In 2004, President Bush announced his Vision for Space Exploration, causing NASA to look beyond Low Earth Orbit. While the resulting Constellation Program was cancelled, a focus on expanding beyond LEO has continued to this day. Since 2005, multiple habitat concepts have been developed for the Moon, Mars, or deep space. Some of these concepts were mocked up in virtual or physical form and used in habitability testing campaigns. This paper provides an understanding of the value of two decades of habitability testing and highlights key insights obtainable only through human interaction with a vehicle concept design. The focus of this paper will be limited to primarily habitation work conducted primarily at or by the Johnson Space Center in support of active space habitat development programs or studies and is further limited to fixed habitats and will not discuss mobile habitats such as pressurized rovers.


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    Title :

    Habitability Insights from Selected NASA Habitat Mockup Testing Campaigns


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    AIAA ASCEND ; 2023 ; Las Vegas, NV, US


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    English




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