If you dream of going, here's what to expect:
Mars Facts: Learn about the similarities and differences between Mars and Earth, and about the two small moons that orbit Mars.
Mars Earth Comparison:
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"Mars" here on Earth
If you want to know what it might be like to spend time in the Martian environment, visit the Haughton-Mars Project, which tested prototype Mars astronaut suits on July 26, 2000 and August 3, 2000. The Haughton impact crater is in the Canadian high arctic, and has a rocky polar desert setting somewhat like Mars--though, of course, nothing on Earth comes close to the extreme conditions on the red planet.
Other places on Earth that can help us understand Mars include:
- Death Valley, California, where Ubehebe crater and "Mars Hill" have geologic features similar to those on Mars
- Mono Lake, California, which is a 700,000-year-old evaporative lake that compares to Gusev Crater, a basin on Mars where water once was likely
- Channeled Scabland in Washington, where catastrophic floods swept through the land much like what happened long ago in the Ares Vallis flood plain where Mars Pathfinder landed
- Permafrost in Siberia, Alaska and Antarctica, where subsurface water-ice and small life forms exist
- Volcanoes in Hawaii, which are like those on Mars, though much smaller
Source : NASA
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