Welcome to
@NASA’s first one-year analog mission to simulate living on Mars.
CHAPEA, or Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, is a ground-based mission, set to begin in June at
@NASAJohnson Space Center in Houston. The mission is the first of three planned one-year Mars surface simulations, during which crew members will live and work in a 3D-printed, 1,700-square-foot habitat.
Researchers will simulate the challenges of a human mission to Mars, including resource limitations, equipment failure, communication delays, and other environmental stressors.
Video description: Timelapse video of a POV of a person walking through the CHAPEA habitat. The video begins with the person opening the door and entering a hallway. They look inside a number of different rooms, including a bathroom, bedrooms, a kitchen, a living space, a fitness room, an office, a laboratory, an airlock, and a simulation of the Mars environment. After a look around each room, the person leaves out of the sam...