Inside a huge crater in Israel’s sun-baked Negev desert, a team wearing space suits ventures forth on a mission to simulate conditions on Mars. The Austrian Space Forum has set up a pretend Martian base with the Israeli space agency at Makhtesh Ramon, a 500m-deep, 40km-wide crater.
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While the crew, equipment and accommodation are in Israel, hosted by the Israel Space Agency, they will all be managed by mission control at the Austrian Space Forum facility in Innsbruck, Austria.
Participants from Austria, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain simulating life on the Red Planet to perfect the survival skills needed for eventual Mars mission