Description: Mission & Technology Benefits: BioSentinel will conduct the first study of biological response to space radiation outside LEO in over 40 years. This mission will address strategic knowledge gaps related to the biological effects of space radiation and will provide an adaptable platform to perform human-relevant measurements in multiple space environments in the future. This mission will utilize the Ames Research Center developed 6U nanosatellite spacecraft bus. Current nanosatellite based space biology missions have been conducted in LEO with minimal attitude knowledge and control requirements. Thus, these missions could utilize methodologies and techniques that take advantage of the Earth�s magnetic field. For Inter-planetary mission and missions beyond LEO, such as the BioSentinel Mission, the spacecraft must utilize active attitude control and determination technologies to enable guidance, navigation and control. The Blue Canyon Technologies Attitude Determination and Control System is an enabling technology that will provide the BioSentinel 6U spacecraft guidance, navigation and control authority necessary to operate beyond LEO. This technology will enable this mission thereby supporting AES as well as SSTP mission goals and provide the needed input to NASA Strategic Knowledge Gaps. Space Technology Roadmaps: In addition to the HEOMD and SMD goals that will be realized with this technology development, STMD goals will be accomplished in the following roadmap areas. TA 04 � Robotics, Telerobotics and Autonomous Systems TA 05 � Communication and Navigation Commercialization: The resulting technology maturation associated with this effort, will result in a commercially available Cubesat compatible Attitude & Determination System, capable of operating in LEO and Interplanetary space missions. The maturation and transition of the BCT Attitude and Determination Control System paired to the BioSentinel Mission will accomplish the following key objectives: 1. Development and verification of the electrical, mechanical and software interfaces between the BCT ADCS and the NASA Ames 6U Spacecraft Bus. 2. Systematic and progressive testing of the BCT at Ames Nanosatellite Avionics Test Bed facility. 3. Characterization and verification of the BCT operation and performance in the BioSentinel Spacecraft Bus prior to infusion into the Mission. 4. Validation of the BCT ADCS for future LEO and Deep Space Missions. 5. A commercially available ADCS system that can be utilized on a variety of Cubesat platforms, 1.5U, 3U,6U that may be utilized by the commercial, government and academic sectors. Expected outcomes: 1 New capabilities: The BCT ADCS will enable guidance, navigation & control of nanosatellites for deep space missions. 2. greater reliability: System will be thoroughly assessed in lab and test environment at NASA Ames General Nanosatellite Avionics Testbed. 3. Cost savings: this effort will leverage off existing designs to further enable and verify the technology for deep space applications. This reduces cost and schedule impacts due to developing a completely new design. Expected Tasks to be performed: In order to ensure that the BCT ADCS is matured to the desired level, the following tasks will be performed: 1. Preliminary Design: - Analyze and understand mission, spacecraft and interface requirements. - Develop preliminary design that meets requirements and specifications. 2. Engineering Development Unit: - Develop and provide Engineering Development Unit to test and mature electrical, mechanical and software control interfaces. 3. Flight Unit Development - incorporate changes as necessary based upon findings from EDU test and evaluation. - provide Flight Unit ready for assembly, integration and test for the BioSentinel 6U spacecraft. The expected outcome of this effort is to provide a commercially available Attitude Determination and Control System for Cubesats that is compatible with the BioSentinel Spacecraft and Mission. Additionally, the system will be readily available to the government, commercial and academic sectors.