The Mars Analogue Reaserch Station (MARS) Programme sets up simulations of the Martian atmosphere here on Earth, allowing people to test protocols and procedures that will be required for human operations on Mars, and also to test equipment that may be carried and used by human missions to the Red Planet.
Crews spend between two weeks and a month living in a habitat simulating Martian conditions. They wear spacesuits, theres built-in time delay for communications with "Earth," and they can only use equipment and materials from inside the habitat.
These experiments are done at two locations, Devonn island in the Artic Circle and the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. Two more locations are planned for the future and one is currently under construction in Iceland.
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