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Trapped in a small but high-tech habitat, stranded on a cold desert world completely alien to our own, what would you do to decompress after a laborious day of scientific fact-finding and on-foot ...

NASA is preparing to lock four people inside a simulated Martian outpost for more than a year. Yes, you heard that correctly. This is a very bold step that aims to mimic the challenges astronauts ...

An Air Force test pilot will lead a four-person NASA crew living for a year inside a simulated Mars habitat as the space agency gears up for future long-term flights. The crew will also include a ...

NASA officials are revealing what life was like spending a year inside a Mars simulation and say the United States might reach the red planet by the "end of next decade." Commander Kelly Haston, ...

NASA has officially unveiled the four-person crew chosen for its second CHAPEA mission — short for Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog — a 378-day simulation of a human mission to Mars.

Four researchers will spend more than a year in a 3D-printed habitat, acting as though they're eating, sleeping and living on Mars. A previous simulation concluded in July 2024.

Living and working on Mars won’t be easy, as this four-person crew recently learned, given the intense workload, extreme isolation, and cramped conditions they faced. Reading time 2 minutes A ...

NASA's CHAPEA mission was a 378-day Mars simulation in a habitat in Houston. Scientists want to know what challenges astronauts will face on Mars, including extreme isolation. Crew member Ross ...