This session presents thermal design, testing, and on-orbit performance of near-earth and interplanetary uncrewed/robotic spacecraft, instruments, and payloads, and the application of key new technologies.

This session focuses on active and passive thermal control for planetary and small body surface missions and instruments utilizing vehicles such as rovers, landers, probes, and rendezvous systems. Also covered is the characterization and modeling of the environment in support of such missions.

This session covers thermal control (passive and active) and thermal protection topics for commercial and exploration spacecraft for crew and cargo. Spacecraft may include crew and cargo transport vehicles, habitats, landers, and rovers. Destinations may include suborbital, cislunar space, the Moon, asteroids, and Mars. Programs may include international and U.S. programs such as Commercial Crew and Cargo, Orion, Gateway, Artemis, Human Landing System, and Commercial LEO Destinations, as well as private spaceflight. Topics may include natural and induced environments, dust mitigation, thermal control requirements, design, analysis, verification, testing, operation, and performance.

This session addresses novel or advanced technologies and development activities pertaining to heat acquisition, transport, rejection, and storage, as well as cryogenic cooling and thermal insulation and protection systems not specific to any existing or future scientific instruments, spacecraft, or planetary systems.

Satellites that are smaller than smallsats run into issues with limited radiative surface area and increased power density that make their thermal environment in some ways more challenging than larger satellites. This session presents and discusses the unique thermal concerns pertaining to very small satellites (nanosatellites, cubesats, microsats, etc.). Potential topics include the thermal design, analysis, testing, and on-orbit performance of very small satellites, and the application of relevant key new technologies.

This session covers cryogenic thermal control as applied in instruments, focal plane assemblies, detectors, and optical systems. This includes relevant passive and active cooling technologies, as well as cryogenic testing facilities, test processes, and lessons learned.

This session presents the latest developments and innovations of two-phase heat transport systems, modeling techniques, and on-orbit performances for space applications. It covers all variants of heat pipe technologies, capillary and mechanically pumped loops, and loop heat pipes.

This session covers the development and design of thermal control systems for satellites, payloads, and instruments.

The thermal testing session focuses on all aspects of thermal tests, test methods, test correlation, and test facilities. Tests for all kinds of spacecraft, instruments, equipment, and materials are of interest. Special attention is given to sharing lessons learned from thermal test and test analysis and correlation activities, and also to innovative test methods, set-ups, and approaches to testing and verification of the hardware and of the analysis.

This session focuses on the design, development and operations of ground-based facilities, flight hardware and experiments associated with integrated systems which incorporate biological, physical, and chemical processors for the production, management and regeneration of Life Support resources.

This session includes papers describing approaches to monitoring water and air in enclosed habitats, thermal control of habitats, chemical sensors and sensing devices for detection of chemical constituents in water and air, and systems and system concepts for environmental monitoring and control.

This session addresses thermal control on board the current Space Station and future long term, crewed (or crew-tended) orbiting habitats, platforms, or laboratories including their payloads and on-board experimental test prototypes. Topics range from system and component issues with the Space Station, Orbiting Infrastructures and Habitats thermal control systems to thermal aspects of payloads and experiments that utilize the Space Station or other Orbiting Infrastructures and Habitats as a science platform or as a test bed for future exploration applications including advanced thermal control solutions/techniques.

This session addresses thermal and environmental control engineering analysis and software. This may include novel user experiences with existing tools, new tool and utility developments, improvements in existing commercial tools, cross-discipline tool integration and data exchanges, as well as any other software or analysis related topics.

This session reports on applications and advances in modeling physiochemical and biochemical life support processes and tests, as well as in numerical modeling of fluid flow phenomena, cabin ventilation, and composition distributions in closed space habitats, such as the International Space Station, exploration spacecraft, the deep space and lunar and Mars habitats, and commercial crew spacecrafts.

This session reports on advanced life support system control topics, such as controller technology; control theory and application; autonomous control; integrated system control; control software; and modeling, simulation, and emulation for control development.

