KiwiMars 2012
Mission Dates: 22 April - 6 May 2012 NZST Watch the Mission Trailer Mission Objectives Deliver an engaging science learning experience; Establish a space science educator network; Develop an…
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KiwiMars 2012
Meet the Crew
CDR - Commander Haritina Mogosanu Biosecurity Environmental Management Survey Astronomy Education XO - First Officer Mike Bodnar Journalist Astronomy Education MSL - Mission Specialist Life …
Read the record ↗KiwiMars Outreach
Just like the great explorers of the old world who reached the shores of Aotearoa - New Zealand based on their skill and driven by curiosity, KiwiMars Outreach is a pilot project that will t…
Read the record ↗CDR - Commander
Haritina Mogosanu Age: 38 Living in: Wellington Special interest/s while on the mission: Biosecurity, Astronomy, Education, Environmental Management, Survey. Contact: haritina.mogosanu@kiwis…
Read the record ↗XO - First Officer
Mike Bodnar Age: 57 Living in: Wellington Special interest/s while on the mission: Journalist, Mission Communicator and documentary-maker, Astronomy, Education Contact: mgbodnar@gmail.com Pr…
Read the record ↗MSL - Mission Specialist Life Sciences
Annalea Beattie Age: 54 Living in: Melbourne, Australia Special interest/s while on the mission: Human Factors Artist, Educator Contact: annalea.beattie@rmit.edu.au Profession: Learning Skil…
Read the record ↗FE - Flight Engineer
Don Stewart Age: 54 Living in: Melbourne, Australia Special interest/s while on the mission: Chief Engineer, MSP - Weather Observer Unlike an expedition to the Moon, explorers on Mars will n…
Read the record ↗MSP - Mission Specialist Planetary Sciences
Ali Harley Age: 46 Living in: Wellington Special interest/s while on the mission: Geology, Distance Education, Engineering Support Contact: ali.mary.harley@gmail.com Profession: Adult Educat…
Read the record ↗HSO - Health & Safety Officer
Bruce Ngataierua Age: 37 Living in: Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt Special interest/s while on the mission: Education, Astronomy, Geology Health and Safety Officer (HSO) Contact: bngataierua@yahoo.…
Read the record ↗The Royal Society of New Zealand
The Royal Society of New Zealand, through its Education personnel and Advancing Primary Science Strategy, will facilitate the formation of an Education Advisory group and to work with that g…
Read the record ↗LEARNZ
LEARNZ is pleased to support the KiwiMars 2012 pilot project in anticipation of a LEARNZ virtual field trip as part of the 2013 KiwiMars project. LEARNZ will promote the KiwiMars project th…
Read the record ↗Futureintech
Futureintech is an initiative of IPENZ, funded by Government and supported by industry partners. Our aim is to promote careers in science, engineering and technology. We do this by bringing…
Read the record ↗NZASE
New Zealand Association of Science Educators (NZASE) The Earth and Space Science committee (ESSE), which is part of NZASE, will send out through its networks information about the KiwiMars p…
Read the record ↗Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) is proud to support KiwiMars and its mission. As educators, we know that finding ways to excite children about learning …
Read the record ↗Mars Society Australia
Mars Society Australia has had a long-standing involvement with the Mars Desert Research Station with many members participating in expeditions there and providing science and mission suppor…
Read the record ↗Carter Observatory
Carter Observatory Wellington KiwiSpace is incredibly grateful to Carter Observatory who will be a key partner for this expedition, providing facilities and staff to support the outreach pro…
Read the record ↗Want to help?
The Outreach work stream of KiwiMars provides New Zealand school students with an opportunity to experience space science in a practical way. Through interaction with the KiwiMars 2012 crew …
Read the record ↗Partner Organisations
The following organisations are our main partners for KiwiMars 2012 project Carter Observatory Eagle Technology Group Futureintech LEARNZ Mars Society Australia NZASE Te Aho o Te Kura Pounam…
Read the record ↗Science Projects KiwiMars
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Some of these resources are still under construction. An "under construction" banner will be displayed on the page if that is the case. Link to the Science Page MDRS118 Mi…
Read the record ↗Eagle Technology Group
Eagle Technology Group is a privately held information technology (IT) services company, established since 1969. Eagle is the largest supplier of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) produc…
Read the record ↗Mission Logs KiwiMars 2012
Day 1 - 21 April 2012 Day 2 - 22 April 2012 Day 3 - 23 April 2012 Day 4 - 24 April 2012 Day 5 - 25 April 2012 Day 6 - 26 April 2012 Day 7 - 27 April 2012 Day 8 - 28 April 2012 Day 9 - 29 Apr…
Read the record ↗Day 1 - 21 April 2012
Crew118Day01CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 21 April 2012, 1900 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Report Transmission Schedule (you ca…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 01
Date and time: 21 April 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander The Trans-Tasman crew 118 from New Zealand and Australia was reunited today at 0800 hrs Grand Junction Time. A…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 01
Date and time: 21 April 2012 Written by Mike Bodnar, Mission 118, Executive Officer The Mission 118 KiwiMars 2012 crew assembled in Grand Junction, Colorado without incident, although three …
Read the record ↗HSO Report Day 01
Date and time: Saturday 21st April Written by: Bruce Ngataierua, Crew 118, HSO The gasoline tanks that are used to fuel the ATVs were found at the front of the Hab entry left by the previous…
Read the record ↗Day 2 - 22 April 2012
Crew118Day02CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 22 April 2012, 1300 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Medical incident - Annalea Beattie felt o…
Read the record ↗Day 3 - 23 April 2012
Crew118Day03CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 23 April 2012, 1900 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Report Transmission Schedule (you ca…
Read the record ↗Day 4 - 24 April 2012
Crew118Day04CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 24 April 2012, 1900 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Good, Annalea recovering very fast Report…
Read the record ↗Day 5 - 25 April 2012
Crew118Day05CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 25 April 2012, 1900 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Report Transmission Schedule (you can acc…
Read the record ↗Kenex
Kenex Ltd is a business development company that provides targeting, management and GIS services for the mineral exploration, renewable energy and environmental industries in New Zealand, Au…
Read the record ↗Media Coverage
Elf Eldridge on Sciblogs: Kiwimars 2012: Kiwis doing what Kiwis should Why have I picked Kiwimars as a shining example of NZ’s science future? Simply because the Kiwimars crew are not paid s…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 02
Date and time: 22 April 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander KiwiMars 2012 crew is getting adjusted to the desert in the second day of our presence at MDRS. The crew almos…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 02
Date and time: 22 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer This has been an eventful day for the crew of KiwiMars 2012. It was scheduled as our final training day before w…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 02
Date and time: 22 April 2012 Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5/0.25/Empt…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 02
Date and time: 22 April 2012 Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer 1a) Today was - a non-cooking day - a day "out of sim" with respect to the food study 1b) Was today a special day cel…
Read the record ↗HSO Report Day 02
