Paragon is a world leader in designing and manufacturing thermal control and life support systems. We have delivered biological life support systems to NASA and flown successful missions on the MIR, Space Shuttle and International Space Station. We continue our heritage of innovation, partnering with NASA and the DoD to create advanced technologies for the most extreme environments.
Paragon Dive System™
Paragon is manufacturing a diving system for the United States Navy that isolates a diver in a “space-suit like environment”, completely protecting divers from contaminants and hazardous materials present in their surrounding environment. more »
Integral Radiators Under contract to NASA through the Small Business Innovative Research Program, Paragon developed radiator technology that integrates a vehicle’s structural and heat rejection subsystems allowing for substantially reduced weight. This technology development program has been infused into Paragon’s radiator solutions currently under development for NASA’s Orion crew exploration vehicle. more »
Solid Oxide Electrolysis “SOE” is the only technology capable of truly regenerating over 100% of a human’s oxygen needs without relying on additional externally-supplied consumables. Through a NASA Small Business Innovative Research contract, Paragon is developing SOE to be the next generation air revitalization system for use on the Moon, Mars and in transit to other destinations, freeing future astronauts to breathe easy on their missions of exploration. more »
Variable Emissivity Radiator (VERAD) Lightweight electrochromic films are paired with conventional space radiators allowing for direct control of radiator surface emissivity. This low power and highly flexible system is used to control heat rejection during varying system heat loads and external environments, reducing the need for hazardous working fluids, variable speed pumps, flow control valves, multiple coolant loops, and heat exchangers that are common in systems requiring large heat rejection turndowns.
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Stagnating Radiator As part of a focused research and development effort, Paragon is designing lightweight heat rejection solutions for spacecraft that must operate under conditions of highly variable heat loads and external environments. Implementation of the stagnating radiator technology will reduce thermal control system component count (and therefore system mass), and increase reliability by reducing the number of failure modes. more »
Metabolic (heat regenerated) Temperature
Swing Adsorption Continuous carbon dioxide removal by an astronaut’s portable life support system is accomplished by synergistically coupling metabolic heat rejection with adsorbent-based carbon dioxide removal. NASA has contracted with Paragon to develop the field-regenerable MTSA for future lunar and Martian astronaut excursions. more »
SuperCool™ Phase Change Heat Sink Paragon is developing SuperCool™ phase change material heat sinks to provide non-toxic, non-flammable thermal storage packs for portable life support systems and other applications. Mass is minimized by taking advantage of the large latent and sensible thermal storage capacity of super-cooled ice. It's not just cool, it's SuperCool™! more »
