This aerial photo shows "Mars Base 1", a C-Space Project, in the Gobi Desert, some 40 km from Jinchang in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. #

A staff member demonstrates how she puts on the helmet of a mock spacesuit at the C-Space Project Mars simulation base on April 17, 2019. #

This picture shows a view through a window in the sleeping quarters at Mars Base 1 on April 17, 2019. #

A group of students visit Mars Base 1 on April 17, 2019. #

This picture shows crops inside Mars Base 1 on April 17, 2019. #

Potatoes are kept in jars in the C-Space Project Mars simulation base on April 17, 2019. #

A man walks through a corridor inside Mars Base 1 on April 17, 2019. #

Sleeping capsules, photographed inside Mars Base 1 on April 17, 2019 #

A view of a recreation room inside Mars Base 1, photographed on April 17, 2019 #

An exterior view of Mars Base 1 and some of the surrounding hills of the Gobi Desert, photographed on April 16, 2019 #

A group of students visit Mars Base 1 on April 17, 2019. #

Models of Mars rovers are seen during a visit to Mars Base 1 in China's northwest Gansu province on April 17, 2019. #

Students walk through the Gobi Desert near the C-Space Project Mars simulation base on April 17, 2019. #

A group of students walk past a model of a Mars lander on April 17, 2019. #

An installation representing a Martian cave is seen at the C-Space Project Mars simulation base on April 17, 2019. #

A model of a spacecraft is displayed at Mars Base 1, photographed on April 17, 2019. #

The interior of a mock space capsule, photographed in the Gobi Desert on April 17, 2019. #

A mysterious black slab stands at the C-Space Project Mars simulation base on April 17, 2019. #

A group of students visiting Mars Base 1 work with small model rockets on April 17, 2019. #

This aerial photo taken on April 16, 2019, shows Mars Base 1, surrounded by hills of the Gobi Desert. #