HATCH IS NOW CLOSED! FOUR HUMANS ARE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON A 45-DAY JOURNEY TO MARS.

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Four individuals have embarked on a 45-day journey to Mars' moon Phobos.

No, they are not going to Mars right now, but they are laying the groundwork for future missions. The four-person crew is participating in a research project that will replicate isolation and confinement in exploration scenarios in order to better understand the consequences of long-duration space travel on the human body.

The four-person crew arrived at their new home, where they would conduct an exploration mission to Phobos, one of Mars' moons, for the next 45 days. The expedition began in a building known as the Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA), which was built to serve as a testbed for future missions.

Jared Broddrick, Pietro Di Tillio, Dragos Michael Popescu, and Patrick Ridgley are among the four crew members. The crew will conduct research experiments and deal with the isolation, confinement, and time delays that come with a long space journey throughout the 45-day voyage.

WHAT IS THE MISSION OF HERA?

Hera is an analogue mission that trains astronauts, engineers, and ground teams for exploration of asteroids, Mars, and the Moon in the near future. These are field testing, according to Nasa, in regions that are physically equivalent to harsh space settings.

New technology, robotic equipment, vehicles, housing, communications, power generation, transportation, infrastructure, and storage are all part of the Hera missions. Isolation and confinement, team dynamics, menu fatigue, and other behavioural impacts are also documented.

WHAT HAPPENS DURING THE SIMULATED 45-DAY TRIP?

The crew will encounter increased delays in communication with the outside world during the trip, according to Nasa. This delay could last up to five minutes each way until the crew reaches Phobos. As a result of the delays, the crew and those in charge of planning their voyage will have to practise communicating in ways that have the least impact on mission operations.

During the 45-day mission, scientists will undertake 15 studies, seven of which will be repeated and eight of which will be new. The data gathered during these missions will be used to assist humans prepare for Artemis exploration missions to the Moon, excursions to the proposed lunar Gateway facility, and long-duration missions to Mars, according to Nasa.

"We're learning more about how teams perform in an autonomous environment with limited touch with Earth" in this HERA mission, said Brandon Vessey, research operations and integration element scientist.

The upcoming simulation is Hera's Campaign 6's second mission. On November 15, 2021, Mission 1 came to an end. The campaign will continue with two more missions, with the final simulated mission expected to complete on September 12, 2022.

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