CHAPEA MISSION 2 CREW REFLECTS AFTER 378 DAYS ON SIMULATED MARS
After 378 days without windows, the sounds of the outside world, or real-time calls with family and friends, four research volunteers stepped out of NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Oct. 31, completing the agency’s second yearlong Mars surface simulation.
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CHAPEA Mission 2 Crew Reflects After 378 Days on Simulated Mars — via NASA.
After 378 days without windows, the sounds of the outside world, or real-time calls with family and friends, four research volunteers stepped out of NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Oct. 31, completing the agency’s second yearlong Mars surface simulation.
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