University Team Proposed Retractable, Pressurized Tunnels for Missions to Mars

System Concept of Operations for the HATCH concept. Credit: BLiSS team/NTRS

As part of NASA’s Moon to Mars eXploration Systems and Habitation (M2M X-Hab) 2026 Academic Innovation Challenge, a University of Michigan team proposed an actuated, pressurized tunnel system that would save countless hours of work and preparation by connecting the astronaut’s habitat with other surface elements.

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