# Human Exploration Spacecraft Testbed for Integration and Advancement (HESTIA)

NASA's goal is to develop a high-fidelity, human-in-the-loop, Lunar / Mars surface analog in support of next generation human exploration missions.

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## HESTIA 20ft Chamber Activity Overview

      - Environment: Closed-Loop Atmospheric Representation (Pressure, CO2 / O2 Composition + Trace Gases)
      - Collaborations & Research: Environmental Control & Life Support System (ECLSS), Habitation Systems, Human Health and Performance, Human Research Program (HRP)
      - Contact Us:  Joey Marmolejo

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# What is HESTIA?

FOCUS IS CROSS DISCIPLINE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING . . . How the 20-Foot Chamber fits into the NASA’s Mars Surface Campaign....
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## Habitat

*Disclaimer: Latest Conceptual Habitation Layout Proposed for the 20-Foot Chamber*

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## HESTIA Facility Capabilities

NASA / JSC Building 7, 20-Foot Chamber Facility serves as the HESTIA Habitat. It has many unique capabilities unlike any other facility available to NASA to support Deep-Space Research.
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## HESTIA Chamber Diagram

The 20-Foot Chamber is a human-rated, 3-story, 20-foot diameter hypobaric chamber used in a wide variety of government, industry, and academic-related research activities.
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## HESTIA and the Human Research Roadmap

A Risk Reduction Strategy for Human Space Exploration

Crew health and performance is critical to successful human exploration beyond low Earth orbit. The Human Research Program (HRP) investigates and reduces the highest risks to human health and performance, providing essential countermeasures and technologies for human space exploration.
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# Experiments to Unlock How Human Bodies React to Long Space Journeys

Through Artemis, NASA astronauts are returning to the Moon in preparation for one day going to Mars. To better prepare astronauts...
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## 				Papers and Presentations			

## Human Exploration System Test-bed for Integration and Advancement

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## Air Revitalization System

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## Chamber

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## Simulation

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## Steam Methane Reformation

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## Use of SysML

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## Water Production

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## Water Electrolysis

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## 				Academic Contributions – University of Houston			

## Kyle and Taylor Presentation

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## Sai Shun and Suzana Presentation

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## Tyler and Pratik Presentation

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## 				Academic Contributions – University of Arizona			

## Perimeter Team

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## Tree Design

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