Mars Desert Research Station

The Mars Desert Research Station is the largest and longest-running Mars surface research facility and is one of two simulated Mars analog habitats owned and operated by the Mars Society.
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  • Type: Research institute
  • Description: largest and longest-running Mars surface
  • Address: 2200 Cow Dung Road, Hanksville, UT 84734

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Giles and Hanksville.

Locality
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is a ghost town along the Fremont River in the of , , United States. The town was inhabited circa 1883–1919. is situated 4 miles southwest of Mars Desert Research Station.

is a small town in , , United States, at the junction of State Routes 24 and 95. The population was 158 at the 2020 census. Situated in the 's cold desert ecological region, the town is just south of the confluence of the Fremont River and Muddy Creek, which together form the , which then flows southeast to the .

Mars Desert Research Station

Latitude
38.4062° or 38° 24′ 22″ north
Longitude
-110.78937° or 110° 47′ 22″ west
Operator
The Mars Society
Open location code
85CFC646+F7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 805391651
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­research_institute
Wiki­data ID
Q6773116
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Mars Desert Research Station” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Mars Desert Research Station”
  • Chinese: “火星沙漠研究基地”
  • Chinese: “火星沙漠研究站”
  • French: “Mars Desert Research Station”
  • French: “MDRS”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת המחקר מדבר מאדים”
  • Japanese: “火星砂漠研究基地”
  • Portuguese: “Mars Desert Research Station”
  • Spanish: “Mars Desert Research Station”
  • Ukrainian: “Марсіанська дослідницька станція в пустелі”
  • Ukrainian: “Марсіанська пустельна дослідницька станція”

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