NASA's 1st Year-long Mock Mars Mission Wraps Up In Houston

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That mission, the first in the CHAPEA ("Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog") series, began on June 25, 2003, when four volunteers were sealed inside a simulated Mars habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston.

The four volunteers for the CHAPEA-1 mission were Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones. Their home for the past year-plus was Mars Dune Alpha , a 1,700-square-foot (158 square meters) 3D-printed habitat designed to feel like an isolated Red Planet outpost.

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"CHAPEA-1 has been a unique experience, with great challenges, joys and sorrows and a lot of hard work, with a fair bit of fun thrown in as well," Haston, who commanded the mission, said during the livestreamed event.

"I am humbled that being away on a one-year Mars analog brought me closer to those I was with and those I left back at home," she added.

Editor's note: This story was updated at 10 p.m. ET on July 7 with news of the CHAPEA-1 crew's exit from the Mars Dune Alpha habitat.

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