NASA is about to lock these 4 researchers in a simulated Mars outpost for a year

Could you handle spending 12 months in a 1,700-square-foot habitat?

The first mission is set to commence in June, when four crewmembers will enter a 1,700-square-foot habitat and live there for an entire year to simulate aCrew quarters in the simulated Red Planet outpost Mars Dune Alpha.

Leading the mission is commander Kelly Haston, a research scientist studying human disease. Joining her is flight engineer Ross Brockwell, a structural engineer; medical officer Nathan Jones, an emergency medicine physician; and science officer Alyssa Shannon, an advanced practice nurse. Serving as backup crewmembers are aerospace and defense engineer Trevor Clark and U.S. Navy microbiologist Anca Selariu.

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