Human Space Habitat Design and Sustainability
- Submission status
- Open
npj Microgravity is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing premier research that enables space exploration, and provides novel insight into life, engineering and physical sciences to benefit Earth-based research. See our journal impact here. We are currently seeking submissions for a multidisciplinary Collection focusing on human space habitat design and sustainability from the biological, physical and engineering perspectives, in particular but not limited to the subject areas listed below.
This Call for Papers welcomes submissions focused on low earth orbit (LEO) or deep space exploration missions (e.g., lunar and Mars missions).
- Plants and food systems
- Fluid systems Life support systems, including air and water purification
- Synthetic biology and in situ resource utilization
- Microbial impact on human, plant and life support systems
- Approaches for microbial and toxicological control
- Habitat design including behavioral considerations and human interface with onboard systems
- Mitigating impact of spaceflight environment on human physiology
- Animal studies
Editors
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Brian Motil
Deputy Editor, npj Microgravity, previously at NASA Glenn Research Center
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Mark Ott
Deputy Editor, npj Microgravity, NASA Johnson Space Center
All articles have undergone npj Microgravity's standard peer review process and have been subject to all of the journal’s standard policies. This includes the journal’s policy on competing interests. The Editors declare no competing interests with the submissions which they have handled through the peer review process. The peer review of any submissions for which the Editors have competing interests is handled by another Editorial Board Member who has no competing interests.
Further details about our collection submission policies can be found here.
