<h5>People going to Mars?</h5><p>Yes, that’s correct! NASA has announced a crew of four who will be going on a Mars mission for 45 days. The Mars mission starts on 10th May 2024 and will end on 24th June 2024 as they return to Earth.</p><p>But the most incredible thing is that the team will be going to Mars without leaving Earth. Confused? Let us explain.</p><p>It is a simulated mission to the red planet and will take place in a habitat created at NASA's Johnson Space Center in the USA.</p><p>The team will live in NASA’s Human Exploration Research Analog (HERA). Once inside, the team will live and work like astronauts travelling to Mars.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/nasa-crew-going-to-mars%2FHERA%20crew.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=4a8ca0f5-2c60-4052-9b04-1da2a013f7d0"><figcaption>The team selected by NASA. Photo by NASA.</figcaption></figure><h5>HERA - What's that?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/nasa-crew-going-to-mars%2Fhera.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=6b44a046-3620-46de-a05f-fcebb9308dd5"><figcaption>NASA’s HERA. Photo by NASA.</figcaption></figure><p>HERA is a habitat created by NASA to replicate isolation, confinement, and remote environments for various space exploration scenarios.</p><p>HERA helps scientists study how crew members can deal with isolation, confinement, and other issues before NASA actually sends people on deep space missions to the Moon, Mars, etc.</p><p>So, this place will be the team’s home for the next few weeks. It’ll be like a game - pretending to live on Mars!</p><h5>What will the team be doing?</h5><p>The crew will be conducting various scientific research and other tasks. They will also be walking on Mars’s surface using virtual reality.</p><p>They will also face communication delays with the Mission Control Center, similar to how it would feel in a real mission.</p><p>Scientists will be studying them to help conduct actual Mars missions in the future. This mission is also part of a NASA program that studies how to keep humans safe while travelling in space.</p><h5>When can humans travel to Mars?</h5><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/nasa-crew-going-to-mars%2F1_mars-nasa-gov.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=b1cd5e87-6af8-4958-8649-3cd2c1a67bad"><figcaption>Mars. Photo by NASA.</figcaption></figure><p>Imagine that your summer holidays have started. One day, your family decides to take a vacation on Mars. You pack your bags and take off on a rocket. Sounds exciting, right?</p><p>Well, this will take time. More research is needed before we can travel to our neighbour, the red planet.</p><p>Scientists and various organisations are doing <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/four-humans-will-begin-living-on-mars">research</a> to understand and solve the numerous difficulties linked with travelling and living on Mars.</p>

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