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A Haughton-Mars project rover headed toward base camp on the Arctic Canadian Devon Island. (Lorenzo Flueckiger/NASA via The New York Times)

You don’t need a spaceship to grow ‘weird little’ Martian radishes

December 29, 2021 1:31 pm

The Haughton research station has provided a permanent place where scientists can pretend to be on the moon or Mars, study similar geology, test equipment for future missions and train humans to take part.

Mars Mission completes 300 days in space

September 02, 2014 12:49 pm

The project is expected to provide the scientific community better opportunities in planetary research.

Mars missions scaled back in April because of sun

April 04, 2013 4:35 pm

For much of April,the sun blocks the line of sight between Earth and Mars.

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