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A-10 combat pilot prepares for 378-day NASA Mars simulation

Air Force Maj. Ross Elder will lead a 378-day NASA mission with three other crew members in a structure that simulates a base ...
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Life on Mars? NASA's Perseverance Rover Collects Most Convincing Evidence Yet

In fairness to the Perseverance rover, this is exactly what it was built for. Nicknamed Percy, the machine was sent to Jezero ...
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UK woman may be set for year-long simulated Mars mission

A UK-born woman may be about to go to Mars for a year – at least in simulated form. Laura Marie is on the alternate crew list ...

Air Force test pilot picked to command year-long Mars simulation mission

NASA named an Air Force test pilot, a Space Force officer who was once an ICBM missile officer, and a Marine Corps F/A-18 ...
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NASA will again send a group of researchers to Houston to simulate a Mars mission

Four researchers will spend more than a year in a 3D-printed habitat, acting as though they're eating, sleeping and living on ...
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NASA Selects Four Crewmembers For Second Mars Simulation Mission

HOUSTON—NASA has selected four crewmembers for its second 378-day simulation of living and working on the surface of Mars.
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'We're really on a different trajectory': How NASA's Artemis moon missions aim to prepare us for Mars

NASA is working on finding landing sites for future moon astronauts. Part of the work includes thinking about how to prepare ...