Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand NASA unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on future missions to Earth s neighbor.
NASA unveils Mars habitat for year-long experiments on earth en.trend.az - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from en.trend.az Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 1,700 square-foot (160 square-meter) facility, dubbed Mars Dune Alpha , is located at the US space agency s massive research base in Houston, Texas.
Volunteers will stay, eat, work, exercise for a year in the facility, starting this summer, as the US space agency monitors their physical and mental health
NASA unveiled its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on future missions to Earth s neighbour