally-replaceable fuse enables near-real time fault recovery

• Voltage and temperature telemetry enables safe charging with modular, air-cooled 28V or 120V charger or charge card

Technical Parameters

Chemistry: Lithium-Ion, 1P-8S, 18650 cell format

Energy, Voltage: 95Wh at 0.5A // 86Wh at 11A, up to 24-32.8Vdc per module

Stowage: Soft stowed or rigidly secured in a soft-stowed assembly

Size: 7.68 x 0.90 x 3.99 in (19.5 x 2.29 x 10.1 cm)

Mass: 1.63 lbm (0.74 kg)

Volume: 27.6 in3 (0.45 L)

Usage Life: 5-15 Years pending storage and usage conditions

Part Number: SEN130104886-30x (energy), SEN1304886-303 (power)

Approx Time to Delivery ATP + 2-5 Years

• Scalable to other (higher or lower) voltages and/or capacities (Wh) (1P-8S, 8P-1S, 4P-2S, 2P- 4S)

• Deliver Class R bond connectivity, rack-mounted or cabled

95Wh from 1 Module

1kWh from 12 Modules

JSC Human Health and Performance Services for CLDP National Aeronautics and

While JSC/WSTF have many available capabilities and services, there are items JSC is particularly well positioned to provide based on decades of human spaceflight experience related to Human Health and Performance.

1) Crewed Mission Habitat Analogs – used to emulate exploration-like habitat or spacecrafts

2) Behavioral Health and Performance – this includes behavioral medicine, psychological support, fatigue management, crew selection and training as well as support for spaceflight analog missions.

3) Radiation Monitoring, Protection and Exposure Analysis – capabilities to support human spaceflight operations in LEO

4) Human Research Payload Management & Processing – management and integration of human research experiments across all flight and analog platforms.

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• Analog environments are used to emulate an exploration-like habitat or spacecraft that provides the conditions of isolation, confinement and remote operations for up to four crewmembers.

• The Flight Analogs team develops mission scenarios and conditions analogous to those anticipated for missions, enabling a realistic and immersive flight-like environment. A tailored flight analog allows crew to experience day-to-day operations and the pace of being on-orbit.

• Planned mission durations may range from 7 days up to 45 days.

• Analog features include:

• Mission Control Center (MCC) for real-time interaction with HERA crew members

• 24/7 mission video surveillance with audio, recorded during mission

• Simulation of Acquisition of Signal/Loss of Signal of varying duration

• Individual crew sleeping quarters for 4 crew members

• Crew training for analog mission preparation

• Windows-based laptops and iPads for each crewmember

• Virtual reality simulation for simulated EVA tasks

• Medical Workstation (Remote medical procedures and examinations)

• Exercise equipment (aerobic and resistive) to simulate daily operational activities

• Simulated Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS)

• Payload operations to test hardware and procedures

• 3D printer to support vehicle maintenance and operational tasks

• Shower/sink with hot and cold running water for crew hygiene

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• The BHP Operations group provides several services for optimizing mission success for each crewmember, including family members. The BHP’s specific areas of responsibility include behavioral medicine, psychological support, fatigue management, crew selection and training as well as support for spaceflight analog missions.

• Areas of BHP support include the following:

• Conducting astronaut applicant screening and crew selection processes

• Providing individually-determined psychological support services for crewmembers and their families to maintain their behavioral well-being throughout all phases of the mission

• Monitoring remotely the behavioral and cognitive health of LEO crewmembers via Private Psychological

Conference and computer-based, cognitive assessment tools

• Providing Fatigue Management Services for crewmembers assigned to missions and providing consultation to Crew Surgeons on issues related to spaceflight crews’ work-rest schedule and fatigue management during pre-flight training and in-flight

• Conducting leadership and team care training for crewmembers prior to flight assignment

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• The Space Radiation Analysis Group (SRAG) provides the following unique capabilities to support LEO operations:

• Console Monitoring and Support

• 27/7/365 solar radiation environment monitoring for human spaceflight operations support

