MARS DUNE ALPHA FEATURED ON ‘HOW DID THEY BUILD THAT?’

BIG Partner Jakob Lange appears on season five of How Did They Build That?, a series that explores some of the world’s most incredible architectural wonders and feats of engineering. The episode focuses on extraterrestrial architecture, highlighting Mars Dune Alpha, a 3D-printed habitat designed together with ICON to aid in long-duration, exploration-class science missions. The 1,700-sq-ft habitat is part of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) program, providing valuable insights for space food systems as well as crew physical and behavioral health and performance for future space missions. The episode coincides with the completion of the habitat’s second mission, during which a crew of NASA astronauts lived inside Mars Dune Alpha for 378 days.