TUCSON, Arizona, May 27, 2022 / PRNewswire / – Paragon Space Development Corporation (Paragon) is pleased to announce that its Humidity Control Subset (HCS) has been successfully tested and operated on the flight test orbital Boeing CST-100 Starliner. 2 before his successful landing on Wednesday 25 May. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner successfully docked on the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time on May 20, 2022 after taking off on May 19 in Florida. The HCS platform was developed by Paragon under a fixed-price development and production contract with Boeing and is based on Paragon’s patented technology, as well as decades of experience and proven knowledge focused on the development of life support systems for in extreme environments.
“It is truly a success to have HCS on board this historic mission: the first truly new humidity control technology developed in 60 years of human spaceflight. It is a testament to the excellent work and dedication of the our team at Paragon, and that of our Boeing partners, “said Grant Anderson, president and CEO of Paragon. “Our team is excited that the HCS system has made its first flight to the ISS and will support the transportation of humans back and forth over the next few years.”
HCS will provide essential vital support functionality for next-generation human spaceflight operations and is Paragon’s latest spaceflight technology applied to the ever-expanding human spaceflight market. Paragon’s HCS technology is being integrated into the Northrop Grumman HALO module and will provide vital contingency support capability during manned Artemis missions to and around the Moon.
“As humanity accelerates into space, with new missions ahead and new technological, exploratory and scientific goals to achieve, it will be systems like HCS that will do everything possible. No vital support and controls environmental, you don’t have human spaceflight … it’s really that simple, “said Barry Finger, Paragon’s vice president of engineering, adding that: the members of this fantastic team, we all made the difficult come true, and that is what we at Paragon see as our strength. “
For more than 29 years, Paragon has been at the forefront of systems designed for extreme environments at sea, land, air and space. Paragon has a successful history of providing design, analysis and / or hardware to all registered human space programs since 1999. Paragon has increased its design, analysis, manufacturing and operations capabilities to support civilian and commercial space more current and more advanced. programs. For more information and other news, visit www.paragonsdc.com.
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