NASA’s Simulated Mars Mission Marks 200 Days Inside Habitat
7 May 2026, 14:07 GMT
By Nathan Cranford
Topic: Humans in Space
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/humans-in-space/nasas-simulated-mars-mission-marks-200-days-inside-habitat/
The four crew members of NASA’s Mars simulation recently marked 200 days into their 378-day Red Planet mission on May 7. Currently, the crew is in a simulated two‑week loss‑of‑signal period that mimics a Mars-Earth communications blackout when Mars moves behind the Sun. During this blackout, the crew works without contact with mission control, using