Personnel at a mission control station outside the habitat monitors the Hera crew members around the clock
Shareef Al Romaithi, founder of Madari Space, is preparing to undertake a six-week simulation mission to further efforts to explore Mars. Pawan Singh / The National
Emirati pilot Shareef Al Romaithi will participate in Nasa’s Human Exploration Research Analogue (Hera) programme from May 10 to June 24, 2024, in Houston, Texas. All photos: Nasa
Hera is a three-storey habitat that offers isolation, confinement and remote conditions that mimic those experienced during space exploration missions
There have been six campaigns under the programme so far, each of which included four to five missions, and ranged in duration from one to 45 days
Analogue missions are designed to mimic long-duration space missions and usually involve confining a small team to a habitat, where they carry out 'space missions'
Personnel at a mission control station outside the habitat monitors the Hera crew members around the clock
Shareef Al Romaithi, founder of Madari Space, is preparing to undertake a six-week simulation mission to further efforts to explore Mars. Pawan Singh / The National
Emirati pilot Shareef Al Romaithi will participate in Nasa’s Human Exploration Research Analogue (Hera) programme from May 10 to June 24, 2024, in Houston, Texas. All photos: Nasa
Hera is a three-storey habitat that offers isolation, confinement and remote conditions that mimic those experienced during space exploration missions
There have been six campaigns under the programme so far, each of which included four to five missions, and ranged in duration from one to 45 days
Analogue missions are designed to mimic long-duration space missions and usually involve confining a small team to a habitat, where they carry out 'space missions'
Personnel at a mission control station outside the habitat monitors the Hera crew members around the clock