Highlighting its intent to send humans to Mars, NASA has announced that it will soon be embarking on a year-long simulation of a Mars mission using four research volunteers. Ross Elder, an ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Before NASA can send astronauts to Mars in the 2030s, the space agency has created a simulated Mars habitat. NASA wants to observe the effects of a four-person crew living in the ...

NASA has begun its first long-duration Mars simulation by sealing a four-person crew inside a 3D-printed habitat at Johnson ...

HOUSTON — The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA's first ...

Living and working on Mars won’t be easy, as this four-person crew recently learned, given the intense workload, extreme isolation, and cramped conditions they faced. Reading time 2 minutes A ...

Ross Elder of Williamstown, who will command a simulated mission living on Mars for 378 days. The mission begins Oct. 19. (Photo Provided) PARKERSBURG — A Williamstown man will lead an Earth-based ...

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 ...

Ever since humans gazed at the night sky, we’ve been drawn to that tiny reddish dot hovering above. Mars has captivated our ...

NASA is gearing up for a series of year-long simulated Mars missions, and you can apply to participate if you meet the stringent selection criteria. If chosen, you get to spend a year locked inside a ...

A collection-based survey of lichen species at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, USA and Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station in Nunavut, Canada was conducted as part of the Mars-160 mission ...