Trent Tresch

Trent Tresch works in bridging the gap between traditional aerospace and new-space innovation. He launched his work at Biosphere 2, serving as a volunteer Co-Director for the Space Analog for the Moon and Mars habitat. He now imparts his expertise leading CHaSE initiatives in teaching spacesuit operations and spacecraft egress, while actively designing, researching, and testing space exploration technologies.

Piloting both hot air and hydrogen gas balloon systems, Trent has managed crewed and uncrewed high-altitude projects. He has a keen eye set on exploration of near-space environments such as the stratosphere and mesosphere. His further experience ranges from polar to deep ocean submarine exploration, to micro gravity flight, simulations, centrifuge and hypobarics. Working with the UA School of Medicine, APEX aerospace fellowship (APEX), he is currently engineering a two-person pressurized space capsule for rescue simulations and flight. Among many things, Trent additionally has contributed to international diplomatic efforts on the commercialization and economics of outer space, collaborating with organizations such as the Secure World Foundation and the Paris Peace Forum.

 

Walter-Range, M. Tresch, T. (2024) Sustainable Development of an Emerging Space Nation’s Economy. International Astronautical Congress, Milan, Italy

Oommen, B. Staats, K. Tresch, T. et. al. (2024) The Space Analog for the Moon and Mars (SAM): A hermetically-sealed and pressurized terrestrial analog station and research facility: from inception to crewed analog missions and beyond. International Astronautical Congress, Milan, Italy

Staats, K. Tresch, T. et. al. (2024) A Reduced Gravity Simulator at the Space Analog for the Moon & Mars (SAM) terrestrial habitat analog at Biosphere 2. International Astronautical Congress, Milan, Italy

Smith, C.M. and Tresch, T. (2024) Maturation of an Experimental Nonpowered Mars Surface Exploration System. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society.

Smith, C.S. & Tresch, T. (2019). Incidence of an Astronaut Not Sealing the Pressure Garment Visor on Reentry. Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments, Volume 15, Issue 1. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1114&context=jhpee

Tresch, T. (2018). Earth and Space Exploration Divers Training Handbook. Seattle, WA: Earth and Space Exploration, LLC.

 

 

 

 

-Air and Space Force Association, 2024, SWR-AZ-334 Davis Monthan Comp Sq. Radio Grant

-Arizona Space Grant Consortium, 2024, NASA Space Mentor

-British-American Fellow, 2024, International Leadership Fellow

-Rothblatt Space Settlement Prize, 2024, Spacesuits for Long Term Settlement

-Scale Up Program, 2023, Paris Peace Forum, An Inclusive Approach to the Space Economy

-NSF I-Corps Grant, 2023, Portable Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Chamber

-Blue Origin/National Space Society Grant, 2023, Spacesuit Operations and Training

-Rothblatt Space Settlement Prize, 2023, Building Opportunities for AI Neural Networks in Space

-Sustainable Oceans Alliance Grant, 2021, Six Gill Shark Research via Deep Ocean Submarine

-The Explorers Club Mamont Grant, 2019, Project title: Astronaut Parafoil Handle Deployment Locations

-United States Parachute Association STAR Award, 2019, Project title: Spacesuit Skydiving