The AMADEE-15 Mars simulation

Groemer, Gernot; Łosiak, A.; Soucek, Alexander; Plank, Clemens; Zanardini, Laura; Sejkora, Nina; Sams, Sebastian

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2016.09.022

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“…The campaign preparation started 30 months before the campaign execution, largely based on experience gained during preceding campaigns (Groemer et al, 2016). A series of on-site scouting missions were carried out between March and October 2017 by the AMADEE-18 leadership team, scientific support staff, and members of the Omani National Steering Committee.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The basic planning process of AMADEE-18 was similar to that of the preceding OeWF missions MARS2013 (Hettrich et al, 2014) and AMADEE-15 (Groemer et al, 2016) and used a 3-day advance planning workflow. Before mission start, the FP team compiled the respective experiment requirements, such as time, personnel, power, bandwidth, and terrain.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The FAP-directed experiment locations as well as related traverses that met operational constraints were communicated to the field crew via the Traverse Plan (TP). For the development of this plan, in contrast to the previous missions MARS2013 (Losiak et al, 2014) and AMADEE-15 (Groemer et al, 2016), a more elaborate geodata workflow was implemented (Sejkora et al, 2018). During previous missions, TPs were created by using Google Earth, accepting several shortcomings (Losiak et al, 2014).…”

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The AMADEE-18 Mars Analog Expedition in the Dhofar Region of Oman

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“…The procedures employed in the AMADEE-15 simulation required that the fully-suited astronauts working in the field had no direct contact with the primary investigator of the experiment. The only communication the astronauts had was with the MCS in Innsbruck, where flight control staff had precise information on the position and activity of the astronauts thanks to GPS and radio transmissions (Groemer 2015;Groemer et al 2016). Therefore, errors resulting from the improper selection of lichen thalli or handling of SH could not be corrected in the field.…”

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“…1). The aim of the project was to "investigate the limitations and opportunities of studying a Martian (rock) glacier with human explorers, using state-of-theart instrumentation" (Groemer 2015;Groemer et al 2016). This project was one of a series of similar simulations, but the Kaunertal site had the highest altitude so far: 2600-2887 m a.s.l.…”

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Lichenometry and Schmidt hammer tests in the Kaunertal glacier foreland (Ötztal Alps) during the AMADEE-15 Mars Mission Simulation

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Dąbski

2017

Miscellanea Geographica

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The aim of this article is to show the results of the lichenometrical and Schmidt hammer measurements performed in 2015 during the AMADEE-15 Mars Mission Simulation in the Ötztal Alps in order to test the capabilities of analogue astronauts and collect information on the geomorphic history of the study area since the Little Ice Age (LIA). The results obtained differ significantly from our expectations, which we attribute to differences in the field experience of participants and the astronauts' technical limitations in terms of mobility. However, the experiments proved that these methods are within the range of the astronauts' capabilities. Environmental factors, such as i) varied petrography, ii) varied number of thalli in test polygons, and iii) differences in topoclimatic conditions between the LIA moraine and the glacier front, further inhibited simple interpretation. The LIA maximum of the Kaunertal glacier occurred in AD 1850, and relative stabilization of the frontal part of the rock glacier occurred in AD 1711.

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Raman characterization of terrestrial analogs from the AMADEE‐18 astronaut simulated mission using the ExoMars RLS simulator: Implications for Mars

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López‐Reyes

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J Raman Spectroscopy

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Between February 1 and February 28, 2018, the Austrian Space Forum, in cooperation with research teams from 25 nations, conducted the AMADEE-18 mission-a human-robotic Mars expedition simulation in the Dhofar region in the Sultanate of Oman. As a part of the AMADEE-18 simulated Mars human exploration mission, the Remote Science Support team investigated the Dhofar area (Oman) to qualify it as a potential Mars analog site. The motivation of this research was to study and register selected samples collected by the analog astronauts during the AMADEE-18 mission with the European Space Agency (ESA) ExoMars Raman Laser Spectrometer (RLS) simulator, compare the results with standard laboratory measurements, and establish the implication of the results to the future ESA ExoMars mission. The Raman measurements identified minerals such as carbonates (calcite and dolomite), feldspar and plagioclase (albite, anorthite, orthoclase, and sanidine), Fe-oxides (goethite, hematite, and magnetite), and Ti-oxide (anatase), each relevant to planetary exploration. As we have presented here, Raman spectroscopy is a powerful tool for detecting the presence of organic molecules, particularly by analyzing the principal vibration of C C and C H bonds. It has also been shown that portable Raman spectroscopy is a relevant tool for in situ field studies such as those conducted during extra-vehicular activities (EVA) in simulated missions like the AMADEE-18 and the future AMADEE-2020 campaign.

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The AMADEE-15 Mars simulation

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The AMADEE-18 Mars Analog Expedition in the Dhofar Region of Oman

The AMADEE-18 Mars Analog Expedition in the Dhofar Region of Oman

Lichenometry and Schmidt hammer tests in the Kaunertal glacier foreland (Ötztal Alps) during the AMADEE-15 Mars Mission Simulation

Raman characterization of terrestrial analogs from the AMADEE‐18 astronaut simulated mission using the ExoMars RLS simulator: Implications for Mars

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