He spent a year on ‘Mars’: NASA science officer emerges from mock mission

Nature, Published online: 09 November 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03588-w Engineer Matthew Montgomery, who just finished a 378-day simulated Mars mission, talks about what it was like to be out of contact with the rest of humanity for a two-week blackout.

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