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Scientific data are being analyzed and will advance the development of the Austrian Space Forum’s spacesuit simulator “Aouda“ On 16. August the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) concluded the world’s highest altitude Mars analog mission “AMADEE-15”. For two weeks scientists from […]
For a normal person, running a marathon might be considered to be extremely exhausting. However, for our analog astronauts wearing the Aouda.X space suit, just tying shoes can be exhausting work! My research project, as part of my Master’s degree […]
The science journal Astrobiology just published a special edition of MARS2013 simulation.
One of the key elements of equipment for a future human expedition to Mars will be a spacesuit that allows astronauts to roam the Martian surface. As part of WSW 2013 activities coordinated the OeWF’s from Mission Control Centre in […]
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: […]
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 […]
Throughout World Space Week (WSW) 2013, we will be having guest blogs by some of our participating partners in the ‘Exploring Mars, Discovering Earth’ campaign. Alejandro Catalá Espí will be giving WSW 2103 a special tour of the Mars […]
The MARS2013 Mars analog field simulation in the Northern Sahara in Morocco ended on 28th February 2013. The last field crew member returned on 6th March 2013 safely to home. Now 2.5 months later more than 40 people met in […]
The british magazine “All About Space” has made “Destination Mars” the topic of this month’s edition. Robert Zubrin (Mars Society) and Gernot Groemer (Austrian Space Forum) provide an insight into current status of manned flights to Mars. These plans cover […]
It is our sincere pleasure to present to you the Mission Report of the MARS2013 expedition. This (general) report is a non-scientific overview on what happened during the Mars analog mission. The scientific papers are in preparation, conference presentations are […]
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