From left, Mars Desert Research Station crew 212 members Marlen Castillo, Camilo Zorro, and Mariona Badenas-Agusti collect soil samples while on a mission in the Utah desert near Hanksville, Utah. Aerial views of the Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station supporting Earth-based research in pursuit of the technology, operations, and science required for human space exploration near Hanksville, Utah. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) Top: An aerial view of the Mars Desert Research Station, run by the Mars Society. Greenhab officer Hector Palomuque waters herbs inside the greenhouse at the Mars Society's Mars Desert Research Station. In 2000, the Mars Society built the first Mars research station on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 23, 2019 11:03 UTC