November 22, 2024

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NASA is looking for volunteers to spend a year on Mars during a simulated mission

NASA is looking for volunteers to spend a year on Mars during a simulated mission

Applications are open for next year's mock NASA Mars mission, which simulates the challenges a crew might face during future expeditions to the Red Planet.

The ground mission was called Young man (Analog for Exploring Crew Health and Performance), consists of four volunteer crew members who live and work within a 1,700-square-foot (158 m2) 3D-printed insulated habitat. Located at NASA Johnson Space Center In Houston, the Mars Dune Alpha habitat includes an adjacent 1,200-square-foot (111 m) space used to simulate… Spacewalk.