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The objective of the Nasa mission is to learn more about the logistics – and the human psychology – of living long-term on another planet, without ever leaving the ground.

The space agency has thrown four complete strangers together who will spend the next 378 days in a 3D-printed simulation.

Ross Brockwell, a Virginia Beach native, is one of four crew members selected to embark on the mission at Johnson Space Center in Houston.

Kelly Haston Mars Mission: Kelly Haston, a Canada-based biologist, will spend 12 months in a Martian habitat in Houston, Texas, starting at the end of June. She’s a scientist experienced in building models of human disease.

With that data, NASA will better understand astronauts' "resource use" on Mars, said Grace Douglas, lead researcher on the CHAPEA experiments.

Glimpses of the Mars Dune Alpha, NASAs simulated Mars habitat, that is being used as preparation to send humans to the Red Planet.

NASA unveiled its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on Mars.

NASA will soon choose four volunteers to enter its new Mars Dune Alpha, an elaborate simulated red planet habitat.

Four volunteers will enter the habitat this summer to test the viability of life on the Red Planet.

Using artificial habitats to simulate the conditions in remote and even alien locations is not something new for human explorers. But that doesn’t ...