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Posted on March 16, 2018March 21, 2018 by jburk

Astronomy Report – March 16th

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About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 181 crews of six-person teams have lived in two week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

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Mission Support

2017-2018 Field Season (#17)

Crew 182 (Team Peru V)
Crew 183 (Medical Makers-3D4MD)
Crew 184 (Mars Society 1)
Crew 185 (Mars Society 2)
Crew 186 (Boilers2 Mars – Purdue University)
Crew 187 (Team LATAM 2)
Crew 188 (ISU)
IKEA Installation (non-crew special event)
Crew 189 (ISAE Supaero)
Crew 190 (UCL to Mars)
Crew 191 (Team Asia – Japanese & Indonesian)
Crew 192 (Project PHEnOME A)
Crew 193 (Project PHEnOME B)
Crew 194 & 195 (Wilderness Medical Society)
First Annual MDRS Curated Art Show

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Crew Reports

  • Announcements (3)
  • Astronomy Report (28)
  • Commander Report (51)
  • Creative Report (3)
  • Crew Photos (107)
  • EVA Report (101)
  • Greenhab (1)
  • Greenhab Report (127)
  • Journalist Report (96)
  • Mission Plan (4)
  • Mission Summary (11)
  • Operations Report (146)
  • Science Report (28)
  • Sol Summary (148)
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MDRS Facts

Founded
2001

Field Seasons Completed
16

Number of Crews
184 (not including informal rotations)

Number of Participants
Over 1000

Nearest Town
Hanksville, Utah

 

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