• Flight rule development

• Alert warning systems integration

• Space weather forecast modeling

• Radiation Testing and Logistics

• Instrument calculation

• Algorithm development

• Requirements verification

• Multi-instrument comparisons

• Radiation Monitoring and Measurements

• Vehicle design and complex shielding assessments

• Shelter/shielding methods and optimization

• Predictions and assessments on the biological effects of space radiation exposures

• Personal radiation exposure monitoring using personal active detectors

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• The Research Integration and Operation group manages and integrates human research experiments conducted across all flight and analog platforms. This includes:

• Feasibility assessments for flight and analogs

• Integrated medical and human research experiment requirements pre-, in-, and postflight for scheduling, sample sharing, and use of assets for data and sample collection

• The Institutional Review Board (IRB) provides consulting for human research studies and mission complements for spaceflight.

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JSC/WSTF Capabilities and Services for CLDP National Aeronautics and

General JSC/WSTF capabilities and services relevant to CLDP include:

• Human Subsystems - JSC puts the human in human spaceflight, leading the development, testing, integration, and certification of human subsystems critical for crew health and enhancing spacecraft operation and safety with unparalleled expertise in life support systems, crew interfaces, food systems, exercise systems, medical care, and behavioral support.

• Space Systems - JSC excels in space systems that support human performance and efficiency in space, including EVA systems, robotics, and habitability systems.

• Spacecraft Subsystem Design and Development - JSC possesses comprehensive capabilities in design, development, testing, and evaluation across a wide range of spacecraft subsystems, including guidance, navigation, and control (GN&C), propulsion, power (including batteries, solar arrays, and modular architectures), thermal systems, communication, flight software, and rendezvous, proximity ops and docking (RPOD).

• Systems Engineering & Integration - With expertise and capabilities in design, development, testing, and evaluation, JSC can offer design, manufacturing, simulation and modeling, and analysis for high-level vehicle performance.

• Spaceflight Environmental and Systems Testing - Leveraging specialized facilities and extensive expertise, JSC offers a full spectrum of testing services. This includes thermal vacuum testing, vibration testing, material compatibility assessments, and propulsion system testing. The White Sands Test Facility (WSTF) also provides specialized facilities that support the testing of hazardous materials, evaluation of spaceflight components, and qualification of in-space propulsion systems.

• Mission Planning and Execution - JSC is the hub for human spaceflight. We ensure the highest standards of safety and performance for our missions, preparing astronauts and ground crews for every situation.

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Human Subsystems

• Life Support - JSC excels in testing and evaluation, integration, prototype development, flight hardware certification and consultation for critical elements such as carbon dioxide removal, oxygen generation, water recovery, temperature regulation and waste management, essential for sustaining life during extended missions in the inhospitable environment of space.

• Crew Interfaces - For human spaceflight, how humans interact with vehicles and interfaces is a high priority.

JSC’s crew interface capabilities encompass a wide range of expertise and facilities focused on enhancing spacecraft design, operation, and safety.

• Food & Nutrition - JSC experts provide food and nutrition systems that maintain the health and optimal performance of crewmembers during spaceflight and upon return to Earth.

• Exercise Countermeasures - JSC provides research, engineering, development, integration, and testing of hardware and software technologies for exercise systems applications in support of human spaceflight.

• Medical & Pharmacology - JSC provides specialized primary medical care for astronauts and biomedical engineering support for all human spaceflight mission operations including protocols, contingency plans, crew health standards, and training.

• Behavioral Health & Performance - JSC’s behavioral health experts are an integral part of advancing human spaceflight by understanding the psychological and behavioral response of humans to extreme environments.

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Space Systems

• Crewed Spacecraft - JSC is the hub of the United States' crewed spaceflight efforts and is renowned for its leadership in developing and operating crewed spacecraft. JSC is responsible for the design, testing, and management of spacecraft systems that ensure the safety and success of human spaceflight missions. Additionally, JSC has vast experience in working with commercial providers to meet NASA needs with a commercially developed design in Commercial Resupply Survices and Commercial Crew Program.

• EVA Systems - JSC features world class facilities and competencies to support the design, development, testing and verification, and implementation of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) systems. JSC personnel have a vast knowledge of the technical challenges associated with space suit technology, ranging from mobility, sizing, and life support, to ventilation, hydration, and waste management.

