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Bioregenerative Life Support Systems (BLSS) which supply food, water, and oxygen to humans in space by biological recycling need to be not only self-sustaining with nearly no re-supply from Earth, but also self-sustaining with nearly no crew or ground control time required for operation or maintenance, so that crew time can be devoted to the science and technology products of the mission. It is to meet this minimum crew and ground control time requirement that we are involved in the integration and adaptation of (1) robotics to replace most crew manual labor demands, and (2) intelligent monitoring and control systems to replace most crew cognitive demands for operations. An integral part of the robotic and intelligent monitoring and control subsystems is a wide area network (Internet or Intranet) information system and “shared space” collaborative “virtual team” environment which provides access to information on the equipment configurations and operations processes of the BLSS.