List of Mars analogs
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This is list of Mars analogs, which simulate aspects of the conditions human beings could experience during a future mission to Mars, or different aspects of Mars such as its materials or conditions. This is often used for testing aspects of spacecraft missions to that planet. For example, Mars regolith has been attempted to be replicated by Mars regolith simulant.
Crew analog experiments
Some examples of analog tests with people include NASA conducting a 120-day study in Hawaii to test a space food diet (HI-SEAS), and equipment tests inside Austrian mountain caves in 2012. A future Mars base has been compared to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, because relatively small groups must survive in extreme conditions there.
Mars analogs are sometimes chosen for their location, for example, Devon Island is at 75°N latitude which provides solar radiance similar to the Martian Equator. Similarly, high altitudes can provide an equivalent to the low pressure of the Mars atmosphere.
Among these are:
Mars-500, simulated a 520-day mission in Moscow.
Mars Analogue Research Station Program, simulated Mars habitats
Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station
Mars Desert Research Station
European Mars Analog Research Station
Australia Mars Analog Research Station
Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition, annual expeditions to remote sites
Concordia Station, multi-purpose Antarctic base
HI-SEAS, crewed tests in Hawaiian mountains.
NEEMO, underwater base,
D-MARS, Israeli mission,
LunAres Research Station, European habitat in Poland.
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