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While interning at the Nasa's Johnson Space Center, I created a new interior design and internal curtain system for a pressurized lunar rover. A crew of two astronauts would use the Space Exploration Vehicle (SEV) for 28+ day missions to map and explore the lunar terrain.
The curtain system is designed to create privacy and a sound attenuated seal around the sleep benches and partial gravity toilet. The curtains are stowed in the secondary ceiling structure and deploy down to the bench.
The sleep station curtain deploys in two halves. Astronauts living in close quarters have easy access to privacy for rest, personal sanitation, remote medical checkups, and more. Its three layer fabric composition attenuates light and sound so that one astronaut can sleep while the other conducts operations.
The partial-gravity toilet screen is stowed on a spring-loaded roll in the floor and deploys to the ceiling. It integrates with the rear portions of the sleep station curtains and uses magnetic “zippers” to provide a tight seal around the toilet. The sleep station curtains and toilet screen are made from 100% Teflon fabric, which can be easily sanitized.
Translation Aids
Extruded aluminum rails aid astronaut’s movements around the rover as it travels across bumpy lunar terrain.
Toilet Screen Hooks
Simple hooks, laser cut into the secondary structure access panels, secure the partial-gravity toilet screen.
Molded Cushions
Astronauts sleep on the upholstered benches, where molded cushions provide a soft transition from the benches to the walls.
Textiles with analogous colors and multiple textures create an earth inspired interior. The yellow tones bring warmth into the metal rover as it navigates the ice covered moon. The color gradient, which grows lighter in value at the top, suggests height and directionality in the cramp, partial-gravity environment.
