{"id":65669,"date":"2017-09-17T13:51:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T23:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=65669"},"modified":"2021-06-09T07:03:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T17:03:12","slug":"fifth-uh-simulated-mars-mission-is-in-the-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/09\/17\/fifth-uh-simulated-mars-mission-is-in-the-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifth <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> simulated Mars mission is in the books"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oqHJDHqasNA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-food.jpg\" alt=\"HI-SEAS crew eating\" width=\"300\" height=\"436\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-65680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-food.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-food-179x260.jpg 179w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On September 17, after eight months of isolation in a geodesic dome on the slopes of Mauna Loa, six <a href=\"https:\/\/hi-seas.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS)<\/a> crew members exited their habitat. They felt the sun and wind on their faces and ate fresh tropical papaya, pineapple and bananas with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a memorable experience for the Mission <abbr title=\"five\">V<\/abbr> crew for a variety of reasons, including having to live with a communications delay, eating mostly shelf-stable foods and having to wear &ldquo;space suits&rdquo; outside of the habitat.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/HI-SEAS\">Watch as the <abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> <abbr title=\"Roman numeral five\">V<\/abbr> crew members reflect on their mission.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa research project, funded by <abbr title=\"National Aeronautics and Space Administration\">NASA<\/abbr>, will help with the selection of crews for future long-duration space missions, such as a mission to Mars. <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> has been operating the long-duration planetary surface simulations in the Mars-like setting to investigate crew composition and cohesion since 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/hi-seas\/\">Read more <em><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories about <abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> missions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65677\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65677\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit.jpg\" alt=\"HI-SEAS crew exiting a dome on Mauna Loa\" width=\"676\" height=\"336\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-260x129.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Family, friends and the media greeted the <abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> Mission <abbr title=\"Roman numeral five\">V<\/abbr> crew as they exited their home for the last eight months.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65678\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-crew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"342\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-crew.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-crew-260x132.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> Mission V crew<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_65679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65679\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-group.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"294\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-group.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-hiseas-mission-v-exit-group-260x113.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> family and friends<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more photos, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/uhawaii\/albums\/72157686784130374\">go to <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr>&#8216;s Flickr site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After eight months of isolation in a geodesic dome on the slopes of Mauna Loa, six <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) crew members exited their habitat. 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