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X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge: University of Maryland Team Deploys Loft
06.22.11
 
The University of Maryland's X-Hab Challenge loft is lifted from the test fixture to the Habitat Demonstration Unit.
The University of Maryland's X-Hab Challenge loft is lifted from the test fixture to the Habitat Demonstration Unit. During the week of June 13-17, 2011, the University of Maryland (UMD), the second of three finalist teams in the first annual X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge, deployed and demonstrated their X-Hab loft at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The winning team's X-Hab loft will provide astronauts with a means of habitation during the fall 2011 Desert RATS analog field testing mission. Photo credit: NASA


At NASA's Johnson Space Center, the UMD team prepares to inflate the air beams. › View larger image

At NASA's Johnson Space Center, the UMD team prepares to inflate the air beams. Photo credit: NASA


The deployed UMD loft during the X-Hab judging phase. › View larger image

The deployed UMD loft during the X-Hab judging phase. Photo credit: NASA


One of the four crew quarters of the UMD loft. › View larger image

One of the four crew quarters of the UMD loft. Photo credit: NASA


An overview of two of the four crew quarters. › View larger image

An overview of two of the four crew quarters. Photo credit: NASA


The common area of the UMD loft, including exercise equipment and the galley. › View larger image

The common area of the UMD loft, including exercise equipment and the galley. Photo credit: NASA


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