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NASA crew emerges from year-long simulated Mars mission


The participants of a year-long NASA study that simulated a crewed mission to Mars finished their 'stay' over the weekend.

A simulated NASA mission to Mars came to an end this week as a four-member team emerged from their craft after a year-long isolation here on Earth. The four volunteers spent just over 12 months inside NASA’s first-ever simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The mission aimed to establish conditions for future Mars operations, dealing with challenges such as limited resources, isolation, and communication delays of up to 22 minutes with Earth.

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