2015 — Deep Space Habitat Concept Demonstrator

January 1, 2015

Authors: David Smitherman, Paul Bookout, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.

Introduction: From about 2010 to 2020 the Advanced Concepts Office with collaborators primarily from the Johnson Space Center and the Langley Research Center developed a number of habitat designs including mockups to explore options for the next space station and the habitation facilities required for human missions to Mars. At Marshall we developed the large diameter habitat module below, and several smaller modules about the size of those found on the International Space Station to explore new layouts and conduct human factors assessments.

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NASA Technical Report Server: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20160007999