The simulated Mars habitat includes a 1,200-square-foot sandbox with red sand to simulate the Martian landscape. Photo: NASA On Sunday, four researchers donned black jumpsuits and entered into a ...

Mars Habitat Tour CHAPEA, or Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, is @NASA's first one-year ground-based mission that will simulate living on @NASAMars.

Researchers are developing bioplastic bubbles from algae that could grow, repair, and protect habitats on Mars without ...

A lab experiment that simulated Mars conditions showed that green algae can grow in plastic containers made from the same ...

Scientists developed living materials that turn Martian dust into structures using synthetic lichens. This innovation enables ...

Humanity is far from colonizing Mars, but that’s not stopping a group of space enthusiasts from practicing anyway. CNBC ...

If humans are ever going to live beyond Earth, they'll need to construct habitats. But transporting enough industrial ...

Four small rooms, a gym and a lot of red sand—NASA unveiled on Tuesday its new Mars-simulation habitat, in which volunteers will live for a year at a time to test what life will be like on ...

The door ways leading to the Mars sand box from the work area in the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog are shown at the NASA Johnson Space Center Tuesday, April 11, 2023, in Houston.

The NASA-funded system can form building materials with no outside intervention, which could lead to 3D printing in space.

Members of the media tour inside the Mars landscape simulation area at Mars Dune Alpha, NASA's simulated Mars habitat, being used as preparations for sending humans to the Red Planet, at the ...