Replica of Mars created in Hawaii

Researchers have been living a life on a volcano on the US island as if they were on the Red Planet.

    Researchers are now living on a volcano in Hawaii, where NASA is funding a simulated Mars station.

    The project is allowing several astronauts to face the likely challenges of a future manned mission to the Red Planet.

    Al Jazeera’s Tarek Bazley explains.

    SOURCE: Al Jazeera

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