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TransHab - NASA's large-scale inflatable spacecraft

Author(s) -

Horacio de la Fuente,

Jasen Raboin,

Gerard Valle,

Gary Spexarth

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

41st structures, structural dynamics, and materials conference and exhibit

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Conference proceedings

DOI - 10.2514/6.2000-1822

Subject(s) - inflatable , spacecraft , aerospace engineering , scale (ratio) , aeronautics , computer science , environmental science , remote sensing , astrobiology , geology , engineering , physics , mechanical engineering , quantum mechanics

TransHab is a, 27-foot diameter by 40-foot, lightweight inflatable habitation module for space applications. TransHab consists of a lightweight graphite-composite core, 11-foot diameter by 23-foot tall, surrounded by a 27-foot diameter inflatable shell. Originally envisioned to be the habitation module of an interplanetary transit vehicle, TransHab is currently being considered as a module for use on the International Space Station (ISS). During the past two years, several tests have been performed at the NASA/Johnson Space Center to demonstrate and prove the technologies required in building a large-scale inflatable habitation module. This paper discusses the results of these tests which including the following: 1) a structural integrity development test article hydJ"Ostatically tested to four times ambient pressure, 2) a full-scale development test article manufactured, assembled, folded and deployed at vacuum, and 3) extensive hypervelocity impact testing of the micro meteoroid and orbital debris protection system.

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