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Wild 3D-printed space habitat prototype designed to fit inside SpaceX Starship lands in Switzerland

• https://www.space.com By Elizabeth Howell

Perched in a Swiss experimental park is a space habitat inspired by SpaceX's Starship.

School-aged students at Institut auf dem Rosenberg, between ages 6 and 18, worked for years on a prototype for future astronauts that would fit inside the shell of SpaceX's powerful Starship rocket.

The results, unveiled on Wednesday (July 20), show a light-infused structure created in partnership with Danish architecture firm SAGA Space Architects. The three-storey building includes dedicated spots for analog astronauts to work and relax.

In the coming years, students will complete "immersive learning modules" inside of the habitat. They will work inside what is said to be the world's tallest 3D-printed polymer structure at a height of 23 feet (7 meters), the institute said in a statement(opens in new tab) timed to coincide with the 53rd anniversary of the first human moon landing.


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