Mars Dune Alpha Conceptual Render: Visualization on Mars [Courtesy: NASA/ICON]
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NASA is recruiting for the second of three year-long simulated Mars missions (CHAPEA) set to begin in 2025 at the Johnson Space Center.
The mission involves a four-person crew living in a 1,700-square-foot 3D-printed habitat, simulating challenges like resource limitations, equipment failures, and communication delays.
Tasks for the crew include simulated spacewalks, robotic operations, habitat maintenance, exercise, and crop growth.
Applicants must be healthy U.S. citizens or permanent residents, proficient in English, nonsmokers, and between the ages of 35-50, with an application deadline of 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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