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The CHAPEA crew gives an update in their fifth month of a one-year stay in a simulated Mars habitat and Dr. Suzanne Bell discusses behavioral health and performance of the analog mission. This is the fifth audio log of a monthly series. HWHAP Episode 316. 
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