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
Systems, programs & concepts
Across deep-space exploration
Knowledge connections
- Associated withThe Mars Surface Base
- Associated withClosed-Loop Life Support
- Associated withRadiation Shielding
- Associated withArtificial Gravity
- Associated withCrewed Deep-Space Propulsion
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.