WASHINGTON — Every manned space mission comes with an absolute necessity: an ample supply of breathable air. To make sure that air is clean, whether for a mission to the space station or a future expedition to another planet, a team of NASA researchers and Spacehab engineers is developing miniaturized detectors which they hope will lead to a compact, real-time air-monitoring system for future spacecraft.
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