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NASA Selects Crew for 45-Day Simulated Mars Mission in Houston

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NASA selected a crew of four research volunteers to participate in its last simulated mission to Mars in 2024 within…

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Amendment 61: C.23 Analog Activities to Support Artemis Lunar Operations Deferred to ROSES-25.

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When it is solicited, the focus of C.23 Analog Activities to Support Artemis Lunar Operations is on supporting high-fidelity science…

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NASA, Collaborators Announce a New Student Lunar Autonomy Challenge! 

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The new Lunar Autonomy Challenge invites teams of students from U.S. colleges and universities to test their software development skills.…

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Crew Returns from Simulated Trip to Mars—Take a Peek Inside Their Journey

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An all-volunteer crew on a simulated trip to Mars “returned” to Earth on Sept. 23, 2024, after being isolated in…

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On a stark, barren landscape of dark grey rocks and dust, a smiling person dressed in rain gear and warm layers holds a clipboard under her arm.

NASA’s Artemis II Crew Uses Iceland Terrain for Lunar Training

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At first glance, it seems like a scene from an excursion on the Moon’s surface…except the people are in hiking…

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Seven people, with large backpacks, hiking down a hill of lumpy snow dusted with beige volcanic ash. Behind them is a steep wall of dirt with streaks of fresh green shrubbery. The people appear tiny against the landscape and are all in the left half of the image. On the right are overlapping views of three distinct geological formations: a light-colored slope in the foreground, a tan and orange river gorge in the middle ground, and snow-capped mountains in the background, under a partly cloudy sky.

Into The Field With NASA: Valley Of Ten Thousand Smokes

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To better understand Mars, NASA's Goddard Instrument Field Team hiked deep into the backcountry of Katmai National Park.

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