Microgrids for Extraterrestrial Habitats: A Review of Technologies, Needs, and Challenges
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other space organizations are preparing for new space exploration and habitation initiatives. These include human return to the Moon through the Artemis mission, human exploration of Mars and deeper space habitats, and the establishment of...
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| description | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other space organizations are preparing for new space exploration and habitation initiatives. These include human return to the Moon through the Artemis mission, human exploration of Mars and deeper space habitats, and the establishment of permanent human bases on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Such installations demand a highly reliable, resilient, safe, and autonomous power system to support the habitats’ different functions, systems, and electrical loads. This paper presents a review of the different power sources, energy storage options, microgrid architectures, in addition to challenges and needs for future extraterrestrial habitat microgrids. In addition, this paper reviews the economic challenges and life cycle costs of future extraterrestrial microgrids. Of special focus in this paper are the degradation causes and mechanisms of space microgrid components due to harsh environments in which such microgrids will operate. With the information presented in this paper, which accurately compares different technologies’ performance for the same function, researchers in the space community will be able to make better decisions regarding the requirements and technology development of an extraterrestrial power system. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d8cb8652beb04d29ae8661131fdd86a32025-01-31T00:00:38ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113174731749410.1109/ACCESS.2025.353216310847940Microgrids for Extraterrestrial Habitats: A Review of Technologies, Needs, and ChallengesLeila Chebbo0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5781-1467Muhammed Ali Gultekin1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5492-723XAli Bazzi2Sean A. Q. Young3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-9453Joseph P. Kozak4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4308-6815Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAElectrical and Computer Engineering Department, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USAJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USAJohns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other space organizations are preparing for new space exploration and habitation initiatives. These include human return to the Moon through the Artemis mission, human exploration of Mars and deeper space habitats, and the establishment of permanent human bases on the Moon, Mars, and beyond. Such installations demand a highly reliable, resilient, safe, and autonomous power system to support the habitats’ different functions, systems, and electrical loads. This paper presents a review of the different power sources, energy storage options, microgrid architectures, in addition to challenges and needs for future extraterrestrial habitat microgrids. In addition, this paper reviews the economic challenges and life cycle costs of future extraterrestrial microgrids. Of special focus in this paper are the degradation causes and mechanisms of space microgrid components due to harsh environments in which such microgrids will operate. With the information presented in this paper, which accurately compares different technologies’ performance for the same function, researchers in the space community will be able to make better decisions regarding the requirements and technology development of an extraterrestrial power system.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10847940/Extraterrestrial power systemenvironmental challengesmicrogridsspace explorationspace habitat |
| spellingShingle | Leila Chebbo Muhammed Ali Gultekin Ali Bazzi Sean A. Q. Young Joseph P. Kozak Microgrids for Extraterrestrial Habitats: A Review of Technologies, Needs, and Challenges IEEE Access Extraterrestrial power system environmental challenges microgrids space exploration space habitat |
| title | Microgrids for Extraterrestrial Habitats: A Review of Technologies, Needs, and Challenges |
| title_full | Microgrids for Extraterrestrial Habitats: A Review of Technologies, Needs, and Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Microgrids for Extraterrestrial Habitats: A Review of Technologies, Needs, and Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microgrids for Extraterrestrial Habitats: A Review of Technologies, Needs, and Challenges |
| title_short | Microgrids for Extraterrestrial Habitats: A Review of Technologies, Needs, and Challenges |
| title_sort | microgrids for extraterrestrial habitats a review of technologies needs and challenges |
| topic | Extraterrestrial power system environmental challenges microgrids space exploration space habitat |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10847940/ |
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