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Human Exploration Spacecraft Testbed for Integration and Advancement (HESTIA)

NASA's goal is to develop a high-fidelity, human-in-the-loop, Lunar / Mars surface analog in support of next generation human exploration missions.

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Analog Mission

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Johnson Space Center

HESTIA 20ft Chamber Activity Overview

  • Environment: Closed-Loop Atmospheric Representation (Pressure, CO2 / O2 Composition + Trace Gases)
  • Collaborations & Research: Environmental Control & Life Support System (ECLSS), Habitation Systems, Human Health and Performance, Human Research Program (HRP)
  • Contact Us: Joey Marmolejo
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What is HESTIA?

FOCUS IS CROSS DISCIPLINE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING . . . How the 20-Foot Chamber fits into the NASA’s Mars Surface Campaign.…

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Habitat

HESTIA Facility Capabilities

NASA / JSC Building 7, 20-Foot Chamber Facility serves as the HESTIA Habitat. It has many unique capabilities unlike any other facility available to NASA to support Deep-Space Research.

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Facilities Capabilities Diagram
Representative Layout for Proposed Environmental Control & Life Support System (ECLSS) and In-Situ Resource Utilization Human Research.
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HESTIA and the Human Research Roadmap

A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Space Exploration

Crew health and performance is critical to successful human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. The Human Research Program (HRP) investigates and reduces the highest risks to human health and performance, providing essential countermeasures and technologies for human space exploration.

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Navy divers in a small zodiac boat attaching red rope to Orion spacecraft in ocean
Orion is the spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to destinations not yet explored by humans, including an asteroid and NASA’s Journey to Mars. It will have emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during space travel and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities. Orion is scheduled to launch on NASA’s Space Launch System in late 2018. U.S. Navy divers in a small Zodiac boat secure a tether line to an attach point on a test version of the Orion crew module during Underway Recovery Test 5 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
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Experiments to Unlock How Human Bodies React to Long Space Journeys

Through Artemis, NASA astronauts are returning to the Moon in preparation for one day going to Mars. To better prepare astronauts…

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All Floors Exterior 3
20-foot chamber facility
Set to Elton John’s Rocketman, see video footage of all three floors of NASA’s Johnson Space Center 20-foot chamber. The chamber has the ability to maintain a stable airlock environment for months to test human stabilization equipment that could be used for space exploration.

Papers and Presentations

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Human Exploration System Test-bed for Integration and Advancement

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Air Revitalization System

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Chamber

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Simulation

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Steam Methane Reformation

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Use of SysML

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Water Production

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Water Electrolysis

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Academic Contributions – University of Houston

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Kyle and Taylor Presentation

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Sai Shun and Suzana Presentation

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Tyler and Pratik Presentation

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Academic Contributions – University of Arizona

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Perimeter Team

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Tree Design

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