Evaluation of ANITA Air Monitoring on the International Space Station

Contributions of the International Space Station towards future exploration missions

“…ANITA was a detector that could detect up to 32 different chemical compounds in the cabin air. During its operation aboard the station in 2007 and 2008, the device, which was mainly developed by the Germany based company Kayser-Threde GmbH, helped to bridge critical but typical intervals of no atmospheric control by the U.S. gas chromatograph assembly [5].…”

Air quality monitoring for the International Space Station applicable to aircraft cabins and cockpits

“…After installation on the ISS, ANITA mostly operated fully autonomously, taking air samples locally and making automatic air analyses every 6 minutes [4,5]. In addition, whenever desired, remote air samples could be taken by a hand pump in a sample bag (Fig.…”

Trace Chemical and Major Constituents Measurements of the International Space Station Atmosphere by the Vehicle Cabin Atmosphere Monitor

“…In support of this goal, NASA has supported long term research and development into the analytical devices necessary to perform these measurements. On the International Space Station (ISS) there are have been many types of sensors for the detection and identification of atmospheric constituents, such as a magnetic sector mass spectrometer in the Major Constituents Analyzer 1 (MCA), a quadrupole MS for medical monitoring (breath analysis) 2 , a gas chromatograph differential ion-mobility spectrometer (GC/IMS and GC/DMS) [3][4][5] for trace volatile organic compounds (VOCs), a Fourier transform infrared spectrometer 6 , a variety of solid-state detectors for CO and combustion products 7 , and Draeger tubes for hydrazine detection in airlocks. The terrestrial methodology typically employs a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer (GC/MSs).…”