This project will develop, integrate, test, and evaluate Habitation Systems that will be utilized as technology testbeds and will advance NASA's understanding of alternative deep space mission architectures, requirements, and operations concepts. Rapid prototyping and existing hardware will be utilized to develop full-scale habitat demonstrators. FY 2014 focused on the development of a large volume Space Launch System (SLS) class habitat (Skylab Gen 2) based on the SLS hydrogen tank components. Similar to the original Skylab, a tank section of the SLS rocket can be outfitted with a deep space habitat configuration and launched as a payload on an SLS rocket. This concept can be used to support extended stay at the Lunar Distant Retrograde Orbit to support the Asteroid Retrieval Mission and provide a habitat suitable for human missions to Mars.
Deep Space Habitat Concept Demonstrator
2015-01-01
Miscellaneous
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Deep Space Habitat ECLSS Design Concept
NTRS | 2012
|Deep Space Habitat ECLSS Design Concept
NTIS | 2012
|Deep Space Habitat ECLSS Design Concept
AIAA | 2012
|Deep Space Habitat ECLS Design Concept
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2012
|Deep Space Habitat ECLS Design Concept
NTRS | 2011
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