Expanding the Future: The Development and Use of Inflatable

Habitats for Lunar Exploration

NASA Community Workshop on the GER Applied Physics Laboratory, April 10, 2014

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The Genesis Missions

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Genesis I Ø  Launched on July 12, 2006 by

ISC Kosmotras from the new Yasny Launch Base in the Orenburg Region of Russia

Ø  Genesis I validated BA’s fundamental engineering concepts and proved the deployment process

Ø  Genesis I demonstrated expandable habitats’ long-term durability and provided BA flight controllers with invaluable experience in on-orbit operations

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Genesis I Firsts Ø  First launch by Bigelow

Aerospace Ø  First launch of an expandable

space habitat prototype into orbit

Ø  First launch of a single, large

payload aboard the Dnepr Ø  First launch from the new

Yasny Cosmodrome in Russia

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Genesis I

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Launch of Genesis II on Dnepr LV from Yasny Launch Base

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Genesis II

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Genesis II Surprise

BEAM Me Up

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BA 330

Beyond LEO Exploration

Ø Volume Ø Radiation Ø Physical Debris Ø Trace Contaminants Ø Less Mass Ø Less Money

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