Life-support technology · Environmental Control & Life Support
Atmosphere Monitoring
Sensors continuously track the cabin's oxygen, carbon dioxide, pressure, and trace contaminants, so that the life-support system can respond and the crew is warned of any hazardous change in their air.
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- Member of groupEnvironmental Control & Life Support
- Part ofEnvironmental Control and Life Support System
- Associated withInternational Space Station
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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