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Space Habitats
ILC Dover develops and manufactures a variety of inflatable habitats, airlocks, and shelters for use in low Earth orbit and lunar/planetary exploration.
Building upon Wernher von Braun’s vision of inflatable space habitats, the work conducted by NASA in the 1960’s, ILC Dover has designed an environmental system that is not only deployable and safe, but also cost-efficient, spacious, lightweight, and capable of supporting activities in both LEO and on lunar and planetary surfaces.
Designed for commercial space stations as well as Moon and Mars missions, inflatable space habitats are set to revolutionize lunar and planetary exploration. ILC Dover’s proven systems and processes meet the stringent requirements of space habitation, ensuring the highest levels of quality, reliability and safety.
Habitats for Space Exploration
Our inflatable habitats, airlocks and shelters are designed for use:
- In low Earth orbit
- In cislunar space
- On the surfaces of the Moon and Mars
- In transportation systems for traveling to Mars
- As airlock systems for extravehicular activity
Features of Space Habitats
ILC Dover performs the design, systems engineering, and manufacture and test of the habitats on-site or at remote locations for our customers. Leading features of our space habitats include:
- Lightweight and more compact to launch than a rigid habitat
- Expands to provide an area to live and work based on mission needs
- Provides protection from harsh space and planetary environments
- Capable of multiple operational pressures
- Suited for incorporation of structural health monitoring, internal hardware mounting and partition capability
Credit: Sierra Space
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