Four volunteers emerged Saturday from a restricted Mars-like environment in southeastern Texas where they had been living and working for 378 days, a livestream of the event shows.
Crew Commander Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones exited Mars Dune Alpha in Houston to applause at about 5 p.m., the livestream of the Egress Event showed. The four comprised the maiden Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) mission which entered the isolated, 1,700-square-foot, 3D-printed habitat on the grounds of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Johnson Space Center on June 25, 2023.
The crew engaged in “Marswalks,” supplemented their shelf-stable food supply with vegetables they grew in the environment and experienced life with limited resources, simulated communication delays with Earth and isolation, NASA stated.
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