❖ NASA’s Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog (CHAPEA) project is the first of three planned simulations to understand the challenges Mars poses for space explorers.

❖ A 3D printed airlocked Mars simulation habitat is dubbed as “Mars Dune Alpha”.

❖ The first CHAPEA mission focused on nutrition, and the next two are planned for 2025 and 2026.

❖ NASA hopes to send astronauts to Mars by the 2030s.