Images NASA astronaut Don Pettit, Expedition Six NASA ISS science officer, holds a Grab Sample Container (GSC) in the International Space Station's Zarya module. The sample container is used for collecting air samples as part of ISS environmental monitoring. Credit: NASA/JSC. Click to enlarge. A Martian base as it might appear some day. Isolated in a confined environment, astronauts will require small, robust air monitoring systems to ensure safety. Click to enlarge. In order to live successfully on lunar outposts, future astronauts will require small, reliable air monitors to ensure their space suites, transports and habitats function with uncontaminated air.    More Stories Clearing the Air: Smaller Detectors Needed for Moon, Mars Missions By Staff Writer posted: 8 June 2005 7:00 a.m. ET No matter what mission astronauts will carry out

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