• Orbital Space Stations - From the SVMF for training and operational assessments, to advanced robotics testing and human engineering expertise, JSC has diverse capabilities critical for the design, development, testing, integration, deployment and operation of orbital space stations.

• Rapid Flight Demonstrations - JSC's rapid flight demonstrations play a crucial role in advancing aerospace technologies by enabling fast, cost-effective testing of new systems. These demonstrations focus on quickly validating designs, concepts, and innovations in real-world conditions, reducing development time and fostering technological breakthroughs.

• Robotics - JSC provides research, engineering, development, integration and testing of robotic hardware and software technologies for robotic systems applications in support of human spaceflight. Advanced robotic systems technology efforts include both remotely controlled robots for space and terrestrial application and intelligent robotics for high value functionality.

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Spacecraft Subsystem Design and Development

• Communications - JSC offers expertise and unique facilities in which multi-element spacecraft communications subsystems are interfaced with relay satellites and ground elements for end-to-end testing in a controlled radio frequency environment. JSC also provides for design, development, and testing of spacecraft communication systems, including evaluation of electromagnetic radiation properties of antennas and other radiating objects.

• Flight Computing & Avionics - JSC has facilities and expertise that specialize in the unique aspects of the design, development, testing and evaluation of avionics systems and architectures for human space flight. From critical commanding and data handling architectures to comprehensive component level testing and analysis, JSC stands as a beacon of expertise in the realm of aerospace technology.

• Guidance, Navigation, & Control - JSC provides design and evaluation of mission concepts, vehicle flight performance capabilities and requirements, and guidance, navigation, and control requirements and verification.

• Materials & Structures - JSC has world-class capabilities and unique expertise in structures design and development, analysis, testing and materials evaluation, damage and assessments. JSC has extensive experience in the design and development of space vehicle mating attachment systems and light weight hatches, windows, inflatable structures and traditional structures.

• Mechanical & Pyrotechnic - JSC has a long heritage of providing safe, reliable pyrotechnic solutions and mechanisms for aerospace applications. JSC is a worldwide leader in the development and testing of human-rated mechanisms, especially docking systems.

• Power - JSC provides test facilities and skilled personnel for many of the fluid and energy conversion systems required for human exploration and development in space, including power generation and storage, fluid storage and distribution, and electromechanical and hydraulic actuation.

• Propulsion - JSC has led the development and certification of many of NASA’s human spacecraft propulsion systems and is actively engaged in the development and demonstration of advanced propulsion system technologies.

• Rendezvous, Proximity Operations, & Docking - JSC performs systems requirement definition, analyses, design and testing necessary to support the development of rendezvous, proximity operations and docking system designs and to verify the compatibility of the designs with functional and performance requirements.

• Software & Autonomy - JSC is a leader in software and autonomous subsystems for human spaceflight, offering an array of capabilities in high-fidelity, real-time, human-in-the-loop engineering simulations. Our expertise encompasses software development for flight and ground systems, real-time, mission-critical embedded software, software integration, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.

• Thermal Management - JSC stands at the forefront with our advanced thermal management design, development and testing capabilities. From cold stowage systems to active and passive thermal control system designs, JSC experts provide design, analytical simulation and modeling, standards and specifications development, validation and integrated testing.

• Thermal Protection Systems – JSC offers comprehensive expertise in spacecraft thermal protection systems, encompassing design, analysis, manufacturing, testing, and software tools for ensuring the structural integrity and thermal safety of spacecraft during re-entry.

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Spaceflight Environmental and Systems Testing

• Acoustics - JSC has a wide range of capabilities in audio system design, analysis, testing, and evaluation and is a recognized leader in the field of spacecraft acoustics.

• EMI/EMC - JSC houses essential facilities and expertise to facilitate EMI/EMC engineering development, simulation, evaluation, and certification testing for crew, flight, and ground support equipment.

• Lighting - JSC provides internal and external lighting requirements verification, lamp and system lighting design, modeling and precise test and measurement of lighting and camera systems, as well as the simulation of orbital lighting environments, ensuring safety and functionality of ISS, Commercial Crew/Cargo, and Orion.

