NASA’s Mars Surface Simulated Habitat | 3D Printed by ICON, designed by BIG

ICON 3D PRINTS THE FIRST SIMULATED MARS SURFACE HABITAT FOR NASA DESIGNED BY RENOWNED ARCHITECTURE FIRM, BIG-BJARKE INGELS GROUP Mars Dune Alpha, the 3D-printed Habitat Located at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, Will Aid in Long-duration Science Missions ICON, developer of advanced construction technologies including robotics, software, and building materials, announced it has been awarded a subcontract through Jacobs supporting NASA Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) as part of NASA’s The Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) to deliver a 3D-printed habitat, known as Mars Dune Alpha, at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. ICON’s next-gen Vulcan construction system will complete a 1,700 square-foot structure, designed by world-renowned architecture firm BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group, that will simulate a realistic Mars habitat to support long-duration, exploration-class space missions. CHAPEA, is a sequence of three one-year Mars surface mission simulations at the NASA Johnson Space