22 October 2021
Nanoracks announces plans to launch its orbital space station, Starlab, in 2027
...up to four astronauts, who will live and work in a large inflatable habitat 340 cubic metres (m3) in volume. For comparison, the ISS has a habitable...are aiming to wow NASA with its inflatable habitat – the Large Integrated Flexible Environment (LIFE),...
October 2016
Project MOONWALK
... Mars. The simulated surface EVAs included egress and ingress from a planetary habitat (the result of another FP7 R&D project, the SHEE - Self-deployable Habitat for Extreme Environments - was used for this purpose), exploration and...
April 2018
Developing Mars
...excellent structural mass-efficiency, using floating inflatable cryogenic vessels. Sacramento Railroad Station (1874) by William Hahn. Habitats - hotels Habs are analogous to the traditional hotels of Sacramento Station: they offer leased space. High...
April 2024
Building the future of space manufacturing
... infrastructure that can handle the challenges of space and is capable of producing everything from food and water to habitats and spacecraft. This encompasses more than manufacturing; it is about focusing on the needs and goals of people. To achieve...
May 2020
Developing a commercial market for small sample return
... at a time. A new wave of lunar exploration is just getting underway in this scenario. Researchers figuring out how to make habitats out of lunar regolith, the abrasive dust and sharp rocks of the surface, still work back on Earth...
April 2021
Managing the Moon - a model for engaging with planetary environments
... to protect the Moon as there is no life there. But with proposed missions planned to establish a more permanent habitat, extract local resources and potentially use these to explore Mars, perhaps it is time to rethink old attitudes towards ...
