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NASA Selects Crew for Next Simulated Mars Mission
NASA selected a crew of four volunteers to participate in a simulated journey to Mars inside a habitat at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.
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NASA has selected a crew of four for the next NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog mission, a simulated trip to Mars. From left are Kamak Ebadi, Susan Hilbig, Abhishek Bhagat, and Ariana Lutsic.
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![HERA crew member Pietro Di Tillio prepares a mix of freeze-dried veggies, which participants must ration throughout simulated Mars missions.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hera-mealprep-light.jpg?w=300)
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![HERA crew member Jared Broddrick performs a resistive exercise during a workout session on a simulated Mars mission.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hera-crew-power-block.jpg?w=300)
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![HERA crew member Monique Garcia watches her spacecraft ?launch? on a monitor during a simulated mission to Mars.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/hera-crew-window.jpg?w=300)
![Inside Campaign 6 of NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog, or HERA, crew member Lauren Cornell dons a pair of augmented reality goggles for one of her mission tasks.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/hera-augmented-reality-ar.jpg?w=300)
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![HERA crew member Christopher Roberts rides an indoor bicycle inside a tiny habitat that NASA uses to help simulate missions to Mars.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hera-crew-exercise.jpg?w=300)
![HERA crew members Dragos Michael Popescu and Pietro Di Tillio wear headsets to coordinate with others on a simulated Mars mission with communication delays.](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/hera-crew-headset.jpg?w=300)