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Worldwide
Analog Projects
Posted on August 16, 2021
What are Analog
Missions?
Analog Missions are field tests in locations that have physical similarities
to the extreme space environments. Engineers and scientists work with
government agencies, academia, and industry to gather requirements for
testing in harsh environments before they are used in space. Tests include:
new technologies, robotic equipment, vehicles, habitats, communications,
power generation, mobility, infrastructure, and storage. Behavioral
effects – such as isolation and confinement, team dynamics, menu
fatigue, and others are also observed.
About Analog Missions, Types of Analogs, Calendar, Experience an Analog, Human Research Programs, Global Participation, Education, and Media Resources
Mars Analogue Research Station Program by Mars Society, MDRS Management Team
| Proposed
Analog Locations |
Year
Started or Announced |
Status | Contact | Last Update | Sponsoring
Countries or Organization |
Location |
Analog Size | Crew Size | Activities
at Analog - description of activities, pictures, videos |
Mars-V,
Mongolia |
2020 |
Planning
Stages |
08/15/21 | Government
of Mongolia, announced at 2020 Mars Society Convention |
Mongolia,
Between China & Russia |
A
project to establish International center of science, technology
and innovation that consists of Mars comprehensive training academy,
Space exploration and development free-zone and Satellite city
for tourism.
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Planning
Stages |
10/14/21 | Keyna,
Africa |
MARS
SOCIETY KENYA is in the process of establishing a Mars Habitat
Simulation Programme / Research Station to be set up in the country
(in a remote region, probably in the furthest parts of Turkana
County in Northern Kenya), where the citizens and any other willing
party can practice and experiment on a Martian-like environment,
even as we purpose to eventually have a human presence on Mars.
Space Boot Camp will be the entry level and it will be open to
the general public regardless of one's demographic status. Setting
up the boot camp will depend on the nature of the agreement. The
camp will have the necessary infrastructure required to train
astronauts. It will also make use of STEM education and its benefits
to the Space industry. Membership will be in two ways; general
and special. The Mars Society Kenya is working on acquiring a
Space City. The Space City will be a fully-fledged space academy
which will also feature a Mars Simulation Habitat.
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| 2019 | Has Property, Financing, in design stage | Antonio Del Mastro | 08/21/21 | Italian
Government |
Italy |
10-11 | Antonio
and I met in WebX meeting 08/21/21. He is involved with Mars-City.
Would like to discuss further. Moon & Mars Analog, Museum,
Research Center, (has GREAT Web Site)
Intro, pic-2, pic-3, pic-4, pic-5, Mars Simulator, Lunar Simulator, Space Labortories, Research Area, Research Labortories, Space as Business, pic-12, Incubator & Accelerator, Space Museum, Space Hall, Invest, Why Space?, About Us |
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| 2021 | In Development | Gerorge Rogers | 08/23/21 | Mars
Space Construction, LLC Public & Private Partnerships |
Texas
Gulf Coast |
20 Acres | 30 | The
Texas Mars Analog Project (TMAP) is a Mars Colony
Analog site in Texas being developed to help train space crews
for the construction and habitation of a sustainable colony on
Mars. |
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Worldwide Analog Locations |
Year Started | Status | Contact | Last Update | Sponsoring
Countries or Organization |
Location |
Analog Size | Crew Size | Activities
at Analog - description of activities, pictures, videos, |
| 2001 | Operational | Contact |
08/15/21 | The
Mars Society Analog #1 |
Devon
Island, Canadian Artic |
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Mars
Desert Research Station (MDRS) |
2002 | Operational | Contact |
08/15/21 | The
Mars Society Analog #2 (218 crews have used MDRS) |
Moab
Desert, Utah, U.S |
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| 1967 | Operational | Contact |
08/15/21 | State
scientific center of the Russian Federation – Institute
for Bio-Medical Problems of RAS under the aegis of Roscosmos and
Russian Academy of Sciences |
Russia |
1200m3 | 11 | Mars
500 Project Videos. Typical missions are not fewer than 500
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| Operational | Contact |
08/14/21 | NASA |
Florida,
U.S. |
6 | NEEMO
is a NASA mission that sends groups of astronauts, engineers and
scientists to live in Aquarius, the world's only undersea research
station, for up to three weeks at a time. The Aquarius habitat
and its surroundings provide a convincing analog for space exploration.
