The US astronauts stranded on the International Space Station are home at last — more than nine months after their days-long jaunt into orbit turned into a headline-grabbing space odyssey.

Because of faults with Boeing’s Starliner, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore had to wait months for a ride back to Earth on a different spacecraft.

These destinations on Earth simulate some of the most stressful parts of space travel, and help astronauts survive in extreme situations. While we might not be able to go to space, a visit to these places might just bring us slightly closer to the experience,