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Inflatable Hab Up and Running in Antarctica

By Keith Cowing

NASA Watch

January 18, 2008

Blog; NASA/NSF/ILC Dover Antarctica 2008

“11 Jan Today started with the Inflatable Hab fully inflated on the site. Most of the morning was spent making sure the anchors were in place properly and outfitting the interior. Work continued on the preparation of the sensors and the “weather station” was installed. This will help folks back at JSC monitor the actually conditions at the structure’s site after we leave and during it’s one year deployment. The floor was also installed.”

Using a Planetary Analog To Test a Prototype Inflated Habitat for NASA, SpaceRef

“I had a chance to visit the manufacturing facilities at ILC Dover in Frederica, Delaware last week to see the new inflatable habitat that they have developed. Together, NASA, ILC Dover, and NSF will put this habitat through a one-year test at McMurdo Station in Antarctica starting in January 2008.”

Keith Cowing

NASA Watch founder, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA, Away Teams, Journalist, Space & Astrobiology, Lapsed climber.