Media


January 31, 2024

Robots to help with human habitation in space

This article and video, publihsed by Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), highlights how roboticists develop robots for Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats.


August 30, 2023

SUPER BLUE MOON 2023

This essay of The Lunar Dispatch discusses the design of habitats on the Moon.


August 29, 2023

Resilient Extra-Terrestrial Habitats Research Launches New Era of Space Travel

This issue of UConn's School of Engineering News features the RETH cyber-physical testbed.


October 1, 2022

From a Marvel vs. DC Chess Set to a Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitat, 3D Printing in the Libraries

Purdue students were interviewed on the Purdue Libraries' "Make Your Story" podcast about the 3D printed space habitat model that they developed.


December 1, 2021

RETHi: Resilient Extraterrestrial Habitats Institute

This issue of Frontiers, a Purdue College of Engineering Magazine, features RETHi as one of the large research institutes headquartered at Purdue.


July 20, 2021

Making space habitable: UTSA takes part in NASA project to build safe place for astronauts to call home

The San Antonio Express News highlights UTSA's involvement with the RETH Institute.


July 15, 2021

UTSA Grads Prepare to Tackle Engineering Challenges of the Future

Third in a three-part series about cutting-edge structural engineering research taking place at UTSA. Sterling Reynolds's work in RETHi is highlighted.


July 13, 2021

Investment in UTSA’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering paying dividends

This article is the second in a three-part series about cutting-edge structural engineering research taking place at UTSA. Dr. Montoya's work on space habitats is mentioned.


July 8, 2021

UTSA Researchers Renowned for Expertise in Civil and Structural Engineering

The first in a series on the structural engineering faculty at UTSA.


July 1, 2021

Agathiya Tharun: First-Time Undergraduate Researcher

The Purdue College of Engineering News profiles undergraduate researcher Agathiya Tharun through a video and article.


July 1, 2021

First-Time Undergraduate Research Experience

The Purdue College of Engineering News profiles undergraduate researchers Agathiya Tharun and Nathan Stonitsch, and Dr. Ziviani through a video and article.


April 1,2021

Nate Stonitsch '24 Wins Top Award

Nate Stonitsch, a First-Year Engineering student, presented his research project “Development and Optimization of a Thermal Transfer System for Simulating Lunar Temperatures and Possible Scenarios” during the Spring 2021 Undergraduate Research Conference. His abstract received the top award for the Innovative Technology, Design, and Entrepreneurship category.


December 4, 2020

Making a Home on the Moon

The Wall Street Journal's 'Future of Everything' covers the RETH Institute in podcast format.


September 1, 2020

LSIC Member Feature: The RETH Institute

The Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium newsletter features the institute.


May 4, 2020

Pursuing the Future of Lunar Habitation

Shirley Dyke doesn’t see the moon as a crater-filled sphere. She expects lunar dwellings to begin emerging in a decade, helping reach out to further space habitation.


March 21, 2020

Launching The Quest for Life Beyond Earth

Jim Braun and Shirley Dyke are interviewed in this article, highlighting the Purdue engineers working to design smart habitats in deep space.


November 6, 2019

SpaceATX: Space the Next Frontier: Exploring Space, Travel and Colonization

In this presentation, Dr. Montoya talks about the mission and goals of the institute at the SpaceATX event.


October 1, 2019

Wyss Institute roboticists win NASA award for developing smart deep-space habitats

Justin Werfel, Robert Wood, and Chuck Hoberman to lead development of robotic strategies able to maintain crewed and un-crewed extra-terrestrial habitats in space and on Mars


September 6, 2019

New space race grips Purdue

This article from the Indianapolis Business Journal discusses Purdue University's efforts within the RETH Institute.


August 1, 2019

Purdue is engineering the future of life in Space

Herrick Laboratories at Purdue University features the RETH institute in its newsletter to alumni.


August 1, 2019

NASA selects Purdue to develop smart and resilient deep space habitats

The Purdue University Civil Engineering Impact Magazine interviews several professors on the establishment of the institute.


July 1, 2019

Learning the rules for safe homes in space

Engineering Frontiers at Purdue outlines how the The Resilient ExtraTerrestrial Habitats Institute will establish systematic approaches to handle failures in truly challenging landscapes.


June 27, 2019

From West Lafayette to the Moon — and Beyond

How Purdue's Leadership and vision are woven into the story of human space travel.


June 1, 2019

Designing for the Next Frontier: Deep Space

This magazine article highlights the University of Connecticut's involvement in the institute, circulated to the alumni.


April 24, 2019

How would you survive on Mars?

Dr. Shirley Dyke, head of Purdue University’s RETH Institute, is interviewed. As part of the research, the RETH Institute will build a quarter-scale habitat as realistically as possible in Purdue’s Herrick Labs.


April 18, 2019

UConn Researchers to Help Design Resilient, Deep-Space Habitats

This press release highlights the University of Connecticut's involvement with the institute, including an interview with Dr. Malla.


April 13, 2019

Hondureño ayudará a la NASA a viajar al espacio profundo

This article from El País in honduras, highlights Honduras native Dr. Montoya's involvement in the project.


April 11, 2019

UTSA tapped by NASA to help build homes on Moon, Mars

Dr. Montoya is interviewed in this news article and video, highlighting the project that is expected to put UTSA on a global platform, with students having a part in the mission.


April 10, 2019

NASA Selects UTSA to be Part of an Institute to Create Smart Habitats for the Moon and Mars

This article from Silicon Hills News announces the awards for the RETH institute and the home institute, highlighting the involvement of UTSA and Dr. Montoya.


April 9, 2019

NASA Taps San Antonio University, Others To Solve Smart Habitat Issues

This news article from Keras News highlights Dr. Montoya's involvement with the RETH institute.


April 8, 2019

NASA Selects Two New Space Tech Research Institutes for Smart Habitats

This announcement from Space Ref outlines the awards of the HOME and RETH institutes.