Date and time: 22 April 2012 Written by: Bruce Ngataierua, Crew 118, HSO The MSL (Mission Specialist Life Sciences) crew member injured her foot when she was coming down the Hab steps from t…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 03
Date and time: 23 April 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Today we had our first walk on the top of the ridge. The weather is very hot which means we will have to switc…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 03
Date and time: 23 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, Journalist Today we were supposed to begin the simulation but due to Annalea's fall yesterday and the time taken to get her to…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 03
Date and time: 23 April 2012 Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5/0.25/Empt…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 03
Date and time: 22 April 2012 Written by: Bruce Ngataierua, Annalea Beattie Crew 118 1a) Today was - a non-cooking day - a day "out of sim" with respect to the food study (repeated from yeste…
Read the record ↗HSO Report Day 03
Date and time: 23 April 2012, 1910 hrs Written by: Bruce Ngataierua, Crew 118, HSO The MSL (Mission Specialist Life Sciences) crew member who injured her foot when she was came down the Hab …
Read the record ↗EVA Report Day 03
Non-sim EVA to Hab Ridge as part of photo shoot Date and time: 23/4/2012 12.30pm-2.45pm Written by Ali Harley, Mission Specialist Planetary Sciences (MSPS) 19:06pm Crew Members: Hari Mogosan…
Read the record ↗Day 6 - 26 April 2012
Crew118Day06CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 26 April 2012, 1900 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Good Report Transmission Schedule (you ca…
Read the record ↗Day 7 - 27 April 2012
Crew118Day07CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 27 April 2012, 1900 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Good Report Transmission Schedule (you ca…
Read the record ↗Day 8 - 28 April 2012
Crew118Day08CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 28 April 2012, 2000 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Good Report Transmission Schedule (you ca…
Read the record ↗Day 9 - 29 April 2012
Crew118Day09CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 29 April 2012, 2000 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Report Transmission Schedule (you can access below all the repo…
Read the record ↗Day 10 - 30 April 2012
Crew118Day10CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 30 April 2012, 2000 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Good Report Transmission Schedule (you ca…
Read the record ↗Day 11 - 1 May 2012
Crew118Day10CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 30 April 2012, 2000 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Good Report Transmission Schedule (you ca…
Read the record ↗Day 12 - 2 May 2012
Crew118Day12CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 2 May 2012, 2000 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Good Report Transmission Schedule (you can a…
Read the record ↗Day 13 - 3 May 2012
Crew118Day13CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 3 May 2012, 2000 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Good Report Transmission Schedule (you can a…
Read the record ↗Day 14 - 4 May 2012
Crew118Day14CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 4 May 2012, 2100 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Physical Status: Good Report Transmission Schedule (you can a…
Read the record ↗NASA AMES
NASA AMES http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/179473main_062707_Xtra_SOFIA.pdf http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/192014main_10_07_SOFIA.pdf
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 04
Date and time: 24 April 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Our very first day of Mars SIM started with an EVA. CDR Mogosanu, XO Bodnar, MSP Harley and MSL Beattie used t…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 04
Date and time: 24 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer The alluvial wash from rivers can make for rich pickings when looking for clues as to the geological make up of …
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 04
Date and time: 24 April 2012, 1730 hrs Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 04
Date and time: 24 April 2012 Written by: Annalea Beattie, Crew 118, MSLS 1a) Today was - a cooking day - the first day of the food study (defined meal) 1b) Was today a special day celebrated…
Read the record ↗HSO Report Day 04
Date and time: 24 April 2012 Written by: Bruce Ngataierua, Crew 118, HSO A brief inventory of the medical supplies was taken today to compare with the list on the door. (this was completed i…
Read the record ↗EVA 01 Report Day 04
Date and time: 24 April 2012, 1030 hrs to 1545 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSP Crew members: Ali Harley , Annalea Beattie , Mike Bodnar , Hari Mogosanu Coordinates: COWGAT - Waypoi…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 05
Date and time: 25 April 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Today started very early in the morning at 0700 hrs with an EVA to Phobos Peak. Away team included: Commander …
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 05
Date and time: 24 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer This morning three of us - Flight Engineer Don Stewart, Commander Haritina Mogosanu and myself performed an EVA…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 05
Date and time: 25 April 2012, 1800 hrs Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 05
Date and time: 25 April 2012 Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer 1a) Today was - a non-cooking day - the first day of the food study (defined meal) –sorry we weren’t aware that Mount…
Read the record ↗EVA 02 Report Day 05
Date and time: 24 April 2012, 0830 hrs - 1230 hrs Written by MSPS Ali Harley /CDR Mogosanu, Crew 118 Crew Members: Hari Mogosanu , Mike Bodnar , Don Stewart Coordinates: PHBPK - Waypoint 13…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 06
Date and time: 26 April 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Today we rovered to Lith Canyon. We split into two teams, one stayed closer to the gate to take panoramic pict…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 06
Date and time: 26 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer Although possible thunderstorms and a 40% chance of rain were forecast we awoke to bright sunny weather with jus…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 06
Date and time: 26 April 2012, 1700 hrs Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 06
Date and time: 26 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer 1a) Today was - a non-cooking day 1b) Was today a special day celebrated at the main meal with special food or a…
Read the record ↗EVA 03 Report Day 06
Date and time: 25 April 2012, 0930 hrs - 1600 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSP Crew members: Haritina Mogosanu , Annalea Beattie , Don Stewart , Ali Harley Coordinates: LTNE - Waypo…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 07
Date and time: 27 April 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Very bright day today and very beautiful. Half of the crew went on new geological adventures in the land of ' …
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 07
Date and time: 27 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer It's easy to forget that deserts can be cold. Being millions of kilometres further from the Sun than Earth, Mars…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 07
Date and time: 27 April 2012, 1930 hrs Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 07
Date and time: 27 April 2012 Written by: Ali Harley & Bruce Ngataierua, Crew 118, MSP & HSO 1a) Today was - a cooking day 1b) Was today a special day celebrated at the main meal with special…
Read the record ↗EVA 04 Report Day 07
Date and time: 27 April 2012, 1000 hrs to 1600 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSP Crew members: Annalea Beattie , Bruce Ngataierua , Ali Harley Coordinates: KSCRNG - Kissing Cammel Ra…
Read the record ↗EVA 05 Report Day 07
