The terrain is extremely similar to the Mars terrain and the protocols, research, science and engineering that occurs here is ...

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HANKSVILLE, Utah (KUTV) — Researchers from as far as France and Canada are in southeast Utah for a Mars simulation. Past the Goblin Hoodos and through the town of Hanksville - with a population ...

As a child, Kavya Manyapu would stare into the night sky above Hyderabad, India.Her father would identify the different stars.He would tell her about man's ...

HANKSVILLE, Utah – Four people wearing space helmets and square backpacks emerge from a circular structure resembling a water tank and step onto a reddish, barren landscape. One hikes up a ...

The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), which is run by the nonprofit Mars Society, aims to help humanity prepare for the rigors and challenges of life on the Red Planet.

For a group of six Belgian college students, it's just another simulated day on Mars. This rocky corner of Utah bears such a resemblance to the red planet that it's become a hot spot for ...

Hidden among the majestic canyons of the Utah desert, about 7 miles from the nearest town, is a small research facility meant to prepare humans for life on Mars.