The latest cohort of NASA researchers are set to step foot inside a Mars simulator next month as humans edge closer to putting people on the red planet. The newly-selected group will take part in the ...

Human beings have evolved to thrive in the conditions of our planet. Often though, people thrust themselves into extreme environments: scientists studying Antarctic weather patterns, divers recovering ...

NASA has officially unveiled the four-person crew chosen for its second CHAPEA mission — short for Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog — a 378-day simulation of a human mission to Mars.

Six scientists have emerged from a dome on a remote Hawaiian volcano after eight months in isolation, as part of NASA-backed research to simulate the Martian environment. The crew, who has been cooped ...

The mission aims to "simulate life on a distant world" It is set to begin in the fall of 2022 The mission will be set at NASA's Johnson Space Center Have you ever wanted to experience living on the ...

If you've ever wanted to know what it's like living on Mars, NASA may have the perfect opportunity for you. The space agency is seeking four volunteers for a simulated Mars experiment – but it's not ...

Imagine you have been transported to Mars as a robot avatar. Around you in this virtual reality (VR), computer-simulated world are other people also walking around as robots. Your mission is to work ...

Six members of an international crew have come to the end of a gruelling 17-month Mars simulation exercise. But in what ways would a real mission to the Red Planet be different? After 520 days of ...

The CHAPEA simulation mission will involve more than one full year of isolation, testing the psychological and physiological endurance of a human mission to the red planet. Human beings have evolved ...

Six members of an international crew have come to the end of a gruelling 17-month Mars simulation exercise. But in what ways would a real mission to the Red Planet be different? After 520 days of ...