(Photo By: Marek Shanitman)
By: Aaron Reich - October 10, 2021
A team of “astronauts” has come to the Mitzpe Ramon Crater to launch the AMADEE-20 Mars analog mission, simulating the environment of the Red Planet.
The mission is the latest Mars analog mission launched by the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) and is being done in partnership with the Israel Space Agency (ISA) and the D-MARS habitat.
It features a team of analog astronauts from 25 different countries, with the Mission Support Center operating out of Austria. These “astronauts” will live together in a habitat in the Ramon Crater designed to replicate the conditions of Mars.
Rather than fully recreating the Martian atmosphere, however, what is most important about the habitat is how the “astronauts” get into character.
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