NASA Seeks Applicants For Second Yearlong Simulated Mars Mission

Mark Carreau February 16, 2024

1 CHAPEA crewmembers (left to right) Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell, Kelly Haston, and Nathan Jones.

Credit: NASA
NASA has opened applications for a second set of four volunteers motivated to spend a year in confinement in a simulated, 3D-printed Mars mission habitat on the grounds of the agency’s Johnson Space Center (JSC). The first four volunteers began the initial 378-day simulation on June 25, 2023, and...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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