This past summer, Professor Jason Lee of the University of Connecticut’s Mechanical Engineering Department traded in his usual lab clothes for a spacesuit, spending 45 days in NASA’s Human Exploration ...

STORRS, Conn. (WTNH) — A UConn professor spent 45 days abord a NASA Mars simulator in Texas last year. Jason Lee, the director of UConn’s School of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Manufacturing ...

“On Mars, the lack of an effective ozone shield allows roughly 30 percent more damaging ultraviolet radiation to reach the surface in comparison with Earth,” wrote Aditya Khuller at NASA’s Jet ... on ...

The two robots, working alone and far apart from one another, are struggling on their respective treks along the Red Planet's ...

A west side native and Mater Dei grad is heading to Mars — or at least as close as you can without leaving Earth.

HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) — Four new volunteers will soon embark on a 45-day simulation of life on Mars. NASA announced the latest crew of the Human Exploration Research Analog, or HERA, project on ...

Furthermore, the crew will undergo a simulation of the communication delays that are to be expected during an approach to Mars, which are estimated to last up to five minutes in one direction. As ...

Students at the East Rock Community Magnet School honored one of their former teachers Thursday by unveiling a cluster of trees planted in her honor.