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The CHAPEA Mission 2 crew left its habitat on October 31, 2026, after 378 days of isolation in a simulated Mars facility at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, NASA reported. Before leaving, the crew arranged photos around a boot print in the simulated Martian sand outside the habitat on August 31. The mission studies crew health and performance during long-duration spaceflight conditions. The excerpts give no findings from the study.