The six-member crew emerged Sunday from a dome in Hawaii, on the barren northern slope of the Mauna Loa volcano, where they were studied as part of the US space agency’s mission to send people to Mars by the 2030s.
(FILES): This file photo taken on March 10, 2015, courtesy of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, shows the exterior of the HI-SEAS habitat on the northern slope of Mauna Loa in Hawaii.<br />NASA’s Hawaii Space Exploration Analogue and Simulation (HI-SEAS) program officially ended Sunday, August 29, 2016. Six crew members returned to civilization following one-year of isolation.<br />== RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: “AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / University of Hawaii at Manoa / Neil Scheibelhut”/ NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / NO A LA CARTE SALES / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS == / AFP PHOTO / University of Hawaii at Manoa / Neil Scheibelhut / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE / MANDATORY CREDIT: “AFP PHOTO / HANDOUT / University of Hawaii at Manoa / Neil Scheibelhut”/ NO MARKETING / NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS / NO A LA CARTE SALES / DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==
