BACKGROUND

Information

Role

Research, MR Interface and Prototype

Timeline

Octorber- November 2024

Team Member

Andrea Chau, Hongming Li, Alice Li

Context

LunarLENS is a Mixed Reality (MR) system developed as one of the winner of NASA’s lunar navigation competition, addressing the challenges of exploring Shackleton Crater. This project was guided by Julian Scaff, Associate Chair of ArtCenter College of Design's Interaction Design MDes program.

/PSRs

Permant Shadowed Region (PSR)

The Moon has many craters on the south pole.1.54° relative to the Sun compared to Earth which is 23.5°.This allows these Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs) to be created.

/ Spacesuit

Source: Axiom Space

/ Design Challenges

Solar Winds

PSRs

Water Compounds

Solar winds and radiation pose significant threats to the Moon due to the lack of a protective atmosphere and magnetic field.

Extreme low-light conditions and perpetual darkness in PSRs hinder visibility and prevent solar power utilization.

Scientists have confirmed water on both sunlit and shadowed parts of the Moon. How could we visualize water data inside a system?

Problem Statement

How might we enable astronauts to navigate and map complex, shadowed lunar terrain accurately and autonomously, despite the absence of magnetic fields, limited visibility, and extreme environmental conditions?