This Phoenix engineer will have her own device in space in 2021 <\/p>\n
A 26-year-old engineer from Arizona, working in Phoenix, invented a system that will allow space explorers to stay in the solar system for at least 2 years. The device reduces CO2 in the International Space System.<\/p>\n
PHOENIX - An engineer from the valley is helping astronauts breathein space through her own invention.<\/p>\n
Phoebe Henson, 26, created a device that cuts down on carbon dioxide in the International Space System. She'sbeen at Honeywell for just 4 years, but she'salready leading engineers that are much older and who've been doing it much longer.<\/p>\n
She works as an advanced systems engineer, and herproject will allowastronauts to live in space for twoyears.Some say this will change space exploration as we know it.<\/p>\n
The system will be used to help astronauts breathe on missions to the moon and Mars, and even out in deep space.<\/p>\n
Henson says it's the most efficient, safest, lightestand smallest comparedto any other system on the market.<\/p>\n
Leading a team of engineers at Honeywell, which has a partnership with NASA, a CO2 removal system for the international space station was created. The deviceabsorbs CO2 from the air, captures it and turns it into oxygen.<\/p>\n
She says her system maintains a CO2 concentration half the levels on the space station currently.<\/p>\n
\"This problem is a critical one to solve if we are going to make long term space habitation a reality,\" Henson says.<\/p>\n
This is important because astronauts experience negative healtheffects including headaches dizziness and fatigue.<\/p>\n
At a young age, Henson says she wanted to become an engineer. She studied at Arizona State University and tookher first job out of college at Honeywell.<\/p>\n
She's proud to work for a company that's given her opportunities to grow and change the way we study space.<\/p>\n
\"It is really exciting,\" she said.\"It is always a dream of mine to put something into space.\"<\/p>\n
Henson's system will be put to use in the space station in 2021.<\/p>\n
Another bit of exciting news for Henson: She was just namedas one of Forbes' \"30 Under 30\" recipients for her groundbreaking work.<\/p>\n
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