Mars Dune Alpha Conceptual Render: Visualization on Mars [Courtesy: NASA/ICON]
Key Takeaways:
NASA is recruiting applicants for a year-long, ground-based simulated Mars mission (CHAPEA) set to begin in 2025.
This mission, the second of three, aims to inform NASA's human exploration plans for Mars by simulating challenges like resource limitations and equipment failures within a 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat.
Applicants must be healthy U.S. citizens or permanent residents, proficient in English, nonsmokers, between 35-50 years old, with a deadline to apply by April 2.
Do you have what it takes to live on Mars for a year? NASA is spooling up a new crew to simulate that very scenario and seeking applicants for the mission, it announced Friday.
The mission, set to begin in 2025, is the second of three ground-based CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) efforts that aim to inform NASA’s plans for human exploration of Mars.
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