Air quality monitoring on the International Space Station

Chemical contamination of air in space cabins occurs mainly due to permanent offgassing of equipment and materials, and leaks. Methods and means of qualitative and quantitative air monitoring on the ISS are powerful enough as for routine so emergency (e.g. local fire, toxic leak) air control. The IS...

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Published inAviakosmicheskaia i Äkologicheskaia meditsina Vol. 40; no. 2; p. 46
Main Authors Pakhomova, A A, Mukhamedieva, L N, Mikos, K N
Format Journal Article
LanguageRussian
Published Russia (Federation) 01.03.2006
Subjects
Air Pollution, Indoor - analysis
Environment, Controlled
Environmental Monitoring - methods
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Gases - analysis
Humans
International Cooperation
Space Flight
Spacecraft
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Summary:Chemical contamination of air in space cabins occurs mainly due to permanent offgassing of equipment and materials, and leaks. Methods and means of qualitative and quantitative air monitoring on the ISS are powerful enough as for routine so emergency (e.g. local fire, toxic leak) air control. The ISS air quality has suited to the adopted standards and crew safety requirements. Yet, there is a broad field of action toward improvement of the space cabin air monitoring.
ISSN:0233-528X