NASA’s Four Volunteers to Spend a Year in Mars Simulator in Houston

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has carefully selected 4 people to participate in a long term experiment. This experiment will prepare them for a real visit to Mars during future missions. 

A place, which looks like the surface of Mars, has been built in the Johnson Space Center in Huston, Texas. It has a gym, bedrooms, a farm where they can grow food, and an outdoor area where they can practice spacewalks. The names of the selected individuals are Kelly Haston, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones and Alyssa Shannon. The four participants will be staying in a mars simulator for a year starting this June. This mission has been named Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA). The data received by NASA during this mission will help make real Mars missions a success in the future.