Published April 20, 2023 at 9:49 p.m
A mission that promises to be full of twists and turns. Explanations.
Simulate a stay on Mars
NASA has selected four candidates to participate in a Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog simulation mission called CHAPEA. This mission lasts one year. To simulate a stay on Mars, a 157 square meter habitat was created using 3D printers.
The Difficult Life
The objective of this mission is to reproduce a stay on the red planet in order to overcome certain obstacles. Specifically, participants must manage: equipment failures, difficulties accessing limited resources, communication delays, and other environmental stresses.
Multidisciplinary team
The Commander is a scientific researcher of Native American origin in Canada. The rest of the crew consists of an engineer, a doctor and a scientist.
NASA is preparing the first phase of a long extraterrestrial stay for astronauts, beginning with sending a crew to the moon. The Artemis mission envisages the possible construction of a lunar base in preparation for the ultimate goal: going to Mars.
Source: NASA