The 4-bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber, new Environmental Control and Life Support Systems technology developed, built, tested, and integrated at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to be launched to the International Space Station, is readied for shipment to NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia. The hardware will fly to space Aug. 1 via the Cygnus NG-16 commercial spacecraft, and will be tested aboard the space station for one year.

The flight demonstration unit of the next-generation 4-bed CO2 Scrubber (4BCO2) is targeted for launch aboard NG16 NET August 1, 2021. Once aboard the space station, this u nit will be mounted in a basic express rack. This four-bed technology is a mainstay for metabolic CO2 removal and crew life support. The new 4-Bed Carbon Dioxide Scrubber, developed, built, and tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is checked out by Kathi Lange, a Bastion Technologies contractor supporting the quality assurance group in Marshall’s Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, prior to its shipment to NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia.

iss059e035608 (4/25/2019) --- Photo documentation of the Thermal Amine scrubber system installation in Destiny module onboard the International Space Station (ISS). The Thermal Amine System tests a method to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from air aboard the ISS, using actively heated and cooled amine beds.

iss059e035660 (4/25/2019) --- NASA astronaut Anne McClain is photographed in the Destiny module onboard the International Space Station (ISS) during the installation of the Thermal Amine Scrubber. The Thermal Amine Scrubber tests a method to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from air aboard the International Space Station, using actively heated and cooled amine beds.