• Microbiology - From technology development to integrated testing of human-system interfaces, human performance, system concepts, and mission operations, JSC provides unique microbiology expertise to ensure environmental standards and crew health and safety are achieved for human spaceflight.

• Orbital Debris - JSC experts ensure the safety and sustainability of activities in Earth’s orbit by characterizing the orbital debris environment, testing for impact effects, and developing shielding technology.

• Ovens & Freezers - JSC provides capabilities to handle unique needs for temperature extremes. The Cold Stowage team offers controlled environments to meet precise temperature requirements during ascent, on-orbit operations, and return of payloads and science experiments, enabling unique ISS science and research.

Additionally, JSC provides access to advanced thermal chambers, including autoclaves and ovens.

• Pressure - Typical uses of our vacuum chambers have included development, engineering evaluation, and qualification testing of spacecraft components, subassemblies, and vehicles; preflight thermal-vacuum conditioning of flight hardware; development and calibration of instruments for use in the large chambers or in-flight; spacecraft seal studies; photographic film emulsion studies; and optical surface contamination studies.

• Radiation - JSC’s physics, simulation and radiobiology tools allow experts to perform vehicle design and complex shielding assessments in different environments, develop shelter/shielding methods and optimization as well as predict and assess the biological effects of space radiation exposures.

• Thermal Vacuum - JSC thermal-vacuum test facilities provide thermal-vacuum chamber test operations for both crewed and uncrewed test environments. The facilities offer a wide range of performance capability, which can be matched to the individual test requirements of smaller test articles or large test article components and subsystems.

• Toxicology - JSC’s uniquely skilled team serves as the NASA-wide resource for space toxicology by assessing chemical toxicity to establish spacecraft maximum allowable concentrations (SMACs), spacecraft water exposure guidelines (SWEGs), assigning toxicity hazard levels to all compounds that could enter the habitable area of a spacecraft, performing offgas testing of flight hardware and whole modules, and monitoring and analyzing air quality in human space vehicles.

• Vibration & Shock - JSC’s Structures Test Facility can provide structural vibration and shock testing of spaceflight hardware to ensure structural integrity and functionality of spacecraft components to guarantee mission success.

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Systems Engineering & Integration

• Integrated Vehicle Performance - With expertise and capabilities in mission design, detailed end-to-end trajectory optimization, high performance computing and data analytics, mission management product analysis, metrics production, and mission trades, JSC is shaping the future of space exploration missions.

• Manufacturing, Assembly & Integration - JSC offers advanced facilities and expertise ready to support almost every aspect of spacecraft development. Staffed by expert technicians and engineers, our facilities include cutting-edge clean rooms, fully equipped high bays, onsite manufacturing, and spacecraft testing facilities that provide the ideal environment for spacecraft assembly and seamless integration.

• High-fidelity modeling, simulation, and mission design tools - JSC develops and maintains a suite of sophisticated software tools critical for mission assurance and rapid development.

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Mission Planning & Execution

• Spaceflight Operations - JSC serves as the central hub for NASA’s human spaceflight operations, encompassing astronaut training, mission control, International Space Station (ISS) operations, Commercial Crew and Cargo operations, operations considerations for spacecraft development, and ongoing support for new exploration space missions.

• Crew & Operations Training - JSC is the proud home of the nation’s elite astronaut corps and provides NASA’s human spaceflight training. Our state-of-the-art facilities and expert training staff are unrivaled in their ability to provide comprehensive training for astronauts and ground crews alike, ensuring the highest standards of safety and performance for every human spaceflight mission.

• Mission Planning & Design - JSC has several groups that provide capabilities and expertise in mission planning, spaceflight architectures and analysis.

• Analogs & Mockups - NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) offers a range of facilities to support mission development, crew training, equipment testing, and real-time mission troubleshooting.

• Program Management & Execution - JSC program leadership teams have enabled the successful execution of our Nation’s human spaceflight programs, including the Apollo Program, the Space Shuttle Program, and the International Space Station Program. Now we are embarking on a new era of exploration further into the solar system with the Orion Program, Gateway Program, Extravehicular Activity and Human Surface Mobility Program and roles in the Commercial Crew Program and Human Landing System Program.

