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Four volunteers complete NASA’s second yearlong Mars simulation

Positive After 378 days without windows, sounds of the outside world or real-time calls with family and friends, four research volunteers stepped out of NASA’s Mars Dune Alpha habitat on Oct. 31. Ross Elder, Ellen Ellis, James Spicer and Matthew Montgomery thereby completed NASA’s second yearlong Mars surface simulation, CHAPEA Mission 2.