Advanced garment washing system onboard the manned space module

The paper considers the issues of using equipment for sanitary and hygiene processing (washing) of astronauts’ personal hygiene items and garment as part of the crew life support systems complex of the manned space module. An advanced technology to develop a sanitary and hygiene processing system for astronauts’ personal hygiene items and garment is proposed, options of its design concepts to be implemented in the manned space module are addressed, advantages and disadvantages of each proposed concept are identified. The proposed technology of sanitary and hygiene processing of astronauts’ personal hygiene items and garment onboard the manned space module will make it possible to significantly reduce the mass and volume of delivered cargo. The use of equipment for sanitary and hygiene processing (washing) of astronauts’ personal hygiene items and garment within the life support systems complex will increase the degree of the complex enclosure.