analog astronauts" specially trained to live at a pretend Martian base in the Negev desert. They will live in isolation for three weeks in a period ending on Oct.
31, conducting research for future missions on the Red Planet.The six astronauts are from Austria, Germany, Israel, Spain, Portugal and the Netherlands.
They’ll do more than 25 experiments, including research on the mental and physical health of astronauts, test special rovers, drones and more."The analog astronauts will live and work in a habitat specially developed for the mission," the OeWF said.