{"691988":{"#nid":"691988","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Students Run First U.S.-Based, Student-Led Analog Space Mission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this month, six Georgia Tech students went to Mars. For 10 days, they conducted experiments, managed limited resources, and lived in isolation while learning what it\u0027s like to be an astronaut. Except they were not actually on Mars. They were at Titan Ranch in Arkansas, participating in the inaugural mission of Georgia Tech\u0027s Southeast Analog (SEA), the first completely student-led analog astronaut program in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/news.research.gatech.edu\/feature\/space-mission\u0022\u003ERead more \u00bb\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Six students have simulated a Mars mission, while dozens more operated a mission control center in Atlanta."}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEarlier this month, six students went to Mars. For 10 days, they conducted experiments, managed limited resources, and lived in isolation while learning what it\u0027s like to be an astronaut. Except they were not actually on Mars. They were at Titan Ranch in Arkansas, participating in the inaugural mission of Georgia Tech\u0027s Southeast Analog (SEA), the first completely student-led analog astronaut program in the United States.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Six students have simulated a Mars mission, while dozens more operated a mission control center in Atlanta."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2026-08-25 18:49:11","changed_gmt":"2026-08-27 20:51:54","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-08-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"680982":{"id":"680982","type":"image","title":"Photo-Aug-08-2026--7-48-53-AM.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003ESix students have simulated a Mars mission, while dozens more operated a mission control center in Atlanta.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1787683805","gmt_created":"2026-08-25 18:50:05","changed":"1787683805","gmt_changed":"2026-08-25 18:50:05","alt":"Five people wearing matching blue flight suits stand with arms crossed in a grassy field beside a large rocket display. Sunlight breaks through clouds overhead in the background.","file":{"fid":"265326","name":"Photo-Aug-08-2026--7-48-53-AM.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/08\/25\/Photo-Aug-08-2026--7-48-53-AM.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/08\/25\/Photo-Aug-08-2026--7-48-53-AM.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":5700565,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/08\/25\/Photo-Aug-08-2026--7-48-53-AM.jpg?itok=twksjmhm"}}},"media_ids":["680982"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"195203","name":"go-noshow"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193653","name":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"id":"193657","name":"Space Research Initiative"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}