October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
...and debris on spacecraft and surface structures, insights crucial for designing landing systems and constructing stable habitats on other planets. Figure 7. Top: Examples of OpenFOAM and OpenSeesPy Simulation; above: CAD model of dirty vacuum chamber...
18 September 2017
'Mars crew' emerge from isolation after 8 months study on Hawaii
...subjects who have been tucked away in a Mars-like habitat on a remote Hawaii island for the last eight months,...might be like from a physical and geological perspective, but the habitat is also designed to simulate how contact with recipients on Earth ...
04 March 2019
Does life grow like this elsewhere in the cosmos?
... for the right building blocks of life to get a head start around these chimney-like habitats. Despite a lifetime being enshrouded in darkness and under the crushing depths of the ocean, ...) and other organisms that thrive in this unlikely habitat.
30 March 2020
Study shows astronaut urine could help build moon bases
... the most viable way forward in constructing a Moon or Mars habitat. Both NASA and ESA have demonstrated an interest in this technique... and moons – to build the walls of intended habitats. However, like building houses on this planet with bricks...
26 April 2021
Microbes could potentially live beneath Mars' surface, new study suggests
...researcher at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, started analysing martian meteorites see if the ingredients for radiolysis-driven habitats could exist on Mars. The study found that in several different types of Martian meteorites, all the ingredients...
09 August 2021
NASA is seeking applicants for yearlong simulated Mars mission
... members living and working in a 1,700-square-foot module 3D-printed by ICON, called Mars Dune Alpha. The habitat will simulate the challenges of a mission on Mars, including resource limitations, equipment failure, communication delays, and other...
