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  <title><![CDATA[Georgia Tech Students Run First U.S.-Based, Student-Led Analog Space Mission]]></title>
  <body><![CDATA[<p>Earlier 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's 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's Southeast Analog (SEA), the first completely student-led analog astronaut program in the United States.</p><p><a href="https://news.research.gatech.edu/feature/space-mission">Read more »</a></p>]]></body>
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