Surface Habitats & Surface Structures

List of commercial surface habitats, facilities and bases for Moon and Mars.

Last updated: 2024-03-03. Entries: 24

Name	Products & Services	Category	Service Type	Field	Status	Oneliner
4th Planet Logistics	Mars Lava Tube Pressurization Project (MLTPP)	Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	-	Concept	Overarching goal is to create and test various habitats from naturally occurring terrestrial lava tubes analogous to the Moon and Mars.
AI Spacefactory	ASTRA	Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats, Space Construction Company	-	Development	Makers of smart buildings, 3D printed constructs, and off-world habitats.
Astrea (Astreia)		Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	-	Cancelled, Concept	We are building a network of intelligent homes across Earth to first transition the world to sustainability. Our ultimate goal is to build the first city on Mars.
Astroport Space Technologies (XArc, Exploration Architecture)	Surveyorbot	Surface Habitat	Space Construction Company, Landing Pads, Commercial Rover	Moon	Development	Astroport turns moon dust into bricks and materials for 3D construction printing of lunar infrastructure such as roads, habitats and landing facilities.
Crowdspace		Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	Mars, Surface	Concept	Taking part in Mars Colony Prize contest organized by Mars Society.
Deep Space Ecology		In-Space Manufacturing, Surface Habitat	In-Space Manufacturing, Surface Habitats	Food for Space	Early stage, Dormant	Cultivate a better world through robust, self-sufficient agro-ecological systems for the deep spaces of Earth and our solar system, or for your back yard and local farmers. Our mission is to make food accessible to everyone on Earth, Mars, and beyond.
Hassell Studio		Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	-	Concept	We set out to design the perfect habitat for space explorers on the red planet as part of NASA’s international 3D Printed Habitat Challenge.
ICON	Olympus, Lunar Lantern	Surface Habitat	Space Construction Company, Surface Habitats	-	Development	Space-based construction system to support future exploration of the Moon. ICON develops advanced construction technologies that advance humanity by using 3D printing robotics, software and advanced materials.
ILC Dover	Sol (Launch, Entry, Abort Spacesuit)	Surface Habitat, Space Tourism	Surface Habitats, Spacesuit	Inflatables	Development	Continues to develop and manufacture a variety of inflatable habitats, air-locks and shelters for use in earth orbit and lunar / planetary exploration.
Indigo Aerospace Design		Surface Habitat, Miscellaneous	Surface Habitats	Surface, Moon, Space Construction Company	Early stage	Developing revolutionary concepts to advance the exploration, commercialization & human settlement of space.
Instarz	Remnant	Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	Moon, Mars	Dormant, Early stage	We design and manufacture self-sustainable space habitats and space technologies.
Interstellar Lab	BioPod, NUCLEUS	Surface Habitat, In-Space Manufacturing	Surface Habitats, In-Space Manufacturing	Food for Earth, Food for Space	Development	We pave the way towards bio-regenerative life-support system by developing controlled-environment modules for plant cultivation beyond Earth.
LavaHive		Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	Mars	Dormant, Concept	NASA Awards Top Three Design Finalists in 3-D Printed Habitat Challenge of 2015. Third place was awarded to Team LavaHive.
Living Disk Company		Surface Habitat, Commercial Lander	Surface Habitats, Commercial Lander	-	Concept	We believe that our spaceship habitat has the potential to support your future LEO and lunar settlement ambitions!
Pneumocell	PneumoPlanet	Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	Inflatables	Concept	Inflatable structures specialist Pneumocell in Austria performed a system study in 2021 of an inflatable lunar habitat, based on prefabricated ultralight structures.
Proudly Human	The Project	Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	Surface	Concept	Series of off-world settlement experiments, demonstrating off-grid capabilities from life-support to communication systems, as well as community spirit, in the most extreme environments on Earth, in preparation for the first off-world settlements on the Moon, Mars and beyond.
Relativity Space	Stargate, Terran-R, Terran-1	Surface Habitat, Commercial Space Station, In-Space Manufacturing, Cargo Transport Service	Surface Habitats, Space Construction Company, Commercial Space Station, In-Space Manufacturing	Space Construction Company, Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)	Concept, Development	Relativity helping build on Mars by initially sending a small 3D-printer for “the first object manufactured on another planet by humanity.
SEArch+ (Space Exploration Architecture)	Lunar Lantern, Lunar Landing Pad, Mars X-House V1	Surface Habitat	Space Architecture Office, Surface Habitats, Landing Pads	Space Architecture Office	Concept	Produce innovative 'human-centered' designs which enable human beings to not only live, but thrive in space environments beyond Earth.
Spartan Space	EUROHAB	Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	Moon, Inflatables	Development	A brief outlook of the EUROHAB, a Lunar habitat concept developed by Spartan Space.
Stellar Amenities		Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	Space Architecture Office	Concept	Stellar Amenities is a space deep tech startup developing NewSpace defining products and services for human expansion beyond Earth.
Teague		Surface Habitat	Space Architecture Office	Space Architecture Office	Concept	Teague shares a vision for future life on the Moon, applying human-centered design principles to improve mission performance.
Thales Alenia Space	Multi-Purpose Habitat	Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats	Moon	Development	Multi-Purpose Habitat (MPH) aims be the first permanent outpost on the Moon.
The Lunar Resources Company	Artemis Project	Surface Habitat	Commercial Moon Base, Space Advocacy, Surface Habitats	Moon	Concept	Our goal is to establish an enduring private sector destination that opens the path for you to visit the Moon, at a price you would expect to pay for the luxury-class European capital tour.
United Space Structures		Surface Habitat	Surface Habitats, In-Space Assembly, In-Orbit Data Storage, Lunar Data Center	Moon, Surface, Large Space Structures, Mars, Additive Manufacturing (3D printing)	Early stage	Our mission is to build a large self-sustaining facility that will house hundreds of people and to start construction by 2026.

Surface Habitats & Surface StructuresFacilities on planetary surfaces