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  • Title: Controlled Ecological Life Support Systems (CELSS) flight experimentation.
    Author: Kliss M, MacElroy R, Borchers B, Farrance M, Nelson T, Blackwell C, Yendler B, Tremor J.
    Journal: Adv Space Res; 1994 Nov; 14(11):61-9. PubMed ID: 11540219.
    Abstract:
    The NASA CELSS program has the goal of developing life support systems for humans in space based on the use of higher plants. The program has supported research at universities with a primary focus of increasing the productivity of candidate crop plants. To understand the effects of the space environment on plant productivity, the CELSS Test Facility (CTF) has been been conceived as an instrument that will permit the evaluation of plant productivity on Space Station Freedom. The CTF will maintain specific environmental conditions and collect data on gas exchange rates and biomass accumulation over the growth period of several crop plants grown sequentially from seed to harvest. The science requirements of the CTF will be described, as will current design concepts and specific technology requirements for operation in micro-gravity.
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