John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

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Inflatable Lunar-Mars Analog Habitat

University of Hawaii students partner with UND Space Studies to test out-of-this-world farm concept

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Aloha, North Dakota BY PATRICK C. MILLER Future Mars and moon colonists probably won’t miss having fresh leafy green salads with their meals, thanks to a novel collaboration between the University of North Dakota and the University of Hawaii at Mānoa. Four senior mechanical engineering students from UH spent a week in Grand Forks, N.D., this […]

UND Space Studies students finish seventh mission in Inflatable Lunar/Mars Habitat

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Science, but no Fiction By, Patrick C. Miller Just west of Interstate 29 and the University of North Dakota campus, there’s a series of five white inflatable modules connected by tunnels. Antennas stretching skyward and the futuristic rover vehicle parked nearby give the area the appearance of a science fiction movie set. What happens at […]

Brown Bag Seminar Series on October 24th

Categories: Space Studies

The fall semester Brown Bag Seminar Series features graduate students providing presentations on their current research or recent internships. Our next presentation in this series will feature the ILMAH Mission VI crew as they exit the habitat and “return” to Earth.  Anamika, Laura Banken and Dr. Michael Castro will share their experiences and research findings from […]

Space Studies team launches sixth mission in Inflatable Lunar/Mars Habitat

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Mission VI begins Oct 11 at noon and runs until October 24 noon. The three-member crew consists of Laura Banken (online SPST M.S.), Anamika (campus SPST M.S.), and Michael Castro, MD (Mission V and NASA HERA analog mission). Mission VI objectives include completing professional NASA, ESA and private research and EVAs. Read the UND Today […]

Expansion of Lunar-Mars Habitat Continues this Summer

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The expansion of Inflatable Lunar-Mars Analog Habit continues this summer with work on the last two modules. Under the direction of Dr. de León, five SPST graduate students are busy completing the Hab’s new exercise/human performance and the geology modules by the end of the summer. The previous two modules, extra-vehicle activity (EVA)/maintenance and plant […]