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Kelly Haston, commander of NASA's CHAPEA mission, and three crewmates volunteered to live for more than a year on 'Mars.' Here's how CHAPEA's first month has gone.
Research scientist Kelly Haston, structural engineer Ross Brockwell, emergency medicine physician Nathan Jones and US Navy microbiologist Anca Selariu were locked into the virtual planet at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, on Sunday as part of the first of a three-year-long simulation study by the space agency.
NASA launched its 'CHAPEA' mission just yesterday, which saw four volunteers head into a Mars simulation in Houston, Texas, where they will spend the next year.
Four “analog astronauts” are venturing on a simulated mission to Mars to help NASA scientists understand human dynamics on long-duration missions. On Sunday, Kelly Haston, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones and Anca Selariu entered a mock Martian base at the U.S. space agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where they will spend the next 12 months…
The group will spend 378 days inside a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot space meant to replicate conditions on the red planet.