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Hassell designs inflatable moon base for the European Space Agency

January 19, 2024 Cajsa Carlson 0

Architecture studio Hassell has designed the conceptual Lunar Habitat Master Plan, a scalable system of inflatable pods that could be partly constructed from moon materials and 3D-printed on site. Designed for the European Space Agency’s Discovery program, the settlement would be designed to house 144 people and comprise residential spaces as well as sports arenas,

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Jordan William Hughes designs space elevator that “connects the ocean to the stars”

January 9, 2024 Starr Charles 0

Architect Jordan William Hughes has created a conceptual design for a space elevator that would travel between an ocean-based spaceport and a multi-use space station. Hughes developed the design for the space elevator – which he believes would offer a more efficient alternative to traditional space travel – based on existing research by physicists and

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Open Architecture designs “extraterrestrial-looking” space museum in China

September 20, 2023 Amy Peacock 0

Chinese studio Open Architecture has revealed its design for a space museum and experience centre in Yantai, China, which will appear like a mysterious black object in an oceanfront park. Named Space Crystals, the building will have a glossy black exterior and a faceted stone-like shape that rises at one end to point towards the ocean.

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ICON to develop habitats and roads on the moon for NASA

December 6, 2022 Alice Finney 0

Construction company ICON has been chosen to develop the first lunar building technologies for NASA as part of its Project Olympus program, which will see 3D-printed infrastructure such as landing pads built on the moon’s surface. The contract builds upon the funding for Project Olympus that ICON and architecture studio BIG were awarded in 2020, which

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Product Of The Week: UFO LED Night Light

August 7, 2022 HD Staff 0

Science-fiction fans and UFO chasers can dream of being beamed aboard by the glow of this UFO LED Night Light with 3 lighting modes. Get it here. Recommended Reading:  50 Unique Table Lamps That Help You Lighten Up Your Interior

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MIT Media Lab trials modular tiles that self-assemble into “entirely novel type of space architecture”

May 27, 2022 Alice Finney 0
White tiles floating outside a window in space

Researchers at MIT Media Lab have tested modular tiles that autonomously assemble to create habitats in space on the latest mission to the International Space Station. Called Tesserae, the project aims to create future space habitats from reconfigurable tiles that assemble while in orbit around the moon or Earth. MIT suggested the tiles can be

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Space Perspective reveals design for “world’s first” Space Lounge

April 13, 2022 Rima Sabina Aouf 0
Rendering of Neptune Space Lounge by Space Perspective

Space tourism company Space Perspective has revealed the interior design for its lounge-style travel capsule, which will be hauled into the stratosphere by a giant balloon. Created in-house for the company’s Spaceship Neptune, the cabin has room for up to eight passengers. Space Perspective has dubbed it “the world’s first Space Lounge” and said it

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Ten space tourism-related designs including spaceships, space hotels and a space suitcase

April 12, 2022 Jane Englefield 0
Philippe Starck designs habitation module interior for Axiom’s space tourism program

Space tourism is a growing trend, with more and more companies offering brief trips beyond Earth. We have rounded up 10 designs for visiting space. On this day in 1961, now known as the International Day of Human Spaceflight, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to journey into outer space. Sixty-one years on,

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Makhno Studio designs conceptual settlement within Martian crater

January 24, 2022 James Parkes 0
Plan C is a 3D-printed Mars settlement concept

Ukrainian architecture practice Makhno Studio has designed a 3D-printed settlement for Mars named Plan C that would encircle the edge of a crater. The concept was developed during coronavirus lockdown when the studio was questioning how underground living could be comfortable if life on Earth’s ground level became difficult. In response to this, Makhno Studio developed a proposal for

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BIG and ICON to 3D-print structure exploring “new Martian vernacular” for NASA

August 10, 2021 Lizzie Crook 0

Bjarke Ingels’ studio BIG is collaborating with construction technology company ICON and NASA to create Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed structure designed to simulate living on Mars. Under construction at the Johnson Space Center in Texas, USA, the 158-square-metre “habitat” has been developed by BIG and ICON to help prepare humans to live on the

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