NASA sends team to the bed of Atlantic Ocean to get a feel of Martian environment

Having set its eyes on Mars, NASA has sent a team of astronauts to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on a 16-day mission - the objective is to prepare them for future deep space missions and the journey to Mars. These “aquanauts” have been sent to train undersea in simulated space mission because the bottom of a blue ocean has extreme environments similar to the surface of Mars, the Red Planet.
This has been reported in thehindu.com dated 24 July 2016.

The expedition has been named NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 21. It will consist of an international crew and they will have to explore tools and techniques being tested for future space exploration by living in simulated spacecraft conditions and, simultaneously, conducting simulated spacewalks outside of their undersea habitat. This habitat is named Aquarius and the Aquarius Reef Base is located 62 feet below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
The main purpose of isolating crew members at the bottom of the ocean is to simulate life and work for astronauts in microgravity environments like the International Space Station, or in spacecraft that will, in future, make journeys to asteroids and planets.


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