Lunar Camper: NASA researchers testing a habitat to put on the moon

HAMPTON, Va. (Winston-Salem Journal) - If the Michelin Man had a storage unit, it might look like something that has landed at NASA’s Langley Research Center.

Engineers are testing an inflatable, expandable planetary-surface habitat. The early model is a 20-foot-high, 12-foot-wide capsule on legs. It is covered in white nylon webbing. Later models could be used someday as living quarters, storage units and air locks for astronauts stationed on the moon.