MDRS meaning in Academic & Science ?

The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is the largest and longest-running Mars surface simulation facility in the world, and is one of two simulated Mars analog habitats owned and operated by the Mars Society.

The MDRS station was built near Hanksville, Utah, in the western United States in the early 2000s, and it is crewed by small teams of 6-8 people who carry out missions at the facility for typically two weeks (although some crew visits have occasionally lasted for 2-3 months in duration) to conduct scientific research.

The MDRS campus includes a two-story habitat (referred to as "the Hab"), a greenhouse (referred to as "the GreenHab"), at the solar-related Musk Observatory, a robotic observatory, an engineering pod (referred to as "the RAM") and a science building, the ScienceDome. Simulated 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.

MDRS is a closed research facility and is not open to the public for visits.