Exploration architecture

The Deep-Space Transit Habitat

The spacecraft in which a crew lives during the months-long cruise between worlds. Cut off from resupply and beyond the protection of Earth's magnetic field, a transit habitat must recycle nearly all its air and water, shield its crew from radiation, and keep them healthy and sane across interplanetary distances.

Highlights

›Home for the months-long cruise to Mars

Closed-Loop Life Support
Radiation Shielding
Artificial Gravity

Across deep-space exploration

The Mars Surface Base
Crewed Deep-Space Propulsion

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Associated withThe Mars Surface Base
Associated withClosed-Loop Life Support
Associated withRadiation Shielding
Associated withArtificial Gravity
Associated withCrewed Deep-Space Propulsion

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The Deep-Space Transit Habitat

Highlights

Systems, programs & concepts

Across deep-space exploration

Knowledge connections

Sources

The Deep-Space Transit Habitat

Highlights

Systems, programs & concepts

Across deep-space exploration

Knowledge connections

Sources