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That was it for the Dress Rehearsal for Mars2013, the most complex Mars Analog Field Simulation the Austrian Space Forum has ever planned. Between 7th and 10th December 100 volunteers and project partners met in Innsbruck for the big “Dress Rehearsal”. People from 20 nations and 5 continents are preparing for Mars2013, the Mars analog field simulation to be conducated between the 1st and 28th of February in the Northern Sahara in Morocco. The countdown is running.
Group photo of all Dress Rehearsal participants for Mars 2013 – Morocco Mars analog field simulation. More than 100 people from 20 countries contribute to the project. (c) OEWF (Katja Zanella-Kux)
Two OEWF analog astronauts have donned the Aouda spacesuit simulators to prepare for the first day of training simulations. Daniel Schildhammer (left) is in the Aouda.X suit and Christoph Gautsch (right) in the Aouda.S. (c) OEWF (Katja Zanella-Kux)
Mars is getting closer! Flight Director Christop Ragonig (with tie on left) explains team members the inner workings of the Mission Support Center during the training session for the Mars2013 simulation. (c) OEWF (Katja Zanella-Kux)
Meeting the people behind the mission and getting to know the experiments was the goal of the first day of the “Dress Rehearsal”. Alain Souchier, from the French Mars Society, explains the auditorium the Cliffbot, which already was part of the Dachstein Mars Simulation. (c) OEWF (Katja Zanella-Kux)
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