This session addresses research, development, and enhancement of physico-chemical technologies and systems associated with Air Revitalization Systems (ARS). Integration of these systems in closed loop life support applications such as space vehicles and habitats, recent findings and performance of on-orbit systems, cross-cutting applications of ARS technologies, and approaches to reducing mission costs and improving overall mission logistics associated with ARS technologies are also presented.

This session addresses research, development, and improvement of physico-chemical technologies and systems associated with Water Recovery & Management (WRM) Systems to include water quality management. Integration of these systems in closed-loop life support applications such as in-transit space vehicles and planetary missions on the Lunar or Mars surface are discussed. Advanced technologies (e.g. regenerative systems and fluid mechanics) that aim to reduce mission costs and improve overall mission logistics associated with water recovery system technologies are also presented.

This session addresses research, development, and enhancement of physico-chemical technologies and systems associated with Solid Waste Management Systems (SW). Integration of these systems in closed loop life support applications such as space vehicles and habitats, recent findings and performance of on orbit systems, cross cutting applications of SWM technologies is discussed. In addition, approaches to reducing mission costs and improving overall mission logistics associated with SWM technologies are also presented.

This session seeks papers that describe the design, operation, and performance of reliable and cost-efficient environmental control systems and subsystems for crew and cargo transport, space stations, deep space habitats, other space vehicles, and exploration spacecraft.

This session features papers that link human activities in space with human activities on earth. It includes innovative collaborations and networks among industry, academia, government, and the public to address global and local challenges on Earth and beyond. We invite papers in which educators and students, contractors, researchers, and other innovators present new approaches for linking students, vendors, and the general public to STEAM topics (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) and the human exploration of space.

This session seeks papers that address analyses, research, development, modeling and operation of In Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) technologies and systems that relate to similar Environmental Control and Life Support capabilities and needs for mission sustainability. Examples include water, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and trash/waste collection and processing for mission consumables, resources management, production of propellants, plastics, and chemicals, as well as product contaminant removal and quality assurance for crew consumption.

This session covers topics related to space suit pressure garments. It includes advanced development work for the spectrum of missions including micro-gravity EVA operations in low-Earth orbit, cis-lunar space, and deep space Mars transit; long-duration surface campaigns; and launch/entry/abort pressure garments for multiple vehicles, as well as sustaining engineering and lessons learned on the ISS Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space suit assembly (SSA).

This session includes topics describing aspects of EVA systems, technologies, and studies that envision the space suit as a system. Concepts and testing of advanced space suit systems are also included.

This session covers topics describing design studies and new technology development or significant experience and lessons learned with existing systems in the area of portable life support systems and associated support hardware. Also, this session will deal with emerging technology and concepts for use in and from Orion or other exploration platforms.

This session addresses extravehicular activity (EVA) and surface mobility operational activities and simulations along with dynamic flight suited phases on International Space Station (ISS), analog or field studies, and future human missions. This may also include, but is not limited to, lessons learned during operations iS preparation, such as logistics, maintenance, training, and flight controlling.

This session addresses ECLS System issues and lessons learned from the International Space Station.

This session addresses the research, design, development and testing of human and non-human agent integration for space exploration applications. Specific topics could include wearable robotics, artificial intelligence agents, human-robotic teaming, and human-automation interaction and task allocation. Topics ranging from modeling approaches to experimental investigations to operational results are of interest. Relevant application domains include simulations, laboratory and analog field testing, and spaceflight experience.

This session focuses on recent results from flight and ground-based chemical analyses of spacecraft water and air samples along with recent developments in spacecraft water and air quality monitoring technology.

This session covers topics related to emerging, low technology readiness space suit pressure garments and related technologies. It includes investigative work to evaluate conceptual or technological feasibility of future space suit designs, systems, platforms and mission scenarios/operations.

This session emphasizes research technologies to support space biology, habitation, and life support system design. Life sciences related hardware developments, experiment designs, flight experiment results for crewed spaceflight, uncrewed systems such as free flying platforms and planetary spacecraft, and terrestrial analogs are of interest. Other specific topics of interest include the integration of defined cultures of algae and other micro-organisms -production, processing, refining, utilization and disposition of algal and microbial biomass including GMOs; novel algal and microbial products and applications; and engineering and control of bioprocess systems for space flight and long term planetary systems.

