Halfway milestone: CHAPEA 2's four‑member crew has completed 200 days of their 378‑day simulated Mars mission inside NASA's Dune Alpha habitat. Blackout test: The mission is in a simulated two‑week ...

Members of NASA's CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) mission 2 pose for a group photo. (From left to ...

Have you ever wondered what it might be like to live on Mars? NASA is looking for volunteers for a yearlong mission that will simulate what living on the red planet might be like. On Feb. 16, NASA put ...

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 ...

A U.S. Air Force test pilot is one of four volunteers selected for a yearlong NASA Mars mission simulation. The crew will live for 378 days in a 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat at Johnson Space ...

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 ...

Milestone reached: NASA’s CHAPEA crew has completed 200 days of their 378‑day simulated Mars mission inside the Mars Dune Alpha habitat. Blackout challenge: The team is in a two‑week simulated ...

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 ...

NASA has pushed Mars helicopter rotor blades past Mach 1, a step toward future aircraft that could carry heavier science ...