The primary crew to participate in a yearlong NASA Mars analog mission reached the 300-day mark of its mission on April 20.
The workforce of 4 volunteers entered the CHAPEA (Crew Well being and Efficiency Exploration Analog) habitat at NASA’s Johnson House Middle in Houston on June 25, 2023, and is anticipated to finish the mission on July 6, 2024.
Throughout their 300 days within the ground-based habitat, the crew engaged in a number of simulated “Marswalks,” grew and harvested a number of salad crops to sometimes complement their shelf-stable meals, and took half in habitat and tools upkeep.
NASA is main a return to the Moon for long-term science and exploration. By way of Artemis missions, NASA will land the primary lady, first individual of shade, and first worldwide associate astronaut on the Moon, utilizing progressive applied sciences to discover extra of the lunar floor than ever earlier than. Classes discovered on and across the Moon and actions like CHAPEA on the bottom will put together NASA for the subsequent big leap: sending astronauts to Mars.
