Watch: UAE steps up preparations for human journey to Mars

The UAE is taking further steps towards establishing a human colony on Mars.

Applications are now open for an eight-month-long mission in Moscow which will simulate the living conditions on the red planet.

The project called UAE Analog Mission#1 aims to study the long term effects of isolation on the human body and mind.

The initiative will play a key role in developing Emirati capabilities and contribute to the development of the Mars 2117 Programme, which aims to establish human colonies in Mars by 2117.

The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) is looking for Emirati candidates aged between 28 and 55 who are passionate about space and can communicate in English.

Preferred occupations include physicians, medical investigators, physiologists, biologists, life-support specialists, and IT and electronics professionals.

Shortlisted applicants will be reviewed and interviewed, and the finalists will undergo various tests.

The final candidates will become part of CrewONE that will participate in the Scientific International Research in Unique Terrestrial Station (SIRIUS) SIRIUS20/21.

Adnan AlRais, Mars 2117 Programme Manager at MBRSC, said, “The participants will be confined within the laboratories for the duration of these experiments and carry out various experiments and simulated tasks." 

"We are looking forward to the outcome of these results as it will enable us to better understand the effects of isolation and confinement on the human body and mind,” he added.

Join the first #UAE Analog Mission to explore the effects of space on the human mind and body.
If you’re a #space science enthusiast and a UAE citizen, Apply now to be part of CrewONE!
Email us at analog.mission@mbrsc.ae pic.twitter.com/cRLW0ZaP4A

— MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) February 15, 2020

.@MBRSpaceCentre is calling for registrations for the #UAE Analog Mission#1 as part of the Scientific Int'l Research in Unique Terrestrial Station (SIRIUS) SIRIUS 20/21, an 8-month long analog mission conducted in the NEK ground-based analogue facility in Moscow. pic.twitter.com/gqVPFcIcWR

— Dubai Media Office (@DXBMediaOffice) February 15, 2020

CrewONE is the crew that will participate in the first #UAE Analog Mission. The experiment aims to create a more comprehensive picture of the effects of long-duration #space travel on the human mind and body
Apply now to be part of CrewONE
Email us at analog.mission@mbrsc.ae pic.twitter.com/qD7EBXNh8j

— MBR Space Centre (@MBRSpaceCentre) February 15, 2020