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THREE MARS ANALOGUE SPACESUIT TEAMS PERFORM SIMULTANEOUS EXPERIMENTS FOR WORLD SPACE WALK 2013
WORLD SPACE WEEK 2013 PRESS RELEASE 10 OCTOBER 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THREE MARS ANALOGUE SPACESUIT TEAMS PERFORM SIMULTANEOUS EXPERIMENTS FOR WORLD SPACE WALK 2013 One of the key elements of equipment for a future human expedition to Mars will […]
Aouda.X collects a rock for Earth Master Sample!
Luca Foresta, our Aouda.X analog astronaut suit tester, has been out to the banks of the Sill river in Innsbruck to collect a rock for the ‘Earth Master Sample’ project. First, Luca took a wide shot to show the general […]
WSW 2013 Mission to Mars: MDRS Acting Commander’s Report Day 4 (7 Oct)
Acting MDRS CDR Report – Haritina Mogosanu Crew had an early start at 7:30. The highlight of the day was the collection of the Earth Master Sample by Commander Jon Rask and Mission Specialist Randall (Randy) Dunning during their EVA […]
World Space Walk 2013
Today we have a first at World Space Week – four analogue space suit teams around the world, all coordinated from one mission control and working simultaneously on the same experiments. Spacesuit testers will performing agility and mobility tasks wearing: […]
Short review of saturdays 2nd MarsTweetup
The second MarsTweetup took place on Saturday, 5th October 2013, at the MCC in Innsbruck. More than a dozen of Social Media Users participated for this interesting event during the World Space Week 2013. In the morning Olivia Haider from […]
In isolation on ‘Mars’… and the crowd in the Mission Control Centre!
Cartoonist Eugene Georgiades has created this cartoon for the WSW 2013 Mission to Mars Crew. While red shirts may be in short supply on Mars, there are plenty to be found in the Mission Control Centre in Innsbruck!