World’s Biggest Analog

From 13. to 26. October 2025 more than 200 scientists in 25 countries will be involved.

Mission Coordination by OeWF in Vienna

The Austrian Space Forum will host the Mission Coordination Center in Vienna (MICO-VIE) to support the individual habitats with teams from operations, meteorology, remote science support and media.

What we wish to achieve

• Raise awareness about analogs.
• Gather information about existing missions and habitats, so that researchers, government agencies and others understand the fidelity and capabilities of each habitat as a research platform.
• Applying research standards makes the data collected more useful to space agencies and researchers.
• Provide a global research platform for the first time.
• Develop protocols and professionalize the industry.
• To assist up and coming habitats/missions, so more countries can be involved.
• To engage and collaborate as a community and push the boundaries of what we can achieve together.
• Open better communication lines between active players.
• Minimize duplicate research.
• Highlight the potential of the habitats and analog missions