Ahmedabad, Oct. 30 -- Aaka Space, India's first space architecture and analog company and an ISRO-registered Space Tutor, has successfully represented India at the world's largest international Moon/Mars analog mission, marking the nation's first-ever participation in a global analog simulation.

The two-week proof-of-concept mission, conducted from October 13 to 26, brought together 17 analog habitats across five continents--Africa, Australia, Asia, America, and Europe--under the coordination of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) from its Mission Control Center in Vienna. The campaign was designed to emulate long-duration human presence on the Moon and Mars, making it the first mission of its kind in the world.

This milestone follows Aaka ...