Welcome to Mars. Sort of.
Members of Mars Desert Research Station crew 212 prepare to test a drone in the desert near Hanksville, Utah.
From left, Mars Desert Research Station crew 212 members Marlen Castillo, Camilo Zorro, and Mariona Badenas-Agusti collect soil samples while on a mission in the Utah desert near Hanksville, Utah. “I could run two of these programs side by side and there would still be a demand,” said station director Shannon Rupert. “You no longer have to work atMost of the crews are now international and pay up to $1,500 a person for a two-week stay. They are free to perform their own experiments as long as they observe protocol.
Camila Castillo, a 23-year-old biologist from Peru, was on her second mission. This time she was leading a seven-person team. Above-ground walkways draped in white tarps simulate tunnels running between buildings. One path led to the greenhouse overseen by Hector Palomeque, a 28-year-old from Mexico who studies life in extreme environments.Aerial views of the Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station supporting Earth-based research in pursuit of the technology, operations, and science required for human space exploration near Hanksville, Utah.
Mariona Badenas, 25, of Spain, walked past, heading for the observatory, where a special telescope allows her to look at the sun’s chromosphere, or second layer of atmosphere. “The minute you put the suit on, you feel like Neil Armstrong going someplace no one has ever gone before,” Badenas said. Books about the moon and space travel jam his office shelves. Maps of Mars hang on the walls. Pipes, compressors and shiny machinery crowd his cavernous laboratory.
Greenhab officer Hector Palomuque waters herbs inside the greenhouse at the Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station. Clockwise from top left: Hector Palomeque waters herbs in the research station’s greenhouse; Badenas, center, and Townsend, right, serve a Mars-appropriate meal; Netti, left, and Castillo, right, examine a map and GPS coordinates; Guardabasso, left, and Castillo inside the crew hub.
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