{"id":4641,"date":"2015-06-09T07:33:43","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T07:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revoscience.com\/en\/?p=4641"},"modified":"2015-06-09T07:33:43","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T07:33:43","slug":"nasa-selects-eight-projects-for-2016-x-hab-academic-innovation-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/nasa-selects-eight-projects-for-2016-x-hab-academic-innovation-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Selects Eight Projects for 2016 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"NASA<\/a>
NASA architects, engineers and scientists are already busy creating sustainable, space-based living quarters, work spaces and laboratories for next-generation human term exploration, including our journey to Mars. This 2011 version of the deep space habitat at the Desert Research and Technology Studies (Desert RATS) analog field test site in Arizona features a Habitat Demonstration Unit, with the student-built X-Hab loft on top, a hygiene compartment on one side and airlock on the other.
Credits: NASA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

NASA is working with eight U.S. universities on new technology projects for deep space exploration, including the agency\u2019s journey to Mars, as part of the 2016 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n

The challenge, which is led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation, has teams designing systems, concepts and technologies that will help improve NASA\u2019s exploration capabilities and provide undergraduate and graduate students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience in technology development.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese strategic collaborations lower the barrier for university students to assist NASA in bridging gaps and increasing our knowledge in architectural design trades, capabilities and technology risk reduction related to exploration activities that will eventually take humans farther into space than ever before,\u201d said Jason Crusan, director of NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) division.<\/span><\/p>\n

Teams are encouraged to use multidisciplinary approaches, partner with experts and industry and engage in outreach. The experience is designed to enhance the science, technical, leadership and project skills for the selected student teams and encourage studies to pursue spaceflight-related disciplines.<\/span><\/p>\n

Student teams submitted proposals earlier this year. Their selection kicks off a year-long process covering the 2015-2016 academic year. Project teams will meet a series of milestones to design, manufacture, assemble and test their systems and concepts in close cooperation with members of NASA\u2019s Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. NASA staff from the directorate\u2019s Space Life and Physical Sciences and AES divisions will work with students in areas including additive manufacturing, advanced life support systems, space habitation and systems for food production in space.<\/span><\/p>\n

The X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge 2016 teams and projects are:<\/span><\/p>\n

AES In-space Manufacturing sponsored:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. University of Puerto Rico at Mayag\u00fcez, Puerto Rico \u2013 Technology Development of Low-Power Required \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Manufacturing of Metals for the Zero-Gravity Environment<\/span><\/p>\n

AES Beyond Earth Habitation sponsored:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. University of Maryland, College Park \u2013 Inflatable\/Deployable Airlock Structures<\/span><\/p>\n

2. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York – Human Centered \u2013 Designs for Mars Transit Habitat<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater \u2013 Deep Space Mars Transit Habitat Layout Studies<\/span><\/p>\n

AES Life Support Systems sponsored:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. University of South Alabama, Mobile \u2013 Development of a Concentration Swing Frequency Response \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Device<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Space Life and Physical Sciences sponsored:<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Utah State University, Logan \u2013 Student Experimental Microgravity Plant System <\/span><\/p>\n

2. The Ohio State University, Columbus \u2013 Water Assurance: Improve Water Delivery of a Modular Vegetable \u00a0 \u00a0 Production System<\/span><\/p>\n

3. University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder\u2013 Performance Characterization and Enhancement of the Mars \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 OASIS Space Plant Growth System<\/span><\/p>\n

The X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge supports NASA\u2019s research efforts to enable sustained and affordable human and robotic space exploration while contributing to the agency’s efforts to train and develop a highly skilled scientific, engineering and technical workforce for the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The National Space Grant Foundation will administer the grants, which range from $10,000 to $30,000, to the universities on behalf NASA to fund design, development and evaluation of the projects by the selected teams during the 2015-2016 academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NASA is working with eight U.S. universities on new technology projects for deep space exploration, including the agency\u2019s journey to Mars, as part of the 2016 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge. The challenge, which is led by NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation, has teams designing systems, concepts and technologies that will help improve NASA\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4642,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-space-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",985,431,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114-300x131.jpg",300,131,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",750,328,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",750,328,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",985,431,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",985,431,false],"ultp_layout_landscape_large":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",985,431,false],"ultp_layout_landscape":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",870,381,false],"ultp_layout_portrait":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",600,263,false],"ultp_layout_square":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",600,263,false],"newspaper-x-single-post":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",760,333,false],"newspaper-x-recent-post-big":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",550,241,false],"newspaper-x-recent-post-list-image":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",95,42,false],"web-stories-poster-portrait":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",640,280,false],"web-stories-publisher-logo":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",96,42,false],"web-stories-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/15-114.jpg",150,66,false]},"author_info":{"info":["Amrita Tuladhar"]},"category_info":"Culture<\/a> Space\/ AstroPhysics<\/a>","tag_info":"Space\/ AstroPhysics","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revoscience.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}