The Expedition
Building the first Moon habitat analogue in the Arctic regions of Greenland, and enduring the dangerous environment for 3 months.
Building the first Moon habitat analogue in the Arctic regions of Greenland, and enduring the dangerous environment for 3 months.
Planning of transport, logistics, equipment, partners and sponsors
The habitat will be conceptualised and designed along with space and polar experts
Open call for research announced
Prototypes of the habitat, plus sub-systems developed and validated
Research proposals are selected and mission activities planned
Construction of the Moon habitat
“Pre flight tests” in Denmark
The Mission started. We are living on site for three months, in the habitat for two with limited contact to “Earth”
We are carrying out scientific experiments and evaluating the habitat design.
Data analysis, media-debrief and research papers
Educational Talks
Production of TV Documentary
"We want to understand with our own bodies, what is truly important when living in isolation under these extreme conditions."
- Karl-Johan
"50 years ago we survived on the Moon, this time we want to live on the Moon. We use the Arctic as the most realistic test site for the future Moon house."
- Sebastian
Soon, humans will face the Moon again. This time not to place a flag, but to live. If humans are to settle on the Moon and other planets, we must be very careful with how we design the homes for these pioneers. In space, your habitat is your entire world. There is no nature, change of scenery, or newness.
It’s just you and your pod.
If the designs continue to be sterile survival machines, the astronauts who have to live there for months at a time will whither from the lack of nature and sensory stimulation.
Previous research shows that isolation, confinement, and lack of stimuli will become major challenges for the long-term voyages of the future.
This experiment will develop and test a radically different Moon habitat where architecture helps to counteract monotony, claustrophobia and psychological stress.
We want to understand with our own bodies, what is truly important when living in isolation under these extreme conditions.
As architects we feel a certain responsibility for the lives of these future settlers, so we take it upon ourselves to fully immerse in the problem.
The mission is taking place in Moriusaq, Greenland, as it needs to be very cold and remote.
The mission is taking place right now and will end in December, 2020.
Karl-Johan and Sebastian are living in the habitat. But we are a whole team working on this, meet the team here.
The mission was scheduled to take 3 months (91 days) but since deploying the Habitat took longer than expected, they living in it for 2 months (60 days).
The Moon is more hostile than any place on Earth.
Current analogue missions carried out by the space industry often have a major limitation: they do not involve real danger. Psychological studies have been limited by strict ethical guidelines.
In order to properly understand how living on the Moon affects the body and mind, we need to feel the struggle to survive in the extreme reality north of the Arctic circle.
Similarities: In an extreme climate so far away from civilization, similarities to the Moon begin to reveal themselves. The landscape is bare and lifeless, The Sun does not follow a normal circadian rhythm, and instead of a space suit, one has to wear a polar suit to survive the cold.
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