AMADEE-18
Last modified by Barry Bishop on 2018/09/03 23:46
In February 2018, the Austrian Space Forum - in partnership with the Oman National Steering Committee for AMADEE-18 - will conduct a highly international Mars analogue field simulation in the Dhofar region, Oman. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew will conduct experiments preparing for future human Mars missions in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology, life sciences and other disciplines.
Conducting field research in a representative environment is an excellent tool for gaining operational experience and to understand the advantages and limitations of remote science operations on other planetary bodies. This field mission is designed to be:
- an opportunity to study equipment, procedures and workflows under Mars analogue conditions with humans-in-the-loop
- a platform for testing life-detection and geophysical techniques, terrain tests for rovers and for increasing the situational awareness of remote support teams
- studying the test site as a model region for Martian deserts and extreme life
- serving as an outreach platform to enhance the visibility of planetary sciences
Experiments:
| Name | Description | Organisation | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aouda.S | Aouda Sierra - analog astronaut space-suit | Austrian Space Forum, Sillufer 3a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria | Dr. Gernot Groemer |
| Aouda.X | Aouda X-ray - analog astronaut space-suit | Austrian Space Forum, Sillufer 3a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria | Dr. Gernot Groemer |
| A3DPT | The experiment comprises a sequence of operational and technical processes to investigate how 3D-printing technology can aid geological field work on Mars as well as operations in general. | Graz University of Technology / Austrian Space Forum | Michael Müller |
| AVI-NAV | AVI-NAV will verify if an unmanned aerial vehicle would be able to navigate autonomously purely on visual-inertial cues and with on-board processing over Mars-like surfaces | Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Control of Networked Systems | Stephan Weiss |
| EOS | Stand-alone navigation-system providing location data of moving objects or astronauts during field-based EVAs. | HTBLA-Eisenstadt, Department of Aeronautical Engineering | Martin Zwifl |
| ERAU | Remote video capture analysis of spacesuits for space-flight analogue expeditions | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | |
| Fatigue | Investigation and identification of factors predicting fatigue. | Medical University of Vienna, Austria | Dobrovolny Stefan |
| FieldSpectrometry | Acquisition of reflectance and radiance spectra in an environment analogous to Mars | Agenzia Spaziale Italy | Eleonora Ammannito |
| Hortextreme | Installation of an inflatable growth chamber to accommodate 2 square meter microgreens hydroponic cultivation. Evaluation of plant growth performance in an extreme environment. | ASI - Italian Space Agency | Sara Piccirillo |
| HUSKY | Autonomous robot that supports astronauts in the exploration of planets (Mars) or moons. Tasks of the robot include the autonomous exploration, mapping, measuring habitat WLAN coverage and autonomous transport of material. | Graz University of Technology, Institute for Software Technology, Inffeldgasse 16b/II, A-8010 Graz, Austria | Dr. Gerald Steinbauer |
| MIMIC | We want to use voice communication as a marker of the psychological and physiological state of the mission members. | Graz University of Technology | Martin Hagmueller |
| MSTAT | Two astronaut teams situational awareness and communication experiment. Measuring cosmic ray flux in two points for two EVA missions duration. | Ben Gurion University | Hilel Rubinstein |
| Rock Samples | Laboratory analysis of rock samples | Emmanuel Lalla | |
| ScanMars | ScanMars is a ground penetrating radar which detects variations in dielectric properties of the ground. | University of Perugia, Italy | Maurizio Ercoli |
| SITAS | Psychological analysis of situational awareness between two teams (Earth and Mars). use of qualitative research and measurement of physiological parameters. | University of Witten/Herdecke | Alexandra Hofmann |
| TEAM | This survey study will examine key team-level variables (team cohesion, conflict, performance) and determine the “person” factors (including personality, and factors examined at the team level of analysis) that relate to the above team-level variables. | University of Western Ontario | Natalie Allen |
| Tumbleweed | The Tumbleweed is a wind-driven Mars rover that can be deployed to gather large-scale data of planetary surfaces. | Sir Karl Popper Schule, Wiedner Gürtel 68, 1040 Wien, Austria | Moritz Stephan |
| VRITAGO | The proposal has the scope to provide to the AMADEE-18 team a VR tool to perform analysis and testing based on testing in the VR environment of instruments and inclusion of pictures of geological outcrop into the VR environment. | Mars Planet, Associazione Culturale Mars Planet, Via Dalmine 10/A – 24035 Curno (BG), Italy | Antonio Del Mastro |
| WaterExplorer | Geophone Nodes are self-contained seismic data recorders that can measure seismic waves both passive and those generated by a source e.g Hammer and a plate. | Petroleum Development Oman, Muscat, PO Box 81, Post Code 100, Sultanate of Oman | Mohammed Al Hosni |