US space agency NASA is looking for volunteer “Martians”. Although these will not actually be sent to the red planet, the conditions at the test site in Houston, Texas are intended to simulate life on Mars as closely as possible.

With this long-term project, NASA wants to find out what future astronauts need to survive a real Mars mission. The “Mars Dune Alpha’ test site comes from the 3D printer, is 160 square meters in size and confronts the astronauts with the same challenges that would be expected in a manned mission.