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NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog

Location

Houston, Texas

Environment

Closed Environment

HAZARDS

Isolation and Confinement

Mission Duration

Up to 45 Days

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Editor’s Note, Oct. 29, 2024: The crew roster for this HERA mission has been updated. A crew of four research volunteers…

October 18, 2024

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An all-volunteer crew on a simulated trip to Mars “returned” to Earth on Sept. 23, 2024, after being isolated in…

September 25, 2024

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NASA selected a new team of four research volunteers to participate in a simulated mission to Mars within HERA (Human…

July 22, 2024

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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.

HERA crew member Jared Broddrick performs a resistive exercise during a workout session on a simulated Mars mission.

HERA crew member Monique Garcia watches her spacecraft ?launch? on a monitor during a simulated mission to Mars.

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.

HERA crew member Monique Garcia holds a device for measuring the size of shrimp raised in the habitat that NASA uses to help simulate missions to Mars.

HERA crew member Christopher Roberts rides an indoor bicycle inside a tiny habitat that NASA uses to help simulate missions to Mars.

HERA crew members Dragos Michael Popescu and Pietro Di Tillio wear headsets to coordinate with others on a simulated Mars mission with communication delays.

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