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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.
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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.