NASA’s Bold New Approach to Training Astronauts—Right Here on Earth!

NASA’s Bold New Approach to Training Astronauts—Right Here on Earth!

Space exploration is a dream shared by many, yet sending humans to the Moon, Mars, or beyond requires an immense amount of planning and preparation. While NASA has the technology to launch spacecraft into space, testing conditions for astronauts on the ground is just as critical. A study on space analog missions, published in The Conversation, sheds light on how NASA mimics space environments right here on Earth—using budgets that don’t require …