This session addresses all aspects of the systems engineering, analysis, and development of space life support. It includes identification of alternatives, modeling and simulation, trade studies, and optimization the mission scenario, management approach, systems architecture, technology selection, detailed design, integration, testing, and operations. The overall objective of systems engineering and analysis is to guide the creation of effective systems that meet the performance, risk, cost, and schedule objectives.

This session focuses on the application of architectural principles to the design of facilities beyond Earth (orbital, lunar, planetary, deep space and interplanetary), to provide supportive and comfortable living and working environments, mission risk management, and enjoyment of life, in full recognition of the technical challenges presented by the environment. Relevant topics include: Configurations and structures; Construction and robotics; Habitability design, including food and clothing; Human factors integration; Gravity regimes; Integration of life support systems within space habitats; Analogues, mockups, simulators, and field trials; Terrestrial applications to extreme environments and groundbased facilities; Education for space architects; Space Architecture as a discipline; Sustainability from space to Earth.

This session addresses major issues in space radiation and analysis, tools, and research that are being developed and applied to support the space exploration initiative to insure astronaut and avionics radiation protection and safety.

This session enables experts who manage sealed or semi-sealed environments such as submarine, spacecraft, and airliner air quality and mining sectors, to share new research findings on the control and management techniques of air pollutants. This session is open to papers on air quality standards, hazards associated with specific compounds, and monitoring / management of those compounds to protect the health of crew and passengers.

There are many potential destinations for human exploration beyond Low Earth Orbit (LEO), each with specific mission requirements, capability needs, and other attributes that may be common or unique. This session addresses mission designs, technology needs, vehicle systems and analyses for sending humans to destinations beyond LE0 and into deep space. Discussions involving Gateway, cislunar space and lunar missions are of great interest, but other missions including Mars transit and Martian surface are also relevant. Potential subjects include mission requirements, concepts, integrated ground testing including humans-in-the-loop, test beds and analogs, technology development needs, technology requirements, challenges, gaps and candidate system designs. Special attention will be given to Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSS), habitability, mission architecture, concepts of operation, trade studies, unique environmental considerations and planetary protection.

This session covers all aspects of fire safety in closed environments including prevention, ignition, detection, flame spread, and suppression. Relevant subjects include material control for fire prevention; fire suppression; fire detection; fire signatures and toxicity; post-fire cleanup; risk assessment; material selection; fire related combustion research; lessons learned and design status of current systems; and life support and control system designs to enable fire detection and suppression. Applicable environments include EVA suits; past, present, and future space transportation vehicles; different gravitational levels; extra-terrestrial habitats; aircraft; ships; and submarines. The research and development studies can be either theoretical, experimental or numerical. Standardization work and case studies are also welcomed.

This session focuses on environmental dust encountered on space missions from any source, both inside and outside vehicles and habitats and including dust from planetary and asteroid sources as well as dust generated by humans and their activities. Papers are solicited in the following areas: environmental impacts of dust (internal and external to vehicles), air quality considerations in habitable spaces, dust (planetary and internally-generated) characterization studies and experiments, active and passive mitigation strategies, control technologies (filtration and other cleaning techniques), the effects of dust on susceptible hardware (suits, tools and equipment), and engineering techniques to enhance dust-tolerance. Models and simulations covering the fate and transport of dust are also of interest, including CFD with discrete-phase dust in pressurized volumes and DEM for vacuum environments.

This session covers the design, testing and analysis for system reliability and maintainability. Relevant subjects include risk assessment, verification and validation, accelerated life testing and aging, environmental screening, acceptance testing, and qualification testing. Special attention is given to failure modes and mechanisms associated with electronic devices, mechanical assemblies, chemical processing, and life sciences; and the corresponding impacts on system level performa

This session covers the practical application of computational modeling (deterministic and probabilistic) and other methods for the analysis of human health and performance risks, and countermeasure development. Discussion areas include the physiological, biomechanical, and behavioral responses to reduced gravity, radiation, spacecraft environment, planetary environment, extravehicular activity, crew dynamics, ergonomics, work-load, and countermeasure prescriptions (exercise and non-exercise).