• Safety & Decision Support - JSC experts develop and administer flight and ground safety programs, focusing on protecting personnel, equipment, spacecraft and missions. Experts in safety and mission assurance conduct mishap and close call investigations, employ risk management strategies, perform risk management, assess hazards and failure modes, and provide reliability and quality assurance processes and assessments. JSC can also provide NASA Standards Workmanship Training. 9 27 ab:ilities an as the centra hub fo tion (ISS o https://www.nasa.gov/johnson/frontdoor/capabilities/mission-planning-execution/ https://www.nasa.gov/reference/jsc-operations/ https://www.nasa.gov/reference/jsc-crew-operations-training/ https://www.nasa.gov/reference/jsc-planning-architecture-analysis/ https://www.nasa.gov/reference/analogs-mockups/ https://www.nasa.gov/reference/jsc-program-management-execution/ https://www.nasa.gov/reference/jsc-safety-decision-support/

JSC/WSTF Capabilities and Services National Aeronautics and

Full list of JSC/WSTF Capabilities and Services are organized in a tiered structure of 6 Themes > 55 Domains > 406 Capability Sets

Details of the 406 Capability Sets are found at the JSC Front Door - Capabilities & Services website:

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JSC/WSTF Capabilities and Services 6 Themes and 55 Domains

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Mission Planning & Execution Spaceflight Operations Aircraft Operations Crew & Operations Training Planning, Architecture & Analysis Analogs & Mockups Program Management & Execution Safety & Decision Support

Spacecraft Subsystems Communication Entry, Descent, & Landing Subsystems Flight Computing & Avionics Guidance, Navigation, & Control Materials & Structures Mechanical & Pyrotechnic

Power Propulsion Rendezvous, Prox Ops, & Docking Software & Autonomy Thermal Management Thermal Protection

− Life Support Subsystems − Crew Interfaces − Food & Nutrition − Exercise Countermeasures − Medical & Pharmacology − Behavioral Health & Performance

Spaceflight Environments & Testing

Human Subsystems Exploration Research & Science − Human Research Labs − Human Factors & Performance Astromaterials Curation & Research Imagery Acquisition & Analysis

Space Systems, Systems Engineering & Integration

− Acoustics − Crew Spacecraft − Aerosciences − EVA Systems

Dust − Landers EMI/EMC − In-Situ Resource Utilization Lighting − Orbital Space Stations Microbiology − Rapid Flight Demonstration Orbital Debris Robotics Ovens & Freezers − Rovers Pressure − Surface Habitats Radiation Surface Infrastructure Thermal Vacuum − Integrated Vehicle Performance Toxicology Vibration & Shock

Manufacturing, Assembly & Integration Simulation & Modeling

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Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS) Overview

Marshall Space Flight Center is pioneering ECLSS for a new era in human exploration with expertise in all aspects of air, water, and waste management systems, supported and enhanced by ECLSS flight hardware development, manufacturing, and testing expertise.

Potential areas MSFC can provide the most value for CLDP include:

• ECLSS Integration MSFC has unique experience and capabilities to help identify problems and implement solutions early on in development Conceptual design, manufacturing and testing at component, subsystem and ECLSS system

• Flight Hardware Design, Manufacturing, Assembly, Qualification, and Testing In-House MSFC Flight Hardware design, manufacturing, assembly, qualification and testing – see examples on right Integrated ground testing of ECLSS subsystems can identify integration and performance issues on the ground to ensure a robust flight system

• Development of an ECLSS architecture that can evolve into loop closure Loop closure supports long duration exploration missions

• Development of Low Technology Readiness Level (TRL) ECLSS Hardware Conceptual design, manufacturing and testing at component, subsystem and integrated ECLSS levels

• Subject Matter Expertise to help all ECLSS development areas

ECLSS @ MSFC

1. ISS Urine Processor Assembly (UPA):

Designed, built and delivered ISS UPA. Continuing sustaining engineering for UPA including on-orbit troubleshooting, spares production and failure investigation.

2. ISS Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Removal (4BCO2) System:

Designed, built and delivered ISS 4BCO2 removal system as a demonstration for exploration ECLSS. Continuing sustaining engineering for 4BCO2 including on-orbit troubleshooting, spares production and failure investigation.

