TransHab
TransHab was a program pursued by NASA in the late 1990s to develop the technology for expandable habitats inflated by air in space. TransHab was intended as a replacement for the existing rigid International Space Station crew Habitation Module. When deflated, inflatable modules provide an 'easier to launch' compact form. When fully inflated, TransHab would expand to 8.2 metres (27 ft) in diameter (compare to the 4.4-metre (14 ft) diameter of the Columbus ISS Module).
A cutaway view of a TransHab concept | |
| Module statistics | |
|---|---|
| Mass | 13,154 kg (29,000 lb) |
| Length | 11 m (36 ft) |
| Diameter | Packed: 4.3 m (14 ft) Expanded: 8.2 m (27 ft) |
| Pressurised volume | Expanded: 339.8 m3 (12,000 cu ft) |
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