AMADEE-18

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**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.**

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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:

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* an opportunity to study equipment, procedures and workflows under Mars analogue conditions with humans-in-the-loop

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* a platform for testing life-detection and geophysical techniques, terrain tests for rovers and for increasing the situational awareness of remote support teams

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* studying the test site as a model region for Martian deserts and extreme life

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* serving as an outreach platform to enhance the visibility of planetary sciences

== Experiments: ==

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|Aouda.S|Aouda Sierra - analog astronaut space-suit|Austrian Space Forum, Technikerstr. 25/8, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria|Dr. Gernot Groemer

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|Aouda.X|Aouda X-ray - analog astronaut space-suit|Austrian Space Forum, Technikerstr. 25/8, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria|Dr. Gernot Groemer

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|Amadee18-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

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|Amadee18-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|Stephan Weiss|Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Control of Networked Systems

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|Amadee18-EOS|Stand-alone navigation-system providing location data of moving objects or astronauts during field-based EVAs.|Martin Zwifl|HTBLA-Eisenstadt, Department of Aeronautical Engineering

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|Amadee18-ERAU|Remote video capture analysis of spacesuits for spaceflight analogue expeditions||Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

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|Amadee18-Fatigue|Investigation and identification of factors predicting fatigue.|Dobrovolny Stefan|Medical University of Vienna, Austria

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|Amadee18-FieldSpectrometry|

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|Amadee18-Hortextreme

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|Amadee18-HUSKY

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|Amadee18-MIMIC