SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase I: Ensuring a safe air environment in manned spacecraft is critical to the success of all mis

SOUTHWEST SCIENCES INC — SBIR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Amount
$125,000
Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Program / Phase
SBIR · Phase I
NAICS
Place of performance
NM
Period
2013-05-23 → 2013-11-23

Description

Ensuring a safe air environment in manned spacecraft is critical to the success of all missions. Exposure to hazardous chemical species threatens the well-being of the crew and prevents them from fulfilling their tasks. While a wide variety of sensors currently are available to monitor such chemicals on the ISS, some of these sensors are inadequate. In particular for one important species, formaldehyde, Southwest Sciences proposes to develop a sensor that can provide continuous, real-time monitoring of this gas, so as to assure that the crew is better protected.