NASA is recruiting volunteers to take part in a yearlong research study conducted inside a simulated space habitat, according to multiple reports. Coverage from CNN, FOX Weather, Scientific American, and Vice describes the opportunity as a way for participants to live and work under conditions intended to resemble missions to the Moon or Mars.
The program is framed as a controlled analog environment where volunteers follow mission schedules while carrying out research tasks. Vice reports that NASA is seeking four volunteers for the simulation. Other outlets describe the study as lasting about a year and focused on evaluating how people adapt to living in a confined habitat for extended periods.
Details across outlets emphasize that the effort does not send volunteers into space; instead, it uses a ground-based simulation to support NASA research. The reports collectively point to a call for applicants interested in participating in the study and living under simulated mission constraints while researchers gather data on performance and living conditions.
