First commercial space station modules; ISS-attached, then independent
USA
TIER 03
Structural Habitats
Pressurized surface and orbital living structures.
Directory
COMPANIES
Life support and habitat systems for ISS and future stations
USA
Revolving space hotel; artificial-gravity habitat design
USA
Inflatable and soft-goods pressure vessels; EVA suit components
USA
Deployable structures; in-space additive manufacturing
USA
LIFE inflatable habitat; Dream Chaser spaceplane; Orbital Reef
USA
Reusable orbital factory for in-space manufacturing
UK
Space station modules; ISS nodes; lunar Gateway structures
Italy
Haven-1 commercial station; crewed by SpaceX Dragon
USA
Starlab commercial space station developed with Airbus
USA
RESEARCHERS
Politecnico di Milano
Interior design of spacecraft and habitat environments
Genesis Engineering Solutions
Crew habitat sizing and pressurized volume design
Blue Origin / JPL
Planetary habitat architecture and mission system concepts
ESA
MELiSSA project; integrated closed-loop habitat systems
USC
Lunar base design and space settlement architecture
Stanford University
Space architecture principles and planetary base design
SEArch+ / Columbia
Mars/lunar habitat design; NASA 3D Printed Habitat winner
TU Wien
Space architecture, habitat human factors and ergonomics
MIT
Space architecture, deployable and inflatable habitat design
Foster + Partners
Computational design for 3D-printed lunar habitats
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