Spartan Space
French lunar surface habitat company
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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, named EuroSuit, were published in November 2025. A developmental version of EuroSuit was tested in 2026 on the ISS during the mission Epsilon of the ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot.[19][20] Simultaneously, Spartan Space performed a EuroSuit water survival test campaign in Marseille.[19] The company is expected to develop a final ground version of the suit by the end of 2027.[19]