NASA has selected four volunteers to live in a 3D-printed habitat for 378 days, simulating life on Mars. The mission, which began on October 19, 2025, is part of NASA’s CHAPEA (Crew Health and ...

NASA’s next crew of “astronauts” won’t leave Houston, but they will live like they’re 140 million miles away — sealed inside a simulated Mars habitat for 378 days. NASA said last week that four ...

The sandbox portion of the Crew Health and Performance Analog, where research volunteers participate in simulated walks on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA has selected four crewmembers ...

A view inside the sandbox portion of NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Analog, where research volunteers participate in simulated walks on the surface of Mars. NASA is not quite sending astronauts to ...

For a very long time humanity has dreamed of traveling to other planets. Because of its proximity and similarity to our own corner of the Universe, these 'other planets' often take the shape of Mars ...

HOUSTON, Texas -- Starting Sunday night, a team of four volunteers will spend the next year inside a 1,700 square foot 3-D printed habitat at Johnson Space Center. The team is simulating what it would ...

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The prospect of living on other planets, easily achieved in fictional Hollywood productions, isn't so simple for the scientific community. The amount of research and data it takes to accomplish such a ...

HOUSTON — The clapping. The cheering. The noise. It all stopped the second the door shut. Tiffany Snyder stood with three other crew members inside a 650-square-foot cylindrical habitat at NASA’s ...