This week on
Performing geological experiments on Mars. Designing the Flight Plan for a mission to Mars. Protecting astronauts against unpredictable events.
During the third simulation week of the Mars analog field simulation the following experiments were conducted: Aouda.X, Aouda.S, CLIFFBOT, ERAS, MASC, SREC, DELTA, Puli Rover, Hunveyor, LTMS, LIFE, MEDIAN, Deployable Shelter, Yellow.
Between 1st and 28th of February the Austrian Space Forum conducts an integrated Mars analog simulation in the Northern Sahara in Morocco. The Simulation started officially on 10th of February.
A Mission Support Center in Innsbruck supports the field crew. All communication between Morocco and Innsbruck is delayed by 10 min to better simulate an real human Mars mission.
Learn more: http://mars2013.oewf.org