Interior design at 25,000 mph

NASA is designing Orion’s Artemis II interior around astronaut safety, usability, comfort, and privacy.

Adjustable seats, alternate control devices, sleep options, and acoustic and odor-control systems are meant to reduce strain during flight and reentry.

The approach puts human factors at the center of spacecraft design to lower injury risk and improve mission performance.

Orion highlights how long-duration missions are becoming more livable as engineering gives way to human-centered design.