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Day: March 7, 2018

Posted on March 7, 2018March 12, 2018

Sol Summary – March 7th

Here the Crew 189 Sol Summary Report 07 March 2018

MDRS Field Season #20 (2021)

This has been a shortened field season due to Covid-19.

Apr 11-24 — Crew 244 —Patamars

Apr 25-May 8 — Crew 235- NASA Spaceward Bound Utah

June 3-5 — University Rover Challenge (Virtual)
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Crew Reports

  • Announcements (12)
  • Astronomy Report (153)
  • Commander Report (129)
  • Creative Report (5)
  • Crew Photos (389)
  • EVA Report (320)
  • Greenhab Report (417)
  • Journalist Report (362)
  • Mission Plan (17)
  • Mission Summary (37)
  • Operations Report (527)
  • Science Report (151)
  • Sol Summary (481)

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 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 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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Matterport Scans

Matterport Scan of Hab Upper Deck

We used a Matterport camera to take dozens of 360 panoramic scans of the inside of all of the MDRS facilities. View the Scans

Virtual Reality Project

MarsVR Program Seal

The MarsVR crowdfunding campaign has been successful! We are now working to create a virtual reality technology platform that supports the MDRS and the human exploration of Mars.

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MDRS Facts

Founded
2001

Field Seasons Completed
18

Number of Crews
218 (not including informal rotations)

Nearest Town
Hanksville, Utah

 

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