SpaceUpdated November 2
NASA’s second crew ends its Mars simulation.
The four crew members emerged on Oct. 31 after 378 days in isolation at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. They had spent more than a year in a Mars-mission simulation on Earth, testing systems, tending crops, managing limited resources, working around communication delays and conducting extravehicular activities. That’s the part of a Mars mission a simulation can make tangible: the daily work of keeping things going while communication lags and resources are limited. NASA says the crew’s experience will help it design a future Moon Base and plan missions on Mars.
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Coverage started October 31
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