D-MARS

D-MARS is a human analog mission to the planet Mars, taking place in Makhtesh Ramon in the Negev desert in Israel.

D-MARS is an acronym for "Desert Mars Analog Ramon Station" and its crew are known as "ramonauts".

[1] The mission site is a valley that resembles the impact craters of Mars.

[citation needed] Several missions have been carried out since the beginning of 2018, each staffed by six crew.

In 2021 the mission took place from 4 to 31 October and six astronauts from Austria, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain took part in the mission with mutual cooperation of Austrian Space Forum and Israel Space Agency.

The habitat and two ramonauts
The habitat, two ramonauts and part of the crater view