Aaka Space represents India in World's biggest analog missionIndia, represented by Aaka Space, made its debut in the world's largest international Moon/Mars analog mission. This proof-of-concept missi...
03 Nov, 2025, 03.34 PM IST
Reaching Mars could cost you a kidney, here are the detailsA recent UCL study, featured in Nature Communications, reveals significant kidney health risks for Mars-bound astronauts. Analyzing data fr...
11 May, 2025, 01.35 PM IST
'A 4-day drive from Delhi to Mars’: Why this cold desert in India is becoming a training ground for Martian experimentsLadakh’s harsh and unique environment is now central to India’s analogue space research, replicating conditions on Mars and the Moon. With ...
28 Nov, 2024, 01.00 PM IST
Isro launches analogue mission in Leh to train astronautsThe Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) launches its first analogue space mission in Leh, Ladakh, to simulate extra-terrestrial condi...
02 Nov, 2024, 12.13 AM IST
India’s first analogue space mission kicks off in LehThe mission will simulate the extreme conditions of extraterrestrial environments, marking a milestone in India’s quest to advance human sp...
01 Nov, 2024, 02.54 PM IST
How it feels to spend a year living on NASA’s artificial MarsNASA's CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog) Mission 1 simulated a year-long Mars mission with a volunteer crew living in...
31 Jul, 2024, 04.24 PM IST
One year on 'Mars': Inside NASA's ultra-realistic isolation studySealed inside a habitat in Texas and cut off from the outside world for over a year, Kelly Haston was the commander of a first-of-its-kind ...
31 Jul, 2024, 07.55 AM IST
NASA's Mars simulation mission: How did volunteers live in a Mars-like habitat? Details hereNASA's Mars simulation mission, based at Johnson Space Center in Houston, involved four volunteers living in a Mars-like habitat for over a...
10 Jul, 2024, 02.18 AM IST
Crew of Nasa's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a yearKelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell and Nathan Jones entered the 3D-printed habitat on June 25, 2023, as the maiden crew of the spac...
08 Jul, 2024, 01.44 PM IST
NASA commences CHAPEA 1 mission: Volunteers locked inside mars simulator for 378 daysNASA has begun its first Mars mission as part of the CHAPEA 1 project. Four volunteers have been locked inside a "Mars simulator" for 378 d...
13 Jul, 2023, 01.57 PM IST
Indian startup helps train global astronautsWith offices in Bengaluru and Chennai, Valles Marineris International — named after the canyon system on Mars — has supported its Russian p...
17 Feb, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
- Six NASA scientists to emerge from Mars-like habitat
New York, Sep 17 (IANS) Six Nasa scientists, who were living in isolation on a Mars-like habitat in Hawaii since January to determine astro...
17 Sep, 2017, 01.17 PM IST
To catch up with India, China plans to build Mars simulation base near TibetChina aims to launch a Mars probe around 2020 to carry out orbiting and roving exploration, followed by a second mission that would include...
26 Jul, 2017, 06.04 PM IST
- Martian soil could be pressed into making strong bricks
Washington, April 28 (IANS) Experimenting with Mars-like soil, researchers have found that the Red Planet's soil could be turned into brick...
28 Apr, 2017, 03.25 PM IST
In a first, all-Indian crew set to experience MarsFor the first time, an all-Indian crew will take part in a two-week Mars-related research assignment between January 28 and February 12, 20...
28 Dec, 2016, 12.01 PM IST
NASA starts year-long mission to simulate life on MarsSix NASA recruits have shut themselves inside a dome in Hawaii to begin a year-long isolation programme that will simulate life on Mars.
30 Aug, 2015, 01.37 PM IST
NASA testing Mars lander for 2016 missionExamining the planet's deep interior could reveal clues about how all rocky planets, including Earth, formed and evolved, NASA said.
28 May, 2015, 04.25 PM IST