Très heureux d’accueillir à TIGNES OFFICIEL Eurohab de Spartan Space qui sera le centre de contrôle en surface de notre station de recherche sous-marine Biodysseus lors des missions en arctique. Une semaine de tests et de protocoles scientifiques en montagne… au plus proche des étoiles Merci Mairie de Tignes Alban Michon Evolution 2 Tignes Peter Weiss
CHILLING LUNAR MISSION SIMULATION IN THE ALPES AT TIGNES TIGNES OFFICIEL January 22nd, 2024 – The French start-up SPARTAN SPACE is conducting a simulated lunar surface mission at the frozen lake of Tignes in the French Alps. This simulation encompasses a lunar habitat platform known as EUROHAB II, specifically designed as a payload for a medium-sized robotic lander. Upcoming lunar missions are set to focus on the Moon's South Pole, recognized for harboring specific resources crucial to human space exploration. A potential contribution from France to NASA's ARTEMIS program involves the development of a "Secondary Habitat," serving as a base camp to enhance the astronauts' operational range. SPARTAN SPACE, a start-up based in Marseille, collaborates with Connect by CNES , #CNES, Air Liquide, CEA , SpaceshipFR , FI Group , Fondation Jacques Rougerie - Académie des beaux-arts , @arches , Alban Michon , Station de recherche sous-marine BIODYSSEUS and other partners to conceptualize such a secondary habitat. This habitat is designed as a payload for a medium-sized robotic lander, and its configuration enables potential transport by upcoming European capabilities like the ARGONAUT from the EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY or NYX from THE EXPLORATION COMPANY to the lunar surface. The purpose of the simulation in Tignes is to validate the EUROHAB concept through a simulation platform, known as "EUROHAB-2." This platform is specifically designed to replicate the volume of EUROHAB on the Moon, making it suitable for conducting "Analogue Trials" that simulate lunar surface operations. SPARTAN SPACE developed this platform with funding from FRENCH TECH through Bpifrance and showcased it in the summer of 2023 at the French Government's Palais Bourbon (Assemblée Nationale). According to Nisheet SINGH, Operations Manager at SPARTAN SPACE, "The trials in Tignes will allow us to test this platform in an analogue site with more severe conditions than in a laboratory. Setting it up in a high-altitude environment with temperatures well below zero degrees quickly revealed which elements and functions are operational and which need improvement." The lunar simulation will be conducted in collaboration with PARSEC Spaceflight a start-up based in Stockholm, Sweden, and their international team of experts. The tests will involve simulations of extravehicular activities and operations inside the habitat, which will function as both a control center and an expedition base. The tests are planned from January 22nd to January 26th, 2024. Press contact: Agatha MEDIONI, a.medioni@spartan-space.com Tel: ++33 6 78 55 87 05