Crew selected for eight-month Mars simulation

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Crew selected for eight-month Mars simulation

The six astronaut-like crew members of the next Hawai'i Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) mission has been selected. For the next mission, starting October 15, the participants will be isolated in their dome habitat for eight months. This mission is twice as long as any previously completed at the Hawai'i site, and second only to Russia’s Mars500 experiment in total duration.

Also, for the first time, HI-SEAS will have a female commander. In NASA history, only two women have every commanded the spaceship: astronauts Eileen Collins in July 1999 and Pamela Melroy in November 2007.

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