The experiments show a real chance of creating self-sufficient, closed-loop living spaces using shelters made from ...

News Release 1-Apr-2025 A step towards life on Mars? Lichens survive Martian simulation in new study Peer-Reviewed Publication Pensoft Publishers ...

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.

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 ...

A research scientist and her crew of three who spent a staggering amount of time inside a NASA constructed Mars simulator now "see life differently" On 25 June 2023 Kelly Haston, Ross Brockwell ...

[Related: How to apply for NASA’s next Mars habitat simulation.] “The opportunity of being ‘away’ from Earth is very enlightening. It makes you realize how precious everything is.

When Kelly Haston emerged from NASA's Mars simulation project, she was met with flashing cameras, beaming colleagues and vigorous applause. It was a stark change from the previous 378 days, during ...

On Saturday, after 378 days of solitude, crewmembers Anca Selariu, Nathan Jones, Kelly Haston, and Ross Brockwell emerged from Mars Dune Alpha: a 1,700-square-foot simulated Mars habitat part of ...

The four members of a year-long Mars simulation emerged from their craft last week. Nathan Jones, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell, and Kelly Haston began the study on June 25, 2023. Their mission was ...

Four volunteers pretended to live on Mars for 378 days. For NASA, they investigated how to bring a common household item to another planet.

For over a year, four crew members participating in NASA's Mars Dune Alpha simulated experience communicated, ate, slept and researched as if they were stationed over 200 million miles away on the ...

Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones were greeted by a round of applause as they emerged from the 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat.