NASA will pay 4 health-conscious 'astronaut-like' people to live inside a Mars simulation for 378 days. See if you qualify.

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The current CHAPEA crew enters the habitat in Houston.

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NASA opens rare job opportunity to live in a Mars simulation for a year

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four people wearing black polo shirts with the same small orange triangle logo pose together in front of a hanging tapestry of an island sunset with thanksgiving turkey drawings pinned at the top
The inaugural CHAPEA crew celebrates Thanksgiving inside the habitat. From left to right: Nathan Jones, Kelly Haston, Anca Selariu, Ross Brockwell.

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The man who was almost NASA's first Black astronaut in the 1960s explains why he never made it to space

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Ed Dwight wears a flight suit and sits in the cockpit of an F-104.
Ed Dwight in the cockpit of an F-104 circa the 1960s.

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I tried the perfect space meal for astronauts, and it was surprisingly flavorful and easy to make

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A salad containing sweet potatoes, kale, and barley on a rainbow-striped plate.

Emily Swaim

A NASA cat named Taters makes history by starring in the first ultra-HD video streamed from deep space

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A screenshot from the video NASA laser-beamed to Earth from deep space.

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4 times NASA astronauts lost things in space

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Jasmin Moghbeli (top) and Loral O'Hara (bottom) performing maintenance outside the international Space Station.

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At age 12, I signed myself up for online astronomy classes under my mom's name. 14 years later I became the first Mexican-born woman to go to space.

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Katya Echazarreta
Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican-born woman in space in June 2022.

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Retired astronaut Leland Melvin says space food is tastier than you think

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Former astronaut Leland Melvin holds a pouch of NASA space food to show the puppet Elmo
Former astronaut Leland Melvin shows Sesame Street's Elmo dehydrated food at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

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4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'

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Elon Musk poses with a SpaceX rocket in El Segundo, Los Angeles, in March 2004.

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India wants to fly its own astronauts to the moon, after becoming the first nation to land near the lunar south pole

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A 3D reconstitution of the India moon lander is seen descending on the moon.
A still from a livestream shows a 3D reconstitution of India's historic moon landing.

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