EVA Med Evac Sim experiment preparations EVA Med Evac Simulation Objectives Preparations are still underway for the EVA med evac sim, which will take place on Monday. The following is […]
Away Teams & Field Reports
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Devon Island Drilling Update
Automated Drilling Field Demonstrations Exceed Goals, Go “Naked” in Haughton Crater 2006 DAME Tests To look for ice or especially organics on Mars, we will need to drill below the […]
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Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse Webcams Online
The Mars Institute’s Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse on Devon Island now has two webcams available for public viewing. One camera shows a view of the greenhouse and surroundings from the […]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Press Release
HMP Research Station Panorama
Aerial Photo of the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station (HMP RS) on Devon Island, High Arctic, taken from a helicopter on July 20, 2006. [Larger panorama]
Posted inAnalog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Astrobiology (general), Away Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Dale Andersen's Field Reports, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Icy Worlds, Mars, Press Release, SETI & Technosignatures
Green Ice, Ravens, Ice Caves And The Movie “Contact”
Towards the end of our summer expedition while flying back to Eureka from our camp on Axel Heiberg, I spotted a lake with what appeared to be green ice on […]
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Devon Island Logistics Report
Haughton-Mars Project Expedition 2005: Interplanetary Supply Chain Management & Logistics Architectures: Final NASA/MIT Report “From an exploration perspective we found that HMP despite the identified differences with a Lunar or […]
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Devon Island Astrobiology Update
Mars Institute HMP Research Station Astrobiology Update 21 July 2006 Dr. Richard Lveill, Visiting Fellow in astrobiology at the Canadian Space Agency: “The first question I am investigating is did […]
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Devon Island Update
Mars Institute HMP Research Station Update for July 19, 2006 Another busy day at the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station (HMP RS). As we approach the mid-point in the field season, […]
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McGill Arctic Research Station (M.A.R.S.) Weather Video
Dale Andersen: The Campbell Scientific met station (automated weather station) we installed last April at M.A.R.S includes an enclosed digital camera (CC640) that is programmed to acquire two images per […]
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Devon Island Greenhouse Update
Research Activities in the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse – July 2006 Update “Our autonomous greenhouse in the Arctic produces and manages its own power, has its own communications system for […]