NASA researchers spent more than a year in isolation — they simulated an expedition to Mars
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 4:46 am
NASA has completed an isolation experiment simulating life on Mars. For 378 days, four volunteers spent time in a model of the Mars Dune Alpha station at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, where they simulated a Martian environment.
As part of the CHAPEA program, crew members lived in isolation, conducted scientific research, and maintained the station. During the experiment, NASA specialists faced challenges that might arise during a real expedition to Mars. Among other things, they ate freeze-dried food, grew vegetables, made “surface walks,” and fixed malfunctions that NASA scientists simulated.
The experiment participants had limited resources to distribute estonia phone number material throughout the year. Communication with the Earth station occurred with a delay of 22 minutes, as in the case of real Mars.
The crew of the first CHAPEA mission included doctor Nathan Jones, civil engineer Ross Brockwell, biologist Kelly Huston and microbiologist Anka Celariu. According to them, the experiment gave them unforgettable impressions of a lifetime. Jones emphasized that for him, the time in isolation flew by quickly, because he and his colleagues always had something to do.
NASA is using the data collected to better plan future missions to Mars, and the space agency will conduct two more similar experiments in the next few years.
Crew members complete their "journey" to Mars
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As part of the CHAPEA program, crew members lived in isolation, conducted scientific research, and maintained the station. During the experiment, NASA specialists faced challenges that might arise during a real expedition to Mars. Among other things, they ate freeze-dried food, grew vegetables, made “surface walks,” and fixed malfunctions that NASA scientists simulated.
The experiment participants had limited resources to distribute estonia phone number material throughout the year. Communication with the Earth station occurred with a delay of 22 minutes, as in the case of real Mars.
The crew of the first CHAPEA mission included doctor Nathan Jones, civil engineer Ross Brockwell, biologist Kelly Huston and microbiologist Anka Celariu. According to them, the experiment gave them unforgettable impressions of a lifetime. Jones emphasized that for him, the time in isolation flew by quickly, because he and his colleagues always had something to do.
NASA is using the data collected to better plan future missions to Mars, and the space agency will conduct two more similar experiments in the next few years.
Crew members complete their "journey" to Mars
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