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Fact Sheet: Analog Missions
A guide to NASA's analog missions and field tests, conducted in locations with physical similarities to extreme space environments.
Report: Analog Missions
Paving the Way for Space Exploration
This report provides an in-depth look at NASA's active analog missions, with highlights and success stories.
Analog Mission Vodcasts
Vodcasts shot on location during analog missions, by the NASA EDGE and NASA 360 teams.
Latest Analogs Features
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Analogs Blog: NEEMO 16 Training Week →
NEEMO 16 Commander Dottie (Dorothy) Metcalf-Lindenburger talks about training week at JSC.
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NEEMO 16 Mission Dates and Crew Announced
An international team of aquanauts will travel to the bottom of the Atlantic to simulate a visit to an asteroid in the 16th NEEMO expedition.
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RATS 2012: Asteroid Simulation Mission
NASA’s Research and Technology Studies team created a simulated near-Earth asteroid exploration mission in the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility.
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Analogs Blog: Test-Driving a Spaceship →
Dr. José Hurtado explains the simulated asteroid mission activities that the RATS team is conducting during the 2012 Phase 1 testing at Johnson Space Center.
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2012 Research and Technology Studies Resume at JSC
The Research and Technology Studies team (RATS) conducts habitability testing and asteroid mission simulations in JSC's Building 9.
Past Analog Missions
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Rover Testing and Oxygen Production Technology in Hawaii
NASA is testing rovers and oxygen production technology in Hawaii
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Moses Lake 2008 - Testing Lunar Robots and Spacesuits
NASA robotic vehicles and their developers braved sand storms and unprecedented temperature swings on sweeping dunes near Moses Lake, Washington to prepare for future lunar expeditions.
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Inflatable Habitat B-B-B-Blog
Get the cold, hard facts about setting up an inflatable lunar habitat in Antarctica straight from Larry Toup's frigid fingers.
What Are Analog Missions?
NASA is actively planning to expand human spaceflight and robotic exploration beyond low Earth orbit. Future destinations may include near Earth asteroids, and Mars and its moons.
To prepare for the challenge of exploring these destinations in space, NASA conducts "analog" missions here on Earth, in remote locations that have physical similarities to extreme space environments.
