HABs at UND:

Tim BuliDepartment of Space Studies

University of North Dakota

Grand Forks, ND

High Altitude

Ballooning (HAB)

Lunar Mars Analog

HABitat

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

• Inflatable Habitat Module

• Electric Rover

• 2 NDX-2 Planetary Spacesuits

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

The Habitat Module:

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

The Habitat Module:

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

The Habitat Module:

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

The Rover:

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

The Spacesuits:

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

The Mission:

• 10 days

• Oct 27 - Nov 6, 2013

• 3 person crew

• Mission Goals:

• Test the system and generate adjustments

for future missions

• Simulate a Lunar/Martian environments &

activities for 10 continuous days

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

The Crew:

• Travis Nelson

• Erika Dolinar

• Tim Buli

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA):

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

Data Collection:

• 3x Daily Health Survey

• Blood pressure, heart rate & respiration rate

• Daily journal entries

• Log of activities, general mood & notes about

habitability

• Indoor and Outdoor temperature levels

• Food and Water consumption

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

Media Coverage:

• Radio and TV news programs in 30 states

nationwide including FOX, ABC, CBS and

NPR.

• Daily updates featured on WDAZ news

• 6 local newspaper articles

• Over 200,000 blog views

• spacesuitlab.blogspot.com

• Interviewed STS-122 Astronaut Stan Love

Lunar / Mars Analog Habitat

Media Coverage:

• Post-mission press conference

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Future:

• Mission II – 30 days

• October 2014

• Development of

additional

interconnecting

modules

Thank You