NewzThe Las Lomillas area within the Tabernas desert in Almería, Spain, is serving as a simulator for Martian life to support the ExoMars mission. Known historically as a filming location—including for Steven Spielberg's 'Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade'—the desert landscape has shifted its role toward space exploration.
The site provides conditions utilized to test and simulate environmental factors relevant to Mars, integrating the location into international planetary research and the preparations for the ExoMars initiative.
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