The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside Nasa’s first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Centre in Houston.
Kelly Haston, a crew member of the first CHAPEA mission, speaks in front of other members, from left to right, Ross Brockwell, Nathan Jones and Anca Selariu
Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones entered the 3D-printed habitat on June 25, 2023, as the maiden crew of the space agency’s Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analogue project.“It’s actually just so wonderful to be able to say ‘hello’ to you all,” she said. The first CHAPEA crew focused on establishing possible conditions for future Mars operations through simulated spacewalks, dubbed “Marswalks”, as well as growing and harvesting vegetables to supplement their provisions and maintaining the habitat and their equipment.
Steve Koerner, deputy director of Johnson Space Centre, said most of the first crew’s experimentation focused on nutrition and how that affected their performance. The work was “crucial science as we prepare to send people on to the red planet”, he said. Emerging after a knock on the habitat’s door by Kjell Lindgren, an astronaut and the deputy director of flight operations, the four volunteers spoke of the gratitude they had for each other and those who waited patiently outside, as well as lessons learned about a prospective manned mission to Mars and life on Earth.
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