3. ECLSS test capability including reduced atmospheric pressure and elevated Oxygen concentration:

• Capability to test ECLSS subsystems and components as well as integrated testing with other ECLSS subsystems and components for integration issues

4. Long history of developing low Technology Readiness Level ECLSS systems into higher TRL and flight systems

5. Miscellaneous ECLSS Hardware developed and in development for ISS/Gateway:

• Alternate H2 Sensor for Oxygen Generator

• Alternate conductivity sensor for Universal Waste Management

System (UWMS) aka toilet

• Urine Transfer Pump for Gateway

• Potable Water Dispenser for Gateway

• Pre-treatment Pump development for Universal Waste

Management System (UWMS) aka toilet

ECLSS Development, Qualification and Certification Testing

• MSFC Onsite Environmental Testing (e.g., Vibration, Leak, Thermal Cycle, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)/ Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), etc.)

• MSFC Unique Chamber Test Facility for testing components, subsystems and systems with variable atmospheric pressure capability (8.2-14.7 psia)

Variable Atmosphere Test Facility for ECLSS

Urine Processor Assembly (UPA)/Distillation Assembly (DA)

UPA DA Compressor

Four Bed Carbon Dioxide Removal Assembly (4BCO2)

Biofilms Testbed International Space Station ECLSS Racks

ECLSS Facility Capabilities

MSFC operates state-of-the-art facilities for the design, development, integration, and testing of human-rated ECLSS hardware within our ECLSS High Bay. The ECLSS facilities can be utilized for collaborative ECLSS ground test hardware or insight/oversight for the development and testing for commercial destination ECLSS systems.

ECLSS Facility Capabilities

• 24,000 ft2 High Bay (120 ft x 200 ft), controlled environment

• Two 90-ton cranes with two 45-ton hooks each.

• High Purity Air (up to 150 psig), gaseous Nitrogen, and ultra-pure (18M-ohm) water

• 120V, 208V 3F, 480V 3F power sources

• Electrostatic Discharge Workbenches

• Environmental chambers for integrated ECLSS testing

• On site machine shop for rapid prototyping new concepts

• Chemistry Laboratory

• Machine Shop

Payload/Instrument Development, Integration, and Test

The Marshall Space Flight Center maintains expertise in the Development, Integration, and Test of instruments, racks, payloads, and subsystems, including the development of science instruments. The MSFC team offers subject matter experts for integration, testing, engineering development and on-orbit operations of payloads, satellites, landers, and ISS facilities (gloveboxes, furnaces, and multi-payload locker racks).

• Design, planning, and implementation of ground test programs for qualification and certification of flight projects

• Proof and leak testing of flight and ground hardware and test systems

• Launch site and post-launch integration/de-integration and testing

Space Systems Integration and Test Facility (SSITF)

• 10,000-square-foot temperature and humidity controlled high bay

• 20-ton overhead crane

• Forklifts, hydraulic lift carts, and work platforms

• Gas distribution panels

• 110 V and 208 V 3F power, including a 100 kVA 80 kW un-interruptible power supply

• Facility grounding system; ESD workbenches

• Payload Rack Checkout Unit (PRCU)

• Machine Shop

Mechanical Components Test Facility (MCTF)

• High-pressure test cell capable of supporting up to 5,000 psig

• 0.5-ton crane

• Wide range of pressure and flow instrumentation

• Leak-detection equipment to perform vacuum and pressure decay leak tests and fluid flow testingMCTF Vacuum Chamber and Mass

Spectrometer

Life Sciences Glovebox ExPRESS Microgravity Sciences Glovebox

Avionics: Electromagnetic Environmental Effects and Radio Frequency Capabilities

The MSFC Electromagnetic Environmental Effects (E3) team provides expertise in electromagnetic capability, lightning protection, electrical grounding, and electrical bonding. In addition to expertise, the E3 team also has facilities for testing to E3 requirements including capabilities to test for Lightning Indirect Effects, Electromagnetic Interference, Electrostatic Discharge (ESD), and Power Quality that could support commercial destinations. MSFC EMI/EMC Test Facility (METF)

METF Facility Characteristics

• 2 welded steel anechoic enclosures

• 28’L x 20’W x 12’H

• 28’L x…