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| 2019 | Operational | 08/22/21 | EuroMoonMars IMA HI-Seas is ESA's EuroMoonMars and ILEWG campaigns to the International Moonbase Alliance analogue facility. Sponsors |
Hawaii,
U.S. |
6 |
OUR GOALS The overall focus of the EMMIHS campaign is on geological,
physical, organizational, and psychological aspects of the HI-SEAS
base and its direct surroundings. Individual mission goals are
set to enable the studies that will allow us to explore and utilize
the Moon and Mars in a safe, efficient, and inspiring way. Within
this wide range of research possibilities, we chose to specifically
deepen into the following projects.
One of the focus points of the EMMIHS campaign is on lava tubes.
Lava tubes are elongated caves with a basaltic volcanic origin
and are a common occurrence in volcanic fields on the Earth, the
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| 2019 | Operational | Contact |
08/22/21 | NASA, working with EMMIHS |
Hawaii,
U.S. |
13,000 cubic feet | 6 | The HI-SEAS Habitat is semi-portable, low-impact, and designed to have all the desirable analog features specified in Keeton et al (2011). It has a habitable volume of ~13,000 cubic feet, a usable floor space of ~1200 square feet, and small sleeping quarters for a crew of six, as well as a kitchen, laboratory, bathroom, simulated airlock and ‘dirty’ work area. Lava flows include a wide variety of volcanic features to explore, such as lava tubes, skylights, channels, and tumuli. pic-0, pic-1, pic-2, pic-3, pic-4, pic-5, pic-6, pic-7, pic-8, pic-9, pic-10, pic-11, pic-12, pic-13, pic-14, pic-15, pic-16, pic-17, sponsors |
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| October 2020 | Under Construction Scheduled completion end of 2021 | Contact | 08/23/21 | Secretary
of Science and Technology of La Rioja (Javier Tineo) + Minister
of Labour, Employment and Industry of the province (Federico Bazan).
From FanIOT Argentina #MISSIONS We will be contributing the foundation
IOT Technology for this Disruptive Argentine Space Sovereignty
Project. |
La
Rioja, Argentina |
SOLAR54
will consist of the establishment of a mobile geodetic module
system in the Los Colorados Provincial Reserve, in La Rioja -Argentina.
It aims to emulate the living conditions, space technology laboratories,
and food production systems that would be used on the planet Mars. pic-1, pic-2, pic-3, pic-4, pic-5, pic-6, pic-7, pic-8, pic-9 |
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| Operational | Contact |
08/23/21 | The
European Space Agency (ESA) Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland |
Antartica |
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Pristine
environments, limited resources, and near-complete isolation
are just some of the attractions of Antarctica, often termed
the White Desert. Numerous research stations dot the outer regions
of the continent where scientists gather data on glaciology,
seismology, climate change and the stars.
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| Jan. 20, 2021 | Operational | Contact | 08/23/21 | University
of Arizona, Portland State University, the Mars Desert Research
Station, and Arcosanti |
Arizona,
U.S. |
5 days - 3 months | 1 - 4 | SAM
integrates the University of Arizona
Biosphere 2 prototype Test Module greenhouse with an adjacent
workshop and living quarters. A CO2 scrubber built by Paragon
SDC provides mechanical life support. An airlock leads to an adjacent
half acre Mars yard modeled after a potential landing site on
Mars. Pressure suits, rovers, and drones can be tested over varied
terrain and obstacles.
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| Nov 21, 2021 | Operational | Contact | 08/23/21 | MDRS
Swiss Institute for Disruptive Innovation, European Center for Space Exploration & Colonization, Mars Society, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Dome, Mars Planet Research & Innovation |
Utah,
U.S. |
Crew
6 |
Nov.
21, 2021 - Dec. 4, 2021: two weeks study in isolation, our analogue
astronauts will test different technologies and operational scenarios
in the field of space medicine, in preparation for future human
missions to Mars.Activities
space medicine, crew health, human factors, space suits, biomonitoring,
astronaut support, space technologies, planetary science.