Date and time: 27 April 2012, 1200 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Crew Members: Haritina Mogosanu , Mike Bodnar Site Location: 12 S 0518321/ 4250825 and 12 S 0518265/…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 08
Date and time: 28 April 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander The first scheduled connection KiwiMars - Antipodes with the press conference in Austria took place this morni…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 08
Date and time: 28 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer We can now all tell the difference between Morrison and Summerville formations, we know a capstone when we see o…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 08
Date and time: 28 April 2012, 1730 hrs Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5…
Read the record ↗EVA 06 Report Day 08
Date and time: 28 April 2012, 1100 hrs to 16 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSP Crew members: Hari Mogosanu , Mike Bodnar , Annalea Beattie , Don Stewart , Bruce Ngataierua , Ali Harl…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 09
Date and time: 29 April 2012, Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander 0200 hrs The day started very early with Operation Antipodes. Actually I never went to bed and neither Ali no…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 09
Date and time: 29 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer Every exploration team needs a day off. Even on the International Space Station the crew gets days off, and why …
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 09
Date and time: 29 April 2012, 1830 hrs Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 09
Date and time: 29 April 2012, Written by: Annalea Beattie, Crew 118, MSL 1a) Today was - a non-cooking day The Fridge for Food 1b) Was today a special day celebrated at the main meal with sp…
Read the record ↗EVA 07 Report Day 09
Date and time: 29 April 2012, 0600 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander EVA-07 Dachstein Sample collection EVA at 2-2:30 AM To write
Read the record ↗EVA 08 Report Day 09
Date and time: 29 April 2012, 1100 hrs to 1400 hrs Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer Two crew members made a short EVA towards Phobos Peak on 29 April, for a period of approxi…
Read the record ↗EVA 09 Report Day 09
Date and time: 29 April 2012, 1600 to 1900 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSPS, Time: 1948 hrs Hari please insert the GPS coords for the Summerville. Thanks. Crew Members: Hari Mogosa…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 10
Date and time: 30 April 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander "We bring the breath of life" - Kia Ora - from inside the Orion Spur at that time of the year when at night th…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 10
Date and time: 30 April 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer Mmmmmm... Food. I can't recall whether in the past 23 years Homer Simpson has ever had to eat astronaut food in …
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 10
Date and time: 30 April 2012 Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5/0.25/Empt…
Read the record ↗EVA 11 Report Day 10
Date and time: 30 April 2012, 1100 to 1700 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSPS Time: 1900 hrs Crew Members: Hari Mogosanu , Annalea Beattie , Don Stewart , Ali Harley Site Location: P…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Supplementary: Antipodes 3
Date and time: 1 May 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander Kia Kaha on a great morning from Mars! At 0520 hours this morning we started the third and last experiment of the…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 11
Date and time: 1 May 2012, 2000 hrs Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 11
Date and time: 1 May 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer Until humans actually land on Mars and explore it, we have to rely on remotely operated rovers, such as Spirit and …
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 11
Date and time: 1 May 2012 Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5/0.25/Empty):…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 11
Date and time: 1 May 2012 Written by: Bruce Ngataierua, Crew 118, HSO 1a) Today was - a cooking day 1b) Was today a special day celebrated at the main meal with special food or activity? Yes…
Read the record ↗EVA 12 Report Day 11
Date and time: 1 May 2012, 1130 hrs to 1500 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSPS Time: 1600 hrs Crew Members: Bruce Ngataierua , Ali Harley Site Location: South of Kissing Camel Range …
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 12
Date and time: 2 May 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander I felt a bit bitter today discovering that some science press in a city in New Zealand took an article about Dach…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 12
Date and time: 2 May 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer Conspiracy theorists still cling to the belief that the whole Apollo moon landing programme was staged because they…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 12
Date and time: 2 May 2012 Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5/0.25/Empty):…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 12
Date and time: 2 May 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer 1a) Today was - a cooking day 1b) Was today a special day celebrated at the main meal with special food or activity…
Read the record ↗EVA 13 Report Day 12
Date and time: 2 May 2012, 2000 hrs Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Participants: Annalea Beattie , Don Stewart , Ali Harley Coordinates: Waypoint 396 OLYMON (Olympus Mons) 12 S …
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 13
Date and time: 3 May 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander When things get to an end there is a lot of work to do and especially to go through everything we planned and see…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 13
Date and time: 3 May 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer Exploring the Mars-like Utah desert environment around the Mars Desert Research Station is a lot of fun, when you d…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 13
Date and time: 3 May 2012 Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5/0.25/Empty):…
Read the record ↗Chef's Report Day 13
Date and time: 3 May 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander 1a) Today was - a non-cooking day 1b) Was today a special day celebrated at the main meal with special food or ac…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 14
Date and time: 2 May 2012 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 118, Commander The ERV started descent very early in the morning, actually the pilots never went to sleep as if they' all attend…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 14
Date and time: 4 May 2012 Written by: Mike Bodnar, Crew 118, First Officer Any and every exploratory endeavour should be recorded in some way. Mariners of old would often carve scenes into w…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 14
Date and time: 4 May 2012 Written by: Don Stewart, Crew 118, Engineer Generator/Electricity: Did you have any electricity outage? (Yes/No): NO Fuel Status: Diesel (Full/0.75/0.5/0.25/Empty):…
Read the record ↗EVA 14 Report Day 12
Date and time: 2 May 2012, 1900 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSPS EVA time: from 1630 hrs to 1830 hrs Crew Members: Haritina Mogosanu , Ali Harley Site Location: Brahe Highway 12s u…
Read the record ↗EVA 15 Day 13
Date and time: 3 May 2012, 1900 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSPS EVA Time from 1630 hrs to 1830 hrs Crew Members: Mike Bodnar , Ali Harley Site Location: Skyline Rim Easting 514835…
Read the record ↗Antipodes 2 - Logs
Antipodes 3 Gmail chat log: MDRS and Mission Control Wellington - NZST 11:30 PM Haritina : done Elf : great - so you're quitting skype and re-starting mumble? 11:31 PM Haritina : yes 11:32 P…
