Engineering:Spartan Space

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Short description: French lunar surface habitat company


Spartan Space is a French space company specializing in the development of habitation systems for extreme environments. Based in Septèmes-les-Vallons, France. It is among the inaugural laureates of the TECHTHEMOON initiative by CNES.[1] The company is known for developing the EUROHAB concept,[2] a lunar remote base camp designed as a payload for a robotic lunar lander, and the development of a IVA space suit.[3]

History

Spartan Space was founded in January 2021 by Peter Weiss, a Franco-German engineer.[4] The capital was increased in June 2021 by introducing several shareholders into the company, such as the architect Jacques Rougerie and the astronauts Jean-Francois Clervoy and Jean Jacques Favier.[5] In September 2021, a full-scale model of the EUROHAB concept was unveiled at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Dubai.[6] The company has won several development projects with the European Space Agency and the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), and is involved in the development of the Lunar I-HAB, the European habitation module developed by Thales Alenia Space in Turin.[7][8] In 2023, the French National Assembly exhibited a second mock-up of Eurohab at the Palais Bourbon in Paris.[9]

Eurohab

Eurohab is a concept for a lunar surface habitat developed by Spartan Space. The idea was initially developed by Peter Weiss and Jean Jacques Favier and received a prize from the Foundation Jacques Rougerie.[10] Eurohab is based on an inflatable habitat that can be transported to the lunar surface by a robotic vehicle such as the ESA Argonaut Lander or the Nyx Lander of The Exploration Company. Automatically deployed at the lunar south pole, it serves as a remote base camp for a crew of astronauts in extravehicular activity.[11]

Spartan Space developed a first mock-up of the habitat, which was exhibited at IAC 2021 and the French Pavilion of the Expo 2020 in Dubai.[12] In 2022, the company performed tests with the system in the desert of Abu Dhabi.[13][14] Air Liquide and the French CEA joined the concept to provide an energy management system based on flexible solar cells, regenerative fuel cells and a management system based on artificial intelligence.[15][16] The same year the concept was presented to the French senate as potential French contribution to the Artemis Program during a public audition.[17]

Airlock

Spartan and Airbus Defence and Space have completed a design for a lunar habitat airlock, commissioned by CNES.[18]

EuroSuit

In 2023, CNES selected Spartan Space as the prime contractor to develop a European intra-vehicular activity (IVA) spacesuit. Other contributors to the projects are the Institute of Space Medicine and Physiology (MEDES) and the French company Decathlon.[3] The first images of the spacesuit were published in November 2025. CNES plans to test the spacesuit, named EuroSuit, in 2026 on the ISS during the mission of the ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot.[19]

References

  1. ↑ "The Lunar Startups - TechTheMoon" (in en-US). 2021-11-25. https://www.techthemoon.com/en/the-lunar-startups/. 
  2. ↑ Dorminey, Bruce. "French Space Startup Builds Ingenious New Inflatable Lunar Habitat Prototype" (in en). https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucedorminey/2021/10/22/french-space-startup-builds-ingenious-new-inflatable-lunar-habitat-prototype/. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Parsonson, Andrew (2024-05-27). "CNES, Decathlon, Spartan Space and MEDES to Develop Spacesuit" (in en-US). https://europeanspaceflight.com/cnes-decathlon-spartan-space-and-medes-to-develop-spacesuit/. 
  4. ↑ Kulu, Erik. "Spartan Space - Factories in Space" (in en). https://www.factoriesinspace.com/spartan-space. 
  5. ↑ "THE TEAM" (in en-US). https://spartan-space.com/the-team/. 
  6. ↑ "Lunar Lander in Dubai" (in en). https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2021/10/Lunar_Lander_in_Dubai. 
  7. ↑ "Lunar I-Hab Mock-up – liquifer systems group" (in en-GB). https://liquifer.com/lunar-i-hab-mock-up/. 
  8. ↑ "Lunar I-Hab mockup operational and ready for action | Thales Alenia Space" (in en). 2024-04-11. https://www.thalesaleniaspace.com/en/news/lunar-i-hab-mockup-operational-and-ready-action. 
  9. ↑ "Spartan Space on show at the French national assembly | Fondation Jacques Rougerie" (in en). 2023-08-22. https://www.fondation-jacques-rougerie.com/en/news-and-events/2023-08-22-spartan-space/. 
  10. ↑ www.kaloa.net, Studio de design Kaloa-. "EUROHAB" (in en). https://www.jacquesrougeriedatabase.com/project/eurohab. 
  11. ↑ Weiss, Peter; Favier; Rougerie; Clervoy. "EUROHAB: Concept of an inflatable habitat payload as support to crewed missions on the lunar surface". Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2021), St Petersburg, Russian Federation, 14-18 June 2021.. 
  12. ↑ Mayangao, Cherry (2021-10-18). "Enjoy out-of-this-world entertainment as France Pavilion launches Space Week" (in en-US). https://mid-east.info/enjoy-out-of-this-world-entertainment-as-france-pavilion-launches-space-week/. 
  13. ↑ "space". https://www.adu.ac.ae/news-and-events/news/news/detail/2022/02/07/adu-to-host-eurohab-on-campus-from-february-8-11-2022. 
  14. ↑ Nasir, Sarwat. "Lunar habitat prototype on display at Abu Dhabi University" (in en). https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/2022/02/09/lunar-habitat-prototype-on-display-at-abu-dhabi-university/. 
  15. ↑ CEA (2022-09-21). "L'habitat lunaire de Spartan Space" (in fr). https://www.cea.fr/Pages/actualites/sciences-de-la-matiere/habitat-lunaire-spartan-space.aspx. 
  16. ↑ Weiss, Peter; Mohamed; Singh; Hayevskyy. "EUROHAB Secondary Habitat A potential European contribution to ARTEMIS". The 19th ASCE ASD Biennial International Conference on Engineering, Science, Construction and Operations in Challenging Environment (Earth & Space 2024) Kovens Conference Center, Florida International University Miami, FL, USA
  17. ↑ "Enjeux du conseil ministériel de l'Agence spatiale européenne des 22-23 novembre 2022" (in fr-FR). 2023-04-07. https://www.senat.fr/rap/r22-130/r22-130.html. 
  18. ↑ Parsonson, Andrew (August 15, 2025). "Spartan Space and Airbus Complete CNES Lunar Surface Airlock Study". https://europeanspaceflight.com/spartan-space-and-airbus-complete-cnes-lunar-surface-airlock-study/. 
  19. ↑ Parsonson, Andrew (2025-11-15). "European Spacesuit to be Tested Aboard ISS in 2026" (in en-US). https://europeanspaceflight.com/european-spacesuit-to-be-tested-aboard-iss-in-2026/. 



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