Mars Desert Research Station. Solar panels at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), Hanksville, Utah, USA. This simulated Mars analogue habitat is owned and operated by the Mars Society. It consists of a two-story habitat (the Hab), a greenhouse (the GreenHab), a solar observatory (the Musk Observatory), a robotic observatory, an engineering pod (the RAM) and a science building (the ScienceDome). 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 (sim). These 15 kW solar panels provide electricity to the station. Photographed in 2019.