page_title: Mars Desert Research Station
section_title: The Research Station
hierarchical_section_title: Mars Desert Research Station / The Research Station
caption_attribution_description: English: Mars Desert Research Station Hab front entry and the GreenHab.
context_page_description: The Mars Desert Research Station is the second simulated Mars analog habitat owned and operated by the Mars Society.
  The station was built near Hanksville, Utah, in the western United States in the early 2000s, and it is typically crewed by small crews who visit the station for one week to three month rotations to conduct scientific research.
  The campus includes a two-story habitat, a greenhouse, a solar observatory, a robotic observatory, an engineering pod and a science building. Tunnels between all of the buildings except the robotic observatory allow crews to travel between the buildings without a spacesuit while they are in simulation.
context_section_description: The research station consists of three buildings, the Habitat, the Greenhab, the Musk Mars Desert Observatory and a remotely located Engineering Support Equipment Area.
caption: MDRS
exif: {"Image ImageDescription": "", "Image Make": "SONY", "Image Model": "CYBERSHOT U", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image DateTime": "2004:06:16 13:43:29", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Co-sited", "Image ExifOffset": "220", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail Make": "SONY", "Thumbnail Model": "CYBERSHOT U", "Thumbnail Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail DateTime": "2004:06:16 13:43:29", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "849", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "2762", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/800", "EXIF FNumber": "28/5", "EXIF ExposureProgram": "Program Normal", "EXIF ISOSpeedRatings": "100", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2004:06:16 13:43:29", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2004:06:16 13:43:29", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "2", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "3", "EXIF MeteringMode": "CenterWeightedAverage", "EXIF LightSource": "Unknown", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire", "EXIF FocalLength": "5", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1632", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "1224", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "638", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF SceneType": "Directly Photographed", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard"}