TY - GEN
T1 - CubeSat Terrariums to Evaluate Biological Systems in Deep Space
AU - Pedersen, Claire L.
AU - Antonic, Aleksandar
AU - Alqaraghuli, Farah M.
AU - Mayes, Riley E.
AU - Xu, Yinan
AU - Rose, Sam
AU - Thangavelautham, Jekan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 by Claire Pedersen. Published by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., with permission.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Terrariums are isolated, self-contained ecosystems that sustain plant and animal life in a closed environment. They hold promise as a potential method for supporting life in space and could be crucial for long-term space missions and the colonization of other planets. This paper aims to explore micro-ecosystems residing in an in-orbit CubeSat Terrarium. The goal of this paper is to design a system that will be used to test an organism’s ability to survive and grow in different orbits under typical space conditions. The organisms being considered for this experiment are simple organisms commonly used in hobbyist terrariums. These will be placed under assumed ideal conditions. With this, a comparative trade study is being performed on three CubeSat designs each with the same organic materials. We start with a 3U CubeSat with a 2U terrarium intended to operate in Low Earth Orbit, followed by evaluating a 6U CubeSat operating in deep space (Martian Orbit), and finally a 12U CubeSat on a hyperbolic trajectory towards Alpha Centauri.
AB - Terrariums are isolated, self-contained ecosystems that sustain plant and animal life in a closed environment. They hold promise as a potential method for supporting life in space and could be crucial for long-term space missions and the colonization of other planets. This paper aims to explore micro-ecosystems residing in an in-orbit CubeSat Terrarium. The goal of this paper is to design a system that will be used to test an organism’s ability to survive and grow in different orbits under typical space conditions. The organisms being considered for this experiment are simple organisms commonly used in hobbyist terrariums. These will be placed under assumed ideal conditions. With this, a comparative trade study is being performed on three CubeSat designs each with the same organic materials. We start with a 3U CubeSat with a 2U terrarium intended to operate in Low Earth Orbit, followed by evaluating a 6U CubeSat operating in deep space (Martian Orbit), and finally a 12U CubeSat on a hyperbolic trajectory towards Alpha Centauri.
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U2 - 10.2514/6.2024-1552
DO - 10.2514/6.2024-1552
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85194164893
SN - 9781624107115
T3 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
BT - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
PB - American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc, AIAA
T2 - AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, 2024
Y2 - 8 January 2024 through 12 January 2024
ER -