Crew of NASA’s Earthbound Simulated Mars Habitat Emerge After a Year

Kelly Haston, a crew member of the first CHAPEA mission, speaks in front of other members (L–R) Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones, and Anca Selariu at Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 6, 2024. NASA via AP

The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth.

The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artificial alien enviroment Saturday around 5 p.m.