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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!
WSW 2013 Mission to Mars: MDRS Commander’s Report Day 3 (6 Oct)
Our day started early, with a ~7am telecon with the MCC. The crew performed numerous EVAs throughout the day in support of the Sand Sampling, SediChem, and Change Detection experiments. Randall (Randy) Dunning and Patricia (Tricia) Marie Smedley started the […]
WSW 2013 Mission to Mars: MDRS Commander’s Report Day 2 (5 Oct)
Report on day 2 including early Science Results from D-TREX Studies
Interview with MDRS First Officer, Haritina Mogosanu
The Austrian Space Forum’s Stefan Hauth interviewed Haritina Mogosanu, crew member of the WSW 2013 Mission to Mars at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), during ‘Museum Night’ at the Welios Science Centre in Wels, Austria on Saturday 5 October. Stefan: […]
WSW 2013 Mission to Mars: MDRS Commander’s Report Day 1 (4 Oct)
Follow the trails for the science experiments and EVA carried out by the MDRS on 4 October 2013 (route and pictures). The 2013 Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) Crew for World Space Week (WSW) arrived at the hab around 12:15 am […]