Chapaia's experiment involved four volunteers, two women and two men, who spent a total of 378 days in a 160-square-meter facility near Houston, he wrote. hvg.
The goal of the program is to send astronauts to the Moon and then to Mars. It is closely related to this program, Artemis, whose long-term goal is to establish a lunar base.
The CHAPEA crew of 4 left their home after 378 days. ✅
They simulated a Mars mission to help evaluate health and performance in relation to the realistic resource constraints of Mars in isolation and confinement. The door is officially open and the mission is complete. Congratulations… pic.twitter.com/AbfaMrzw2n
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NASA's chief technical officer, Julie Kramer, said the program would “learn important lessons from complex systems and make travel to Mars and back safer.” It also announced that similar experiments are scheduled for 2025 and 2027.
For the first time, astronauts who have not yet been trained can participate in the program, but volunteers between the ages of 30 and 55 who are healthy, motivated, have a degree, are U.S. citizens, have at least 1,000 hours of spaceflight experience and do not smoke.
They are also building a launching pad for a moon mission.
Meanwhile, he is on it. It turns out thatNASA is also building a new space station that will be placed in orbit around the moon.
The Gateway space station is being prepared as a resting place before landing on the moon, which can be shared by four astronauts at the same time.
Its primary purpose would be to ensure a permanent human presence on the Moon in later times, and it may also have a role in launching deep space missions.
By the time it’s finished, there will be three space stations next to it, including the International Space Station (ISS), China’s Heavenly Palace already in operation, and a new Russian station under construction. Five organizations are currently working on the Gateway, with NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), and the UAE’s Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) also involved.
If the tests are successful, this will be the first solar-powered spacecraft to orbit the Moon in a total of seven days and be in constant contact with Earth. However, there are obstacles to its construction, as testing of the SpaceX Starship spacecraft is progressing more slowly than expected. For this reason, the previously mentioned Artemis mission has also been postponed.
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