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NASA is Recruiting for Yearlong Simulated Mars Mission | NASA

Mars is calling! NASA is seeking applicants for participation as a crew member during the first one-year analog mission in a habitat to simulate life on a distant world, set to begin in Fall 2022.

As NASA ventures farther into the cosmos, the astronaut experience will change. In preparation for the real-life challenges of future missions to Mars, NASA will study how highly motivated individuals respond under the rigor of a long-duration, ground-based simulation.

The series of missions - known as Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog - includes three one-year Mars surface simulations based at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. The analogs will support research to develop methods and technologies to prevent and resolve potential problems on future human spaceflight missions to the Moon and Mars.

I found the "Docking" very interesting today. It started off with the "ISS Arm" capturing the Rocket, then "Ground Control" took over the manouvering the Rocket into the correct position to be bolted to the ISS, which is where it will stay until November. It all took a few hours to achieve, but was well worth it.

This will probably be available on YouTube either later today or tomorrow.

It is STILL live on Nasa TV at the time of writing this post and I will keep watching in case they show the astronauts unloading the 8,200 lbs of equipment.

Interesting video, on fact I found cool was if the rockets themselves were shrunk down to the size of a cola can, their walls would actually be thinner, and how they keep them cooll

Cliff S said:

Interesting video, on fact I found cool was if the rockets themselves were shrunk down to the size of a cola can, their walls would actually be thinner, and how they keep them cooll

I just watched that this morning. They seem to have cracked it and they are looking to launch a rocket later this year.

WOW @Cliff S,
I have just downloaded the video to watch later with a beer. Thanks for sharing.

Upcoming events that you might find interesting . . .

August 24, Tuesday
6:30 a.m. - Coverage of U.S. Spacewalk #77 at the International Space Station to install a bracket on the Port 4 truss for the next IROSA Solar Array (Hoshide and Vande Hei; spacewalk scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. EDT and last at least 6 ½ hours)

August 28, Saturday
3:15 a.m. - Coverage of the SpaceX CRS-23 Cargo Dragon Launch to the International Space Station (Launch scheduled at 3:37 a.m. EDT)

August 29, Sunday
9:30 a.m. - Coverage of the rendezvous and docking of the SpaceX CRS-23 Cargo Dragon Craft to the International Space Station (Docking scheduled at 11 a.m. EDT)

Wednesday Aug 19/21 - Live - Launched

RockSatX Sounding Rocket Launch - YouTube