NASA volunteer astronauts to return after 385 days long stay on Mars

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NASA volunteer astronauts to return after 385 days long stay on Mars

Four NASA volunteer astronauts to return from a year-long Mars Habitat Mission on July 6, 2024, after 385 days of stay on the red planet. They have been residing and working with NASA’s first-ever projected year-long mission on Mars.

NASA will broadcast live coverage of them departing Mars in a brief welcome ceremony. This ceremony is part of a program that NASA will broadcast on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, the agency website, etc.

Four NASA astronauts, Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell, and Nathan Jones, initiated the first CHAPEA mission on June 25, 2023. CHAPEA refers to the Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analogue.

*Four volunteer astronauts who are staying on Mars for a year*

They grew and harvested vegetables on Mars to provide themselves with easily portable food under the CHAPEA mission. Moreover, they maintained their equipment and habitat for over a year while implementing Mars mission operations.

These missions include Marswalks, which operated under additional stressors a Mars crew would face. It involves communication delays with Earth, resource constraints, and isolation.

Apart from the four volunteer astronauts, other participants are Steve Koerner, Kjell Lindgren, Grace Doughlas, and Judy Hayes. Julie Kramer White, engineering director, is also among the participants.

*CHAPEA mission on Mars will help future explorations and most likely human settlements there*

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Steve is the deputy director of NASA Johnson Space Center, while Kjell is deputy director of Flight Operations. Grace is CHAPEA’s senior investigator, and Judy is the chief science officer of the Human Health and Performance Directorate.

However, four NASA volunteer astronauts will return to Earth by 4 p.m. on July 6, 2024. They will conduct a press talk at the Johnson newsroom if the media wants to know about their long experience on Mars.

On the other hand, NASA is leading a return to the Moon for long-term space exploration through the Artemis program. Hence, the information gathered from this Artemis mission will prepare NASA to launch the first humans to Mars.