Read the record ↗Antipodes 2 Procedures
KiwiSpace / Antipodes Description Amount Notes Check? Memo Human Resources: Suit tester 1 set hook Sampler 1 taking sample, storing set hook Monitor 1 observing, writing protocol, does NEVER…
Read the record ↗EVA 10 Report Day 09
Date and time: 29 April 2012, 1600 to 1800 hrs Written by: Ali Harley, Crew 118, MSPS, Time: 1948 hrs Crew Members Don Stewart , Annalea Beattie Site Location: Olympus Mons Transit Mode: On …
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 03
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 04
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 05
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 06
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 07 and 08
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 09
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 10
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 11
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 12
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 13
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 14
Mission Control Carter Observatory During the two weeks of the expedition, Carter Observatory Wellington acted as "New Zealand Mission Control". Carter’s stunning library was transformed int…
Read the record ↗Collecting a Suite of Gravels to Characterise Geology Outside the Immediate Area
Resource 1: Geology Download here this activity in pdf KiwiMars Crew 118_Resource1 Geology.pdf Rationale Rivers act as sampling mechanisms across large area, studying their sediments provide…
Read the record ↗Lichens and Terraforming
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Read the record ↗Fossils and the Importance of Negative Results In Science
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Read the record ↗Design a Mission Patch
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Read the record ↗Biosecurity - Impact of Human Activity on Ecosystems
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Read the record ↗Biosecurity - Organisms Wish List for Mars
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Read the record ↗Cultural Encounters - Significance of Culture in Space Exploration
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Read the record ↗Astronomy & Navigation - Make a Star Compass
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Read the record ↗From Teachers - Mission To Mars Project
Mission to Mars Class Project Special thanks to Matt Boucher Kuranui College From Matt Boucher, Kuranui College: I hope that you are enjoying KiwiMars 2012, my class and I have really enjoye…
Read the record ↗Art and Space
By Annalea Beattie : Mission Specialist Life Sciences KiwiMars 2012 Why IS art important in space? How do we understand its role in a space environment? In a conversation with journalist Mic…
Read the record ↗Food Safety - HACCP
Special thanks to Stephen Bell MPI HACCP – Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points we will be looking at techniques to prevent those problems occurring – predominately HACCP - Hazard Analysi…
Read the record ↗1. Origins of HACCP
So what is this HACCP? - As you should have deduced it stands for Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points – but that may be like trying to describe a colour to a blind person – so let’s fin…
Read the record ↗2. What is HACCP?
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Read the record ↗3. The HACCP Process
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Read the record ↗4. Conducting a Hazard Analysis
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Read the record ↗5. Food Safety Programmes and Risk Management Plans
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Read the record ↗E-learning: Geology
Click on the picture to access the interactive application. Some people on dialup may have trouble downloading this file as it is quite large. The author would be pleased to provide a copy o…
Read the record ↗Mars Analog Panoramic Photography
using the gigapan Mars Panorama http://www.360cities.net/image/mars-panorama-curiosity-solar-day-177 MDRS Panorama http://360degree.co.nz/mars/pano1/
Read the record ↗Geographical Information Systems GIS
http://www.space.com/19898-mars-odyssey-spacecraft-students.html Mars Rovers Storytelling http://storymaps.esri.com/stories/2012/marsrovers/ KiwiMars Storytelling http://shar.es/x8Kvd Eagle …
Read the record ↗On to Mars Resource for NZ Schools
About 'On To Mars' Programme http://360degree.co.nz/mars/ Some blurb here and a recommendation
Read the record ↗Final Report KiwiMars2012
KiwiMars 2012 Expedition to Mars Desert Research Station (A Project of KiwiSpace Foundation New Zealand) Mission Statement: "Inspire science citizens for the 21st century!" Vision: "Through …
Read the record ↗Antipodes 2012
Between the 27th of April and the 1st of May a Mars analog field test was organized and coordinated by the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) at the Giant Ice cave at the Dachstein Mountains, Upper…
Read the record ↗TasMars 2013
Flight Engineer - Emma Braegen
Emma Braegen Flight Engineer (FE) Health & Safety Officer (HSO) Living in: Melbourne Special interest/s while on the mission: Engineering, Aircraft, Dust Mitigation Contact: E mma Braegen Pr…
Read the record ↗Journalist - Melanie Newfield
Melanie Newfield Journalist Mission Specialist Biological Sciences (MSB) Living in: Wellington Special interest/s while on the mission: Biosecurity, Antarctica. Melanie's Reports - TasMars20…
Read the record ↗Commander - David Willson
David and the Dragon X capsule David Willson Commander (CDR) Flight Engineer (FE) Living in: Mountain View, California Special interest/s while on the mission: Dust transfer Planetary protec…
Read the record ↗First Officer - Jen Blank
Jen Blank First Officer (XO) Mission Specialist Planetary Sciences (MSP) Living in: Livermore, California (about 1 hour from NASA AMES and 50 miles from San Francisco) Special interest/s whi…
Read the record ↗TasMars 2013
Mission Dates: 27 January - 10 February 2013 NZST Screen shot of the live chat link with Te Awamutu College INFO FOR SCHOOLS TasMars Mission Dashboard Chat page for live interaction with Tas…
Read the record ↗Meet the Crew of TasMars
CDR - Commander Flight Enginer David Willson Engineering Aircraft XO - First Officer MSP - Mission Specialist Planetary Sciences Jen Blank Geology Geochemistry Dust Mitigation Journalist MSB…
Read the record ↗Partner Organisations TasMars
Eagle Technology Group Mars Society Australia Mars Society New Zealand NZASE The Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Read the record ↗Science Projects TasMars
UNDER CONSTRUCTION Some of these projects will be developed into school resources. Some of these resources are still under construction. An "under construction" banner will be displayed on t…
Read the record ↗Investigation of dust suits and quantifying dust transfer
Research proposal for MDRS-123. Emma Braegen, January 2013. Aim o test the potential of using coveralls over space suits as a method to reduce dust contamination to inside the habitat unit a…
Read the record ↗Mission Logs TasMars 2013
The Mission Logs are telling the story of TasMars 2013. Every day, the crew must fill in and send to Mission Support of Mars Society a number of reports. Writing them is not only one of the …
Read the record ↗Day 03 - 28 January 2013
Crew123Day03CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 28 January 2013, MON Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Report Transmission Schedule (you can acces…
Read the record ↗Mission Director - Jonathan Clarke
Jonathan Clarke Living in: Canberra Australia Mission Director Australia Contact: Dr. Jonathan Clarke Profession: Geologist Professional qualification/s BSc(Hons) – University of Tasmania Ph…
Read the record ↗The Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand
The Wellington Branch of the Royal Society of New Zealand, through its network of classes and talks will support Kiwispace in its promotion of space science and technology to the Wellington …
Read the record ↗Day 01 - 26 January 2013
Crew123Day01CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 26 January 2013, SAT Written by: Shannon Rupert, Mission Support, MDRS Mission Director & Director of Science Crew Physical Status: good R…
Read the record ↗Day 02 - 27 January 2013
Crew123Day02CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 27 January 2013, SUN Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Report Transmission Schedule (you can acces…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 01 TasMars2013
Engineering Report 01/26/2013 Judd Reed Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.26 Propane Fuel Level: 0.91 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.0 Fuel…
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 02 TasMars2013
GreenHouse Report: 01/27/2013 Written by: Melanie Newfield, Mission Specialist Biological Sciences, TasMars 2013 Limited activity in the green hab today. Yesterday I noticed that the seedlin…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 02 TasMars2013
Engineering Report: 01/27/2013 Written by: Emma Braegen, Flight Engineer TasMars 2013 Was Power Interrupted: yes Time Of Power Outage: 1:30PM Length Of Power Outage: 1:40PM Diesel Fuel Level…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 02 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 01/27/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Our first day at the Hab started at subzero temperatures with snow on the ground. Two of the team, Emma and M…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 02 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 01/27/2013 Written by: Melanie Newfield, Journalist The authentic astronaut experience Life at MDRS is a “sim”, which means we simulate the experience of people living on …
Read the record ↗Day 04 - 29 January 2013
Crew123Day04CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 29 January 2013, TUE Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Report Transmission Schedule (you can acces…
Read the record ↗Day 05 - 30 January 2013
Crew123Day05CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 30 January 2013, WED Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Report Transmission Schedule (you can acces…
Read the record ↗Day 06 - 31 January 2013
Crew123Day06CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 31 January 2013 Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Carying the Raman to the field site Report Trans…
Read the record ↗Day 07 - 01 February 2013
Crew123Day07CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 01 February 2013 Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Emma installing a fan in the HAB's ceiling Repo…
Read the record ↗Day 08 - 02 February 2013
Crew123Day08CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 02 February 2013 Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Curiosity at MDRS Report Transmission Schedule …
Read the record ↗Day 09 - 03 February 2013
Crew123Day09CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 28 January 2013 Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Thin bedded mudstones separated by gypsum and ca…
Read the record ↗Day 10 - 04 February 2013
Crew123Day01CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 04 February 2013 Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Curiosity Report Transmission Schedule (you can…
Read the record ↗Day 11 - 05 February 2013
Crew123Day01CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 28 January 2013 Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Sandstone at sunset, Red Mars Report Transmissio…
Read the record ↗Day 12 - 06 February 2013
Crew123Day12CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 06 February 2013 Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 123, Mission Director Crew Physical Status: good Antipodes, scouting for a location R…
Read the record ↗Day 13 - 07 February 2013
Crew123Day13CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 07 February 2013 Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Commander David Willson assembling the quadcopt…
Read the record ↗Day 14 - 08 February 2013
Crew123Day01CommanderCheck-In Report Date and time: 28 January 2013 Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander Crew Physical Status: good Mars-Utah Mars-Gale Crater Report Transmission S…
Read the record ↗Final Report TasMars2013
Final MDRS123 Mission Report 9st Feb Date Time: 20:00 02/09/2013 Written By: MDRS123 Crew MDRS123 crew rotation had an ambitious workload of projects and supplementary activities. The primar…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 03 TasMars2013
Date Time: 19:00 01/28/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Weather very cold in the morning with snow coverage on the ground. It cleared by noon leaving muddy surfaces.…
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 03 TasMars2013
GreenHouse Report 01/29/2013 Written by: Melanie Newfield, Mission Specialist Biological Sciences I watered all the plants in the greenhouse, but since it wasn't sunny, things weren't dry an…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 03 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 01/28/2013 Written by: Melanie Newfield, Journalist A culinary guide to Mars, part one. I love experimental cooking with weird and wonderful ingredients, and the idea of h…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 03 TasMars2013
EngSupWater Report: 01/28/2013 Written by: Emma Braegen, Flight Engineer TasMars 2013 Comments: Lights are out or missing in the airlock rooms. John and I worked on replacing the fan in the …
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 03 TasMars2013
Health & Safety Report: 01/28/2013 Written by: Emma Braegen, HSO Officer Notes: A successful test of the remote medical support was performedb this morning. All crew are in good health and b…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 04 TasMars2013
Date Time: 19:00 01/28/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Chanel Seven Australia film crew arrived at 9:30 am at junction of HW24 and Hab Road. Arrived to MDRS at 9:40…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 04 TasMars2013
Journalist Report 01/29/2013 Melanie Newfield Could you just water those plants again please? This morning I took my first shower at MDRS. To try and avoid wasting water, I’ve been keeping c…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 04 TasMars2013
EngSupHVAC Report: 01/29/2013 Emma Braegen Hvac Event Date: 1/29/2013 7:20PM Hvac Event Time: Hvac Air Conditioner Used: no Hvac Ac Temp Setting: Hvac Lab Wall Heater Used: yes Hvac Wall Hea…
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 04 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report : Emma Braegen Notes: 1/29/2013 Crew are in fairly good health with only minor issues. I got sunburnt a bit since we were outside so much with the film crew. I did wear s…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 05 TasMars2013
Engineering Report : 01/30/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.25 Propane Fuel Level: 0.78 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.3…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 05 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 01/30/2013 Melanie Newfield A culinary guide to Mars part two When I began to sort my way through the pantry, I realised that I probably wasn’t the first person to make cu…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 05 TasMars2013
Date Time: 19:00 01/28/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Today was a quiet day for crew MDRS123, recovering from the long and physically active filming with Chanel Se…
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 04 TasMars2013
GreenHab Report: 01/29/2013 Melanie Newfield I watered all the plants in the greenhouse, but since it wasn't sunny, things weren't dry and I didn't need to water so much. I did some rearrang…
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 05 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report: 01/30/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: The crew are well today. Morale is high since we went into Hanksville to have burgers for lunch today and had a chat with the locals.
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 06 TasMars2013
Engineering Report : 01/31/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.25 Propane Fuel Level: 0.76 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.3…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 06 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 01/31/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Today was the first all blue sky day clear of clouds with temperatures reaching approx. 50 degrees F. Our pri…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 06 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 01/31/2013 Melanie Newfield Life, but not as we know it. It’s been a consistent convention of science fiction writers that alien life forms look rather like us. Ninety yea…
Read the record ↗Interim Kitchen Report Day 06 TasMars2013
Interim kitchen report General comments Overall the crew is happy with the food, although there have been a few concerned comments about weight gain. I’m not sure whether anyone has actually…
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 06 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report: 01/31/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: The crew are doing well however the main health and safety issue is we need a properly working toilet. We're requesting that a chemical or…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 07 TasMars2013
Engineering Report: 02/01/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.25 Propane Fuel Level: 0.75 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.5 …
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 07 TasMars2013
GreenHouse Report: 02/01/2013 Melanie Newfield I’m running behind with my green hab reports, and since I know from long experience of catching up that it’s best not to try starting at the be…
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 07 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report : 02/01/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: Crew are doing fine except that Jen has a bit of a cold. The crew are much more comfortable since the exhaust fan got set up to move the …
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 07 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 02/01/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Today was a quiet day spent mostly reviewing the results of the previous day’s EVA. The temperature today did…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 07 TasMars2013
A culinary guide to Mars part three A couple of days ago, we were looking at geological formations and came across a flattish area covered with evenly sized pebbles. There was a beautiful ar…
Read the record ↗Investigation of rock coatings.
Under Construction
Read the record ↗Comparison of geological observations using a rover with ground truth observation.
Under construction
Read the record ↗Flight testing an image-mapping quadcopter.
Coming soon . . .
Read the record ↗Raman and reflectance spectrometer analysis of Gale Crater analog samples.
Under construction http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=568
Read the record ↗Collection of samples for Curiosity test bed analyses and organic extraction trials.
Under construction
Read the record ↗Antipodes Project: Field Relay for Austrian Mars Mission Analog.
MARS2013 /TASMARS/EUROGEOMARS Status: undergoing, 4Feb2013 Antipodes Description The ANTIPODES experiment is a multi-mission communications experiment testing the ability to establish contac…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 08 TasMars2013
Journalist Report : 02/02/2013 Melanie Newfield Today I’m taking a break from talking about cooking and eating food, and turning my attention to… food production. While the versatility and q…
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 08 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report: 02/02/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: A port-a-loo was delivered today so the crew are very happy about this. We've placed it near on of the exits to the tunnel near the green …
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 08 TasMars2013
Engineering Report : 02/02/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.23 Propane Fuel Level: 0.74 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.5…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 08 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 02/02/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Today we departed from the plan and worked mostly on an outreach video for New Zealand schools and Channel 10…
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 08 TasMars2013
GreenHouse Report: 02/02/2013 Melanie Newfield Chuck Killin arrived with the following garden supplies: • potting mix • seed starting mix • vermiculite • plant food •…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 09 TasMars2013
Engineering Report: 02/03/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.2 Propane Fuel Level: 0.71 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.5 F…
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 09 TasMars2013
GreenHouse Report: 02/03/2013 Melanie Newfield I put some sprouts to soak this morning. There is now no discernible smell in the containers after I scrubbed them out and soaked in a bleach s…
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 09 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report : 02/03/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: Most of the crew is well but Jen still has a cold. She is doing ok except would like some medicine to stop her nose running. Unfortunatel…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 09 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 02/03/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Today was a cloudy day with temperatures around 35° F, with cloud cover clearing late in the afternoon. David…
Read the record ↗Media Coverage TasMars 2013
Under construction... Education Gazette TasMars2013 Education Gazette.pdf TasMars2013Education Gazette.pdf http://www.edgazette.govt.nz/Articles/Article.aspx?ArticleId=8740 Ministry of Educa…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 10 TasMars2013
In 2013 Kiwi school kids had the rare opportunity to follow a mock Mars Mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the Utah desert for the duration of two weeks. Education Log-MDR…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 09 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 02/03/2013 Melanie Newfield The crew engineer There’s a complex etiquette that has developed among our crew about the use of water. At what time is it first acceptable to …
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 10 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 02/04/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 The day started very cold with the ground frozen until 10 am. The sky was clear all day and temperatures rang…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 10 TasMars2013
Engineering Report: 02/04/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.19 Propane Fuel Level: 0.68 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.5 …
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 10 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 02/04/2013 Melanie Newfield The Proving Ground MDRS is a place for ideas, but more than that, it is a place to try out ideas. The thing is, an idea that sits in someone’s …
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 10 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report: 02/04/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: Jen is doing ok but still has cold symptoms without medicine to deal with it. Rest of the crew is doing well. Melanie has started writing …
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 10 TasMars2013
GreenHab Report: 02/04/2013 Melanie Newfield I topped up the water in the watercress (actually I've been doing this every couple of days). Note for Jean, yes, they are still doing ok, but no…
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 11 TasMars2013
GreenHab Report: 02/05/2013 Melanie Newfield Nothing too much to report as I was busy elsewhere, I moved a couple of pots around, watered anything that was obviously dry and did a good tidy …
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 11 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report: 02/05/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: Jen still has a bit of a cough but is feeling better. Rest of the crew is well. I started work on a hazard matrix for the MDRS hab. It has…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 11 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 02/05/2013 Melanie Newfield Hello Mars, this is Te Awamutu calling While crew 123 – the TasMars mission – has some pretty ambition scientific goals, there’s another equall…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 11 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 02/05/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Today was much warmer than previous days with above 32 °F reaching 50 °F with blue skies. The ground was not …
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 11 TasMars2013
Engineering Report: 02/05/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.17 Propane Fuel Level: 0.68 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.5 …
Read the record ↗Antipodes 4 TasMars2013
Experimental procedures thanks to Elf Eldridge - Mission Control Wellington for putting these together Details: 3:00 am NZST MCC WGTN connects via iphone/mumble as “MDRS” for mission 3:02 am…
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 12 TasMars2013
In 2013 Kiwi school kids had the rare opportunity to follow a mock Mars Mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the Utah desert for the duration of two weeks. Education Log-MDR…
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 12 TasMars2013
GreenHab Report 02/06/2013 Melanie Newfield Some of the snow peas were growing sufficiently well to repot so I filled up one of the large pots with recycled mix at the bottom and the new pot…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 12 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 02/06/2013 Melanie Newfield A culinary guide to Mars part four – The Accidental Calzone When I was writing my story about MDRS as a proving ground, and then yesterday when…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 12 TasMars2013
Engineering Report: 02/06/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.17 Propane Fuel Level: 0.68 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.5 …
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 12 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report : 02/06/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: Jen had to leave the crew early today and she will be greatly missed here. David is picking up two new crew members who are planning to s…
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 12 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 02/06/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Today’s temperature ranged from above 32 °F reaching 50 °F with blue skies, similar to the previous day. The …
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 13 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 02/07/2013 Melanie Newfield The chronically curious I think the reason that I like experimental cooking is that it’s really just a highly applied version of chemistry. I l…
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 13 TasMars2013
GreenHab Report: 02/07/2013 Melanie Newfield There is some algae growing in the hydroponic watercress. This may be because when I fed the strawberries, water dripped through into the watercr…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 13 TasMars2013
Engineering Report: 02/07/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.11 Propane Fuel Level: 0.65 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.5 …
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 13 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report: 02/07/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: All the crew are doing well and the new crew members are settling in. Melanie making soup ENDS.
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 13 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 02/07/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Today’s temperature ranged from above 32 °F reaching 45 °F with blue skies. The ground is becoming drier for …
Read the record ↗Education Log Day 13 TasMars2013
In 2013 Kiwi school kids had the rare opportunity to follow a mock Mars Mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the Utah desert for the duration of two weeks. Education Log-MDR…
Read the record ↗Engineering Report Day 14 TasMars2013
Engineering Report: 02/08/2013 Emma Braegen Was Power Interrupted: no Time Of Power Outage: Length Of Power Outage: Diesel Fuel Level: 0.11 Propane Fuel Level: 0.63 Gasoline Fuel Level: 0.5 …
Read the record ↗Health and Safety Report Day 14 TasMars2013
HealthSafety Report: 02/08/2013 Emma Braegen Notes: The crew are going well. ENDS.
Read the record ↗Commander Report Day 14 TasMars2013
Date Time: 20:00 02/08/2013 Written By: David Willson, Crew Commander of MDRS123 Today’s was cold reaching a maximum of 47 °F and the afternoon brought intermittent rain and snow. In the mor…
Read the record ↗Journalist Report Day 14 TasMars2013
Journalist Report: 02/08/2013 Melanie Newfield Into the unknown In 1898 Carsten Borchgrevink set out on the first expedition to overwinter on the Antarctic mainland. He carried supplies to c…
Read the record ↗GreenHab Report Day 14 TasMars2013
GreenHab Report: 02/08/2013 Melanie Newfield Greenhab report The only work I’ve done in the greenhab today is water the plants. There are a few things that may benefit from repotting, but I …
Read the record ↗Antipodes 3 TasMars2013
From the dress rehearsal
Read the record ↗Programme, habitat & learning
Why Mars?
Mars is within reach! A world with a surface area the size of the combined continents of the Earth, the Red Planet contains all the elements needed to support life. In order to help develop …
Read the record ↗Selection Criteria for Crew
Selection criteria for MDRS 118 Crew Minimum age 18 years old Each applicant will submit a research proposal accompanied by an essay about the reasons he or she should be selected for this m…
Read the record ↗Why Mars Analogue Missions?
There is an entire project team behind our analogue missions to Mars. The project was made possible with the contribution of extraordinary people who belong to supportive organisations. We h…
Read the record ↗Recommended Websites
Julian's blog Julian visits many of New Zealand's wild places with geoscientists studying rocks, glaciers, volcanoes and fossils http://juliansrockandiceblog.blogspot.co.nz/ NASA’s Website F…
Read the record ↗Curriculum Links New Zealand Curriculum (NZC)
The following are the New Zealand Curriculum (NZC) links that relate to the Kiwi Mars project. Most are from the Nature of Science and the Planet Earth and Beyond strands, but some are also …
Read the record ↗Puutaiao links
Puutaiao - Maaori Curriculum Achievement Objectives for Astronomy The Structure of this Learning Area The Puutaiao curriculum comprises four strands and three general aspects of science. The…
Read the record ↗KiwiMars Analog Expeditions Activities & Resources links to the NZ Curriculum
Access here the link to the relevant Puutaiao Curriculum Access here the Science Curriculum achievement aims and objectives. About the Planet Earth and Beyond The planet earth and beyond str…
Read the record ↗Mission Dashboard
Dashboard About the TasMars Mission About MDRS The Science Interact Previous Missions Daily Reports NZ/ AUS Mars Curious about Mars? Day 14: Antipodes, Dust, Photography, Analog Mars 09.02 0…
Read the record ↗Webcams
The KiwiMars 2012 Mission is over We have left links to the webcams so you can see what is going on at MDRS; but they will relate to another mission (or may be offline if MDRS is not in use)…
Read the record ↗Mission Map
LOADING MAP This may take 10-20 seconds Instructions You can zoom and pan around the map to learn more about features of interest – including the EVA routes and photos . Click on a coloured …
Read the record ↗The Mars Habitat
Analogue Research Stations are laboratories for learning how to live and work on another planet. Each is a prototype of a habitat that will land humans on Mars and serve as their main base f…
Read the record ↗Interact
Dashboard About the TasMars Mission About MDRS The Science Interact Previous Missions Try Relay : the free SMS and picture text app for iPhone. Leave us your comments Help us spread the word…
Read the record ↗Airlocks
EVA Preparation Room Click the image to view an interactive panorama. Every crew exiting the Hab for an Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) must spend time to simulate decompression in the airloc…
Read the record ↗Gallery
Mission Photos Selected photos will be uploaded here as the mission progresses, and a more complete update posted upon the crew's return. The crew are limited to ~400MB per day which simulat…
Read the record ↗Livestream
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Read the record ↗Lower Level
Click the image to view an interactive panorama. The Habitat looks like a piece of spacecraft. Typically it would either have been sent on ahead to Mars, or have just landed immediately ahea…
Read the record ↗Crew Quarters
Click the image to view an interactive panorama. Crew quarter (sleeping areas) are minimalist to say the least...
Read the record ↗Upper Level
Click the image to view an interactive panorama. The room upstairs consists of a main living and working chamber with six small sleeping quarters leading off on one side. In the main area at…
Read the record ↗Rovers
Read the record ↗Schedule
Mars: Fri 8 February / NZ/AUS: Sat 9 February 08:00 Crew Wakeup 09:00 Breakfast 10:00 Antipodes 3, Samples collection, photography, Space Chores (Hab Cleaning) 18:00 Dinner Activity Developi…
Read the record ↗Science
We will be explaining a little of the science behind the MDRS experiments below, as our intrepid crews brave the wilds of the martian atmosphere, sample the alien geology and take in the sig…
Read the record ↗About
About KiwiMars The analogue Mars expeditions at MDRS have been organised by KiwiSpace Foundation . For more information on the mission, the crew and other background – View the project websi…
Read the record ↗Welcome to Mars
Welcome to Mars! Whilst the martian environment is considered ‘most similar to Earth’s’ when compared to other planets in our Solar System, it really doesn’t do justice to the weird and won…
Read the record ↗Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink!
As interesting as the martian atmosphere is, there's one compound that's presence is probably more important than all the others combined: water. Whilst some early astronomers convinced them…
Read the record ↗Martian weather - dusty with a chance of storms
Again, bear in mind the infancy of our knowledge of the martian surface. Recent expeditions have shown martian weather to not only be active, but in many cases to be far more violent and str…
Read the record ↗Mars’ past - volcanism and canyons
As we've previously noted, mars hasn't always been as wild and desolate as it appears today. There are many indications that, not only was its atmosphere hotter and wetter, but it also sport…
Read the record ↗Could any Earth life survive on Mars?
This is the billion-dollar question that still remains unanswered today. A few of the orange-colored carbonate globules found in ALH84001. Credit: NASA Will start this with another question:…
Read the record ↗Martian astronomy
http://mdrs.marssociety.org/musk Solar clock Navigation using the stars Dark-sky requirements Mars' Moons: Facts About Phobos & Deimos http://www.space.com/20413-phobos-deimos-mars-moons.htm…
Read the record ↗Hab Science
The hab design Power sources Greenhouse experiments
Read the record ↗Antipodes
The AoudaX Spacesuit Antipodes supplementary information on Members Area - you cannot access this unless you are a member of KiwiSpace Foundation. 2013 Antipodes 2013 2012 The Dachstein Gian…
Read the record ↗Biosecurity for Mars
coming soon... Resources http://decision.stanford.edu/library/warner-north/Assessment_of_the_Probability_of_Contaminating_Mars.v2.pdf/view
Read the record ↗Antipodes 0
Antipodes 0 Having a broadband comm-check for everyone involved, mainly for the press; visitors and media have chance to talk to each other Verification of telemetry streams, lightning condi…
Read the record ↗Antipodes 1
Antipodes 1 - canceled ANTIPODES 1 (MCC/W directs Aouda.X) t -1 hrs: establishing contact between MCC Wellington, OPS/D & Aouda.X - verifying broadband access, go ahead from both Flight Dire…
Read the record ↗Antipodes 2
Antipodes 2 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 , 10:00 (DS) = 02:00 (MDRS) = 20:00 (NZ) , --> that means Night-EVA for Utah, but we do not expect a significant problem with that. the Antipodes 2 (OPS/D direct…
Read the record ↗Antipodes 3
Antipodes 3 Tue, 01May2012 , 14:00 (DS) = 06:00 (MDRS) = 00:00 (NZ) ANTIPODES 3 (optional, after ANTIPODES 2; MDRS directs Aouda.X) t -30 min: establishing contact between MCC Wellington, MD…
Read the record ↗Mars Analogue Missions
KiwiSpace had championed and undertaken a number of Mars Analogue Missions - Simulated missions to Mars - at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. Current / Future Missions 2014 - watch …
Read the record ↗Missions
Join us as KiwiSpace embarks on a unique journey to explore a surreal world during a simulated mission to Mars. Mission Support Now Live Follow the crew through live webcams, mission logs, i…
Read the record ↗Unit Classroom Science and Activities & Resources inspired from KiwiMars Analog Expeditions
Human Activities Biosecurity for Mars GreenHouses on Mars Hab Science Martian astronomy Rovers on Mars Human Factors Antipodes Antipodes 0 Antipodes 1 Antipodes 2 Antipodes 3 MDRS 2012-2013 …
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Read the record ↗KiwiMars Analog Expeditions Education Log
The education logs are written to give a record of what type of questions were being asