---
title: "National Geographic Presents a 360 Tour of What Life on Mars Could Look Like"
description: "National Geographic hosted a 360 degree tour of a test habitat where crew members of the Mars Society are simulating a Martian mission. This mission is part of the larger Mars 160 mission designed to simulate the conditions and constraints of an actual mission to the Red Planet."
date: "2016-12-16"
modified: "2016-12-16"
authors:
  - name: "Patrick Caughill"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/patrickcaughill"
url: "https://futurism.com/national-geographic-presents-a-360-tour-of-what-life-on-mars-could-look-like"
categories:
  - "Astronomy"
  - "Mars"
  - "Space"
tags:
  - "mars"
  - "Mission to Mars"
  - "national geographic"
---

# National Geographic Presents a 360 Tour of What Life on Mars Could Look Like

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Take-a-360-Tour-of-a-Mars-Base-Simulator-with-Nat-Geo-Mars-Society.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Jim Urquhart\</em\>*

Facebook users got a sneak peek into the future when *National Geographic* hosted a 360 degree tour of a test habitat where crew members of the Mars Society are simulating a Martian mission. The crew just spent 80 days in the habitat and gave an exciting view into what life on Mars might look like.

This mission was a part of the larger [Mars 160 mission](<http://mars160.marssociety.org/>) designed to simulate the conditions and constraints of an actual mission to Mars. A team of seven crew members are participating in two 80-day excursions at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah (which you'll see in the video) and then another 80 days at a research outpost in the Canadian Arctic.

[During these simulations](<http://mars160.marssociety.org/2016/09/announcement-of-mars-160-mission/>), crew members "will conduct a sustained program of geological, paleontological and micro-biological field explorations," similar to the investigations that would be conducted on the Red Planet.

*[National Geographic](<http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/mars/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fb20161114ngc-marscover&utm_campaign=Content>)* is currently airing a miniseries, *Mars*, dealing with Martian exploration. You can catch the series finale on Monday, December 19, at 9/8c.

The Mars Society gives regular updates, including daily images, to *[Space.com](<http://www.space.com/34175-mars-160-mission-complete-coverage.html>).*

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-caughill-74178a61>)