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NASA Tests Lunar Habitat in Extreme Antarctic Environment

interior of inflatable habitat

Inside view of inflatable habitat. Credit: NASA/JSC NASA

NASA will use the cold, harsh, isolated landscape of Antarctica to test one of its concepts for astronaut housing on the moon. The agency is sending a prototype inflatable habitat to Antarctica to see how it fares during a year at McMurdo Station.

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NASA Eyes Lunar Landing Site

02.27.08

NASA has obtained the highest resolution terrain mapping to date of the moon's rugged south polar region, with a resolution to 20 meters per pixel.

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NASA Takes Off-Roading Off Planet

02.27.08

In a car commercial, it would sound odd: active suspension, six-wheel drive with independent steering for each wheel, no doors, no windows, no seats and the only color it comes in is gold.

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Kennedy's Desert RATS

This flexible dust screen is one of many technologies tested in Desert RATS.

12.07.07

Three teams from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida journey west each year to participate in the agency's Desert Research and Technology Studies.

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3rd Space Exploration Conference

Webcasts from the 3rd Space Exploration Conference, February 26-28, are now available.

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NASA RATS Bring the Moon to Earth

10.18.07

Once a year, the Agency's RATS (Research and Technology Studies) team makes its way to remote a location in the Arizona or California desert to bring the moon right down to Earth -- Figuratively speak...

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