Away Teams & Field Reports

Offworld Away Team Practice For Astronauts

By Keith Cowing
Status Report
NASA
May 22, 2024
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Offworld Away Team Practice For Astronauts
NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, left, and Kate Rubins — NASA

Editor’s note: the procedures, new advanced spacesuits, analytical instruments, imaging and communications gear, and other tools associated with Artemis activities on the lunar surface will directly impact the capabilities that astronauts will employ during Astrobiology Away Team forays on Mars and other worlds.


NASA astronauts Andre Douglas, left, and Kate Rubins review traverse plans during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 16, 2024.

Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel Date Created: 2024-05-16 Larger image

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