HERA

NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog

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Overview

What is HERA?

Experience

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HERA is a unique 650-square-foot habitat split among two floors and a loft, designed to serve as an analog for isolation, confinement, and remote conditions in exploration scenarios.

Location

Houston, Texas

Environment

Closed Environment

HAZARDS

Isolation and Confinement

Mission Duration

Up to 45 Days

K-12 Students: Design NASA’s Next HERA Campaign Patch

Are you a student in grades K-12 with a graphic design idea that represents the next series of simulated missions to the Moon inside HERA? Submit your artistic concepts now!

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The crew of NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog Campaign 6 Mission 1 displays a patch outside the HERA habitat. The mission represented a simulated journey to Mars’ moon Phobos. From left to right: Lauren Cornell, Christopher Roberts, Madelyne Willis, and Monique Garcia. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford