Red alert: mission launched to find Emiratis to replicate life on Mars – The National

Red alert: mission launched to find Emiratis to replicate life on Mars – The National

Red alert: mission launched to find Emiratis to replicate life on Mars. Candidates must apply before March 4 for eight-month Moscow isolation test in mock-up space capsule. Three days camping out in a freezing Russian forest is one thing, being trapped inside a confined space capsule on Earth for eight months is an altogether different proposition.. The winning candidate will join a team of five others selected by other space agencies around the world.. "International co-operation is very important to us, so we are working with all the international space agencies on this project.. Major Hazza Al Mansouri became the first Emirati to launch into space on September 25 of last year when he took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on-board a Russian Soyuz rocket.. Analysts will assess their role within a team dynamic to measure how the crew interacts during what would be a simulated journey to the Red Planet. The Moscow facility where the Analog project will take place has hosted many similar missions since the 1960s to simulate journeys into outer space.. Emiratis must submit their interest to join the programme before March 4.. "Phase two of the operation will open the door for UAE