Mars Analogs
"Missions" have been undertaken on Earth to simulate aspects of the conditions people could experience during a future mission to Mars. For example, in the 1960s the Soviets locked up three cosmonauts for a year. Modern examples include an 120-day study in Hawaii to test a space food diet, and equipment tests inside Austrian mountain caves in 2012.
Among these are:
- Mars-500, simulated a 520 day mission in Moscow.
- Mars Analogue Research Station Program, simulated Mars habitats
- Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station
- Mars Desert Research Station
- European Mars Analog Research Station
- Australia Mars Analog Research Station
- Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition, annual expeditions to remote sites
- Concordia Station, multi-purpose Arctic base
- HI-SEAS, a 120 day mission.
- NEEMO, underwater base.
See also, Category:Human spaceflight analogs
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