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| 2017 | Operational | Contact |
08/23/21 | PMAS The Space Exploration Project Group (SEPG), of the Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) in support of the United Nations Programme on Space Applications, |
Poland |
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| 2011 | Operational | Contact | 08/24/21 | Israel
Space Agency and D-MARS Analogue Mars field simulation in the Negev desert in Israel. This expedition will take place in a so-called terrestrial Mars analog environment and will be led from a Mission Support Center from Austria. |
Israel |
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| 2014 | Operational | Contact |
08/24/21 | Nasa,
Johnson Space Center |
Houston,
Texas, U.S. |
45 days | 5 |
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08/24/21 | NASA
& Russian Analog Missions Institute of Biomedical Problems at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
Russia |
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months 1 year |
6 |
Nezemny
Eksperimental’nyy Kompleks, or NEK, is a unique, multi-compartment
facility used as an analog for isolation, confinement, and...
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| Contact |
Nasa,
Johnson Space Center |
Houston,
Texas, U.S. |
The
60-day AGBRESA study utilized bedrest and a daily centrifuge session
with the aim of testing a possible countermeasure for negative
effects of microgravity.
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| Contact |
Nasa,
Johnson Space Center |
Houston,
Texas, U.S. |
NSRL
helps to assess health risks of cosmic radiation. To better understand
these risks, NASA has teamed with the U.S. Dept. of Energy to
establish this lab.
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| Contact |
Nasa,
Johnson Space Center Contact: jose.a.marmolejo@nasa.gov |
Houston,
Texas, U.S. |
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goal is to develop a high-fidelity, human-in-the-loop, Lunar /
Mars surface analog in support of next generation human exploration
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| Contact |
Nasa,
Johnson Space Center |
Houston,
Texas, U.S. |
The
ACC consists of eight experimental chambers designed to simulate
characteristics of the space environment. The chambers have been
used to simulate long-duration space flight, including a 56-day
Skylab mission simulation and a 91-day Lunar Mars Life Support
Test Project. During these simulations, investigators make every
effort to limit supply replenishment and face-to-face contact
with the crew, and the on-board team is responsible to attend
to all interior upkeep and repairs.
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| Contact |
NASA,
Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems and
the Canadian Space Agency |
Hawaii,
U.S. |
ISRU
is the harnessing of local natural resources at mission destinations,
instead of taking all needed supplies from Earth, to enhance the
capabilities of human exploration. The rock distribution and soil
composition of Hawaii’s volcanic deposits provide an ideal
terrain for testing ISRU hardware and operations.
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| Construction Start 2022 | Contact |
UAE |
Dubai |
Construction
of the world’s largest Mars simulation city is to begin
in the Dubai desert next year, with completion and the start of
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| 2021 | Fall 2022 | Contact |
08/15/21 | Nasa,
Johnson Space Center |
Houston,
Texas, U.S. |
4 | 1,700
sq. ft. habitat 3D printed. The major crew activities during the
analog may consist of simulated spacewalks including virtual reality,
communications, crop growth, meal preparation and consumption,
exercise, hygiene activities, maintenance work, personal time,
science work, and sleep.
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| 2007 | On Hold | n/a |
08/15/21 | The
Mars Society Analog #3 |
Iceland |
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| 2007 | On Hold | n/a |
08/15/21 | The
Mars Society Analog #4 |
Australia |
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Society Brazil |
Operational | juliofdrezende@hotmail.com | 09/15/21 | Mars
Society Brazil |
Brazil,
South America |
Space
Analog for Moon
and Mars. Space Habitat Event 2021. SAM at Mars habitat Analog
at the Biosphere 2, Kai Staats. SIMOC,
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| Operational | wreidstowe@yahoo.com | 10/19/21 | Privety
owned, American |
United
States, Gulf Coast |
2-3 weeks | 3-8 | Reid completed the Mars Ocean Odyssey, The longest sea yoyage in history in June 2010. Now, as humans seek to go on a mission to Mars, the importance of preparing astronauts psychologically to be away from the security of land in an isolated, high performance, life and death environment is more relevant than ever. Reid and Soanya are initiating the Mars Ocean Analogs on the same Schooner starship that broke all previous endurance records. The psychology and knowledge that Reid and Soanya have learned from actual experience can be invaluable to the preparations of astronauts going to space on long duration missions. |
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| 1999 | Operational | info@spacegeneration.org 431-718-11-1830 |
10/23/21 | Space
Generation Advisory Council of United Nations (SGAC) |
Austria | SGAC
was conceived at UNISPACE III in 1999, whereby states resolved,
as part of the Vienna Declaration, “To create a council
to support the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of
Outer Space, through raising awareness and exchange of fresh ideas
by youth. The vision is to employ the creativity and vigour of
youth in advancing humanity through the peaceful uses space”. |
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