Spinoff story

Air Systems Provide Life Support to Miners

A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.

About this technology

Overview

Through a Space Act Agreement with Johnson Space Center, Paragon Space Development Corporation, of Tucson, Arizona, developed the Commercial Crew Transport-Air Revitalization System, designed to provide clean air for crewmembers on short-duration space flights. The technology is now being used to help save minersՠlives in the event of an underground disaster.