|
Name |
Conceptual only |
Start Date |
End Date |
Location |
Crops |
Human Capacity |
Max Closed Duration |
Base area |
Volume |
|
Biosphere 2
|
No
|
1987
|
1994
|
Oracle, AZ
|
Bananas, papayas, sweet potatoes, beets, peanuts, lablab and cowpea beans, rice, and wheat.
5 goats, 38 chickens, 3 pigs, tilapia
|
8
|
730days
|
204,000m2
|
12,700m3
|
|
NASA BioHome
|
No
|
1989
|
Ongoing
|
|
Tomatoes, sorghum, corn, potatoes, cucumbers and squash.
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
Mars Base Zero
|
No
|
1999
|
|
Fairbanks, Alaska
|
Beets, Bush Beans, Cabbage, Carrot, Onion, Lettuce, Parsley, Potato, Swiss Chard, Tomato, Turnip 2 290 98 n 0
|
2
|
0days
|
290m2
|
98m3
|
|
BIOS-3
|
No
|
1972
|
1984
|
Krasnoyarsk, Siberia
|
Wheat, vegetables, algae
|
3
|
180days
|
315m2
|
|
|
Biotron Biomes
|
No
|
|
|
Ontario
|
The Biomes are designed to allow multi-disciplinary teams to create and simulate integrated ecosystems including plants, insects, soil microbes, fungae, and algae.
|
0
|
|
20m2
|
88m3
|
|
Paul Holowko BioSpheres
|
No
|
2010
|
Ongoing
|
San Jose, CA
|
Borage, Maidenhair fern, sand crabs, zooplankton, phytoplankton
|
0
|
900days
|
1m2
|
1m3
|
|
MELISSA
|
No
|
1989
|
|
Barcelona
|
|
0
|
|
12m2
|
25m3
|