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At 22 bases around the world, citizen scientists have been volunteering to simulate life on Mars, learning lessons that may aid real-life exploration.

Praising analog astronauts Alon Tenzer and Liad Yosef for “making history,” the Israeli president said, “If there’s something that unites humanity, it’s the future life of the universe and the life of the human species.”

In a collaboration between the Israel Space Agency and the Austrian Space Forum, 6 analog astronauts spent several weeks simulating life on Red Planet and conducting experiments

6 astronauts are currently holed up in a sweltering Martian base, replicating life on the Red Planet. Only this isn't Mars, it's the desert.

MITZPE RAMON, Israel -- Inside a huge crater in Israel's sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to simulate conditions on Mars. The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a 500-metre (1,600-foot

Inside a huge crater in Israel’s sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to simulate conditions on Mars.

The mission aims to study human behaviour and the effect of isolation on astronauts.

The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a 1,600 feet (500m) deep, 25 miles (40km) wide crater.

Inside a huge crater in Israel’s sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to simulate conditions on Mars. The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a 500m-deep, 40km-wide crater.

While the crew, equipment and accommodation are in Israel, hosted by the Israel Space Agency, they will all be managed by mission control at the Austrian Space Forum facility in Innsbruck, Austria.