WASHINGTON, July 2, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The four volunteers who have been living and
working inside NASA's first simulated yearlong Mars habitat mission
are set to exit their ground-based home on Saturday, July 6. NASA will provide live coverage
of the crew's exit from the habitat at NASA's Johnson Space Center
in Houston at 5 p.m. EDT.
NASA will stream the activity, which will include a short
welcome ceremony, on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA
app, the agency's website, and NASA Johnson's X and
Facebook accounts. Learn how to stream NASA TV through a
variety of platforms, including social media.
The first Crew Health and Performance Exploration
Analog (CHAPEA) mission began in the 3D printed habitat on
June 25, 2023, with crew members
Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross
Brockwell, and Nathan Jones.
For more than a year, the crew simulated Mars mission operations,
including "Marswalks," grew and harvested several vegetables to
supplement their shelf-stable food, maintained their equipment and
habitat, and operated under additional stressors a Mars crew will
experience, including communication delays with Earth, resource
limitations, and isolation.
In addition to the CHAPEA crew, participants include:
- Steve Koerner, deputy director,
NASA Johnson
- Kjell Lindgren, NASA astronaut
and deputy director, Flight Operations
- Grace Douglas, principal
investigator, CHAPEA
- Judy Hayes, chief science
officer, Human Health and Performance Directorate
- Julie Kramer White, director of
engineering
Due to facility limitations and crew quarantine requirements,
NASA is unable to accommodate requests to attend the event in
person. Media interested in speaking with the mission's crew
members in the days following the conclusion of their mission must
send a request by 4 p.m. July 6, to the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111
or jsccommu@nasa.gov.
NASA is leading a return to the Moon for long-term science and
exploration through the Artemis campaign. Lessons learned on and
around the Moon will prepare NASA for the next giant leap – sending
the first astronauts to Mars.
Learn more about CHAPEA:
https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/chapea/
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