The MARS2013 Mars Analog Mission
| Autor: | Katja Zanella-Kux, Gian Gabriele Ori, Nina Sejkora, Reinhard Tlustos, Jarno Peschier, Anna Losiak, Josef Radinger, Alejandra Sans, Lukas Fritsch, Linda Moser, Ernst Toferer, Ulrich Luger, Claudia Bothe, Mike Rampey, Gerhard Groemer, Tilo Kauerhoff, Kamal Taj-Eddine, Olivia Haider, Christian Haider, Luca Foresta, Andrea Boyd, David Fasching, Arnold Sams, Roberta Paternesi, Christoph Ragonig, Norbert Frischauf, Simon Evetts, Petra Sansone, Jan Klauck, Isabella Pfeil, Wissam Ramo, Sebastian Sams, Csilla Orgel, Thomas Turetschek, Alexander Karl, Linda Goetzloff, Wolfgang Jais, Sandra Häuplik-Meusburger, Daniel Schildhammer, Willibald Stumptner, Daniela Scheer, Egon Winter, Aline N. Dinkelaker, Gernot Groemer, Markus Luger, Julia Neuner, Petra Groll, Chan Sivenesan, Christoph Gautsch, Quentin Scornet, Eva Hauth, Florian Stummer, Monika Fischer, Oana Sandu, Andrea Stadler, Alexander Soucek, Stefan Hauth, Jane McArthur, Paavan Gorur, Muhammad Shadab Khan, Barbara Ramirez, Natalie Jones, Polina Petrova, Stephan Gerard, Markus Dissertori, Andreas Kjeldsen, Thomas Bartenstein, Thomas J. Luger, Elisabeth Sams, Sebastian Hettrich, Daniel Föger, M. Taraba, Harald Fuchs, Silvia Prock, Izabella Gołebiowska |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Planetary surface
business.industry Research Space suit Mars Robotics Mars Exploration Program Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Field (computer science) law.invention Morocco Emergency Shelter Flight planning Space and Planetary Science law Martian surface Systems engineering Communications satellite Humans Artificial intelligence business Space Simulation Remote sensing |
| Zdroj: | Astrobiology. 14:360-376 |
| ISSN: | 1557-8070 1531-1074 |
| Popis: | We report on the MARS2013 mission, a 4-week Mars analog field test in the northern Sahara. Nineteen experiments were conducted by a field crew in Morocco under simulated martian surface exploration conditions, supervised by a Mission Support Center in Innsbruck, Austria. A Remote Science Support team analyzed field data in near real time, providing planning input for the management of a complex system of field assets; two advanced space suit simulators, four robotic vehicles, an emergency shelter, and a stationary sensor platform in a realistic work flow were coordinated by a Flight Control Team. A dedicated flight planning group, external control centers for rover tele-operations, and a biomedical monitoring team supported the field operations. A 10 min satellite communication delay and other limitations pertinent to human planetary surface activities were introduced. The fields of research for the experiments were geology, human factors, astrobiology, robotics, tele-science, exploration, and operations research. This paper provides an overview of the geological context and environmental conditions of the test site and the mission architecture, in particular the communication infrastructure emulating the signal travel time between Earth and Mars. We report on the operational work flows and the experiments conducted, including a deployable shelter prototype for multiple-day extravehicular activities and contingency situations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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