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MARS2013 Picture of the Day
Day 18: February 28th 2013 It’s all about people. A successful mission MARS2013 comes to an end. We want to thank everyone involved: all the volunteers, our sponsors, our donors, the good people of Morocco – our wonderful host. We […]
MARS2013 End-of-Mission Poll #2
Yesterday, we asked you for your opinion on whether or not to send humans to Mars. Today, we’re going to look at the timeframes for such a mission, should humanity decide to go there. The current most realistic proposals from […]
MARS2013 Twitter Q&A Roundup
Yesterday evening, the Austrian Space Forum (@oewf) hosted a Twitter Q&A with MARS2013 Expedition Lead Gernot Groemer. For those who could not join us during the session, we have collected the many interesting questions and answers below: Q: “When you […]
MARS2013 End-of-Mission Poll #1
As MARS2013 draws to a close and we begin to go over the scientific results and lessons learned, we have also been thinking about some of the broader implications of the mission and about the future of the exploration […]
MARS2013 News Update, February 26th
Greetings from the MARS 2013 Mission Support Center in Innsbruck, here with the daily news update, bringing you the news about yesterday’s MARS2013 events. With only a few mission days left of MARS2013, the field crew spent the day working […]
MARS2013 People: Tibor Pacher, Hungary
Daniela Scheer interviewed 12 people behind the MARS2013 simulation, which you'll be getting to know in the upcoming weeks.
MARS2013 News, February 25th
Greetings from the MARS 2013 Mission Support Center in Innsbruck, here with the daily news update, bringing you the news about yesterday’s MARS2013 events. With the high winds and sand storms that had plagued the mission in recent days finally […]
MARS2013 News, February 24th
This is the Mission Support Center in Innsbruck, here with the daily news update, bringing you the news about yesterday’s MARS2013 events. The field crew in Morocco continued to be plagued by high winds and dust- and sand storms. As […]
MARS2013 News, February 23rd
Greetings from the MARS 2013 Mission Support Center in Innsbruck! Yesterday was a much-needed day off for both the field crew and the crew in the Mission Support Center, so here follows your news update on Thursday’s events. Following a […]