The University of Turin is the scientific partner of MARTE, an innovative research project. MARTE is the acronym for siMulatore di Atmosfera, gRavità, Temperatura e campo MagnEtico del pianeta Marte (Simulator of Atmosphere, Gravity, Temperature, and Magnetic Field of the planet Mars): a cutting-edge environmental model designed to research the conditions on the Red Planet. This advanced device is primarily designed to investigate how terrestrial life forms—such as plants, seedlings, seeds, lichens, and microorganisms—adapt and respond to an extraterrestrial environment, thereby facilitating future human missions and the potential development of self-sustaining life on Mars. It is a high-tech chamber meant to replicate the physical and climatic conditions found on the Martian surface in the laboratory, as proposed by Professor Massimo Maffei of the Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, which will host it. It is therefore capable of guaranteeing a sparse atmosphere, extreme cold, alternating periods of light and darkness, the lack of a magnetic field, and diminished gravity. The simulator will investigate how terrestrial organisms and materials adapt to an alien environment, which has important implications for astrobiology research and future space exploration. The new infrastructure will advantage both the life sciences and aerospace technologies by enabling spectroscopic analysis to evaluate electronic, mechanical, and structural components designed for Mars missions. The collected data will make a substantial contribution to advanced research and worldwide knowledge by shedding light on how life could survive (or be formed) elsewhere. It will also serve as a unique platform for training future generations of scientists and engineers to address the challenges of space missions.