It will probably take a whole series of years for people to put their feet on Mars. But the preparations are underway. Training is now also being done in bunkers and submersibles.
It will probably take a whole series of years for people to put their feet on Mars. But the preparations are underway. Training is now also being done in bunkers and submersibles.
In preparation for future moon and Mars missions, the Austrian Space Forum (ÖWF) is coordinating the first worldwide series of analog simulations from 13 to 26 October 2025. Within the framework of "World's Biggest Analog", 17 research institutions on five continents are simulating human life outside the Earth for the first time at the same time and under the most real conditions possible. The OeWF is taking over from Mission Coordination [...] …