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Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 Bioregenerative Life Support in the German Space Life Sciences Program Dr. Markus Braun Head, Space Life Sciences, DLR Space Administration, Bonn, Germany ISLSWG Workshop “Bioregenerative Life Support“ Turin, May 18-19, 2015 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 German Aerospace Center (DLR) Aeronautics Space Transport Energy German Aerospace Research Center e.g. Institute of Aerospace Medicine (Cologne) DLR German Space Administration acting as Space Agency on behalf of the German Government with funding from the Ministry of Economics (BMWi) Definition of the Space Program Implementation of the Space Program Intern. Representation and Coordination www.DLR.de • Chart 2 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 German Space Activities Rosetta Columbus / ATV SARLupe / SatcomBW Philae Lander Ariane 5 Upper stage / Booster Mars Express / HRSC Camera TerraSAR-X and Tandem-X www.DLR.de • Chart 3 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 German Space Program Space for the benefit of Society Applications Science Exploring Institutional Costumer / Commercial Market Basic- / Applied Research New Worlds Satellite Communication Navigation EarthObservation Microgravity Research Extraterrestrial Science Exploration Exploration robotic manned ISS Space Technology Launcher Test and Operation Center Industrial and Scientific Capacities www.DLR.de • Chart 4 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 DLR / Microgravity Research & Space Life Sciences 1. Research-Funding Management Scientific Projects (Univ., etc.) Biology, Medicine, Physics & Material Sciences 2. Project Management Developing Experiment Hardware Providing Flight Opportunities 9 Sek 6-12 min 1-2 month 3D-ETD 22 sec (90x) PK3-Plus on ISS permanent Weeks 3. Intern. Representation and Coordination ESA-Boards; ISLSWG, etc. Bilateral Working Groups (Russia, China, CNES, NASA etc.) www.DLR.de • Chart 5 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 from genes Space Life Sciences Priorities to humans Exploring Nature: Gravitational, Radiation and Astro-Biology Improving Health: Integrative Physiology, Diagnosis & Therapy, Telemedicine Enabling Exploration: Biological Life Support Systems, Health and Performance of Astronauts www.DLR.de • Chart 6 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 Microgravity Research and Life Sciences Experiments 1972-2014 Parabolic Flights Drop tower/ Balloons Manned Orbital Missions Orbital Payloads Sounding Rockets TEXUS, MAXUS etc. unmanned total: ~1600 experiments www.DLR.de • Chart 7 www.DLR.de • Chart 7 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 Alexander Gerst Launch to ISS: May 28, 2014 about 100 Experiments in 166 Tagen on ISS Return: Nov 10, 2014 Alexander Gerst BLOGhttp://blogs.esa.int/alexander-gerst/de/ www.DLR.de • Chart 8 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 German ISS Experiments in Life Sciences during „Blue Dot“ Muscle and Bone Metabolism AgXX Radiation and Astrobiology antimicrobial surfaces DOSIS 3D -PK3-plus Cartilage -3D-ETD Cartilage Expose R-2 with BIOMEX and BOSS Circadian Rhythm Skin-B Cardiovascular Physiology and Thermoregulation TripleLux-A&B in BIOLAB www.DLR.de • Chart 9 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 German Experiments on ISS 55 completed / 16 ongoing experiments (Status 3/2015) Solar Research Robotics Technology Telecommunication Plasma Research Fluid Physics Materials Research Gravitational Biology Radiation/Astro-Biology Human Physiology, Biotechnology/ Medicine Protein Crystallization www.DLR.de • Chart 10 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 DLR Hardware for ISS Cardiolab SKIN-B ImmunoLab (Immunstatus of astronauts) Thermolab FLUMIAS (Live-cell imaging) Photobioreactor (bioregen. Life Support) www.DLR.de • Chart 11 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 German Expertise in Bioregenerative Life Support Systems with Aquatic Organisms The C.E.B.A.S / Aquahab Project (1986-2003) 3 shuttle flights of the CEBAS Minimodule: STS-89, STS-90 (1998); STS-107 (2003) biol. objects: Water plants, fish, snails Research on fish (Xiphophorus): - morphology - physiology development The Aquacells/Omegahab Project (1998-2013) 4 flights on russ. satellites M1, M2, M3, BION M1 Research: - fish (morph. inner ear, behavior) - microalga Euglena (gravitaxis) - closed loop gas cycle (O2/CO O2 2) CO2 www.DLR.de • Chart 12 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 OMEGAHAB on BION-M1 launched April 2013 www.DLR.de • Chart 13 -13 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 The ModuLES Concept www.DLR.de • Chart 14 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 Bioregenerative Life Support Systems with Aquatic Organisms ModuLES project Module-based Life-Support Systems for research on gravitational biology, systems biology, ecophysiology and bioregenerative life support The first module selected: Microalgae-based Photo-Bioreactor (Chlamydomonas) 3 science teams & industrial team (OHB-Bremen) Phase B (2012-2014): Parabolic flight model (Sept 2013) Phase C/D (2014- ): Satellite model (FOTON/BION-M) www.DLR.de • Chart 15 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 Microalga-based Photo-Bioreactor (ModuLES-PBR) Microalga: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Science objectives: - reliable chemostatic system - efficient (O2, biomass) - simple (technology) Photo-Bioreactor design ModuLES-PBR Model for Parabolic Flights (OHB, Bremen) 1. PF: Sept. 2013, 2. PF: Febr. 2014 Photo-BioReactor (PBR) unit ModuLES-PBR Parabolic flight rack www.DLR.de • Chart 16 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 www.DLR.de • Chart 17 Microalga-based Photo-Bioreactor (ModuLES-PBR) Testing the ModuLES Photo-Bioreator in parabolic flights Sept. 2013 + Febr. 2014 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 Challenges: Future Bioregenerative Life Support- and Energy-Systems Efficient O2/H2-Production, Hybrid-systems, Energy production etc.… Stability, reliability and effectivity by redundancy, complementary sytems supported by physico-chemical systems, etc… Spin-Offs for terrestrial Application (Sustainability, resource saving, energy-storage...) … ModuLES objectives: Science approach (physiology, Input/Output def.) Exploit / combine existing expertise Utilize synergy effects (systems combin., hybrid-systems) Systems biology approach effective Sample Sharing and Cooperations (networking, ) www.DLR.de • Chart 18 Braun / ISLSWG Workshop Bioregenerative Life Support, Turin, May 18-19, 2015 Bioregenerative Life Support Research in the German Life Sciences Program - Summary and Outlook Good expertise with Aquatic Systems (science and industry) built up over the last decades ModuLES: Science-based modular concept for smallscale Bioregenerative Life Support Research :envihab facility at DLR Cologne to play a significant role for ground-based simulation studies and demonstrators Despite big interest in BLS, only a few research teams in Germany – cooperations welcome ! www.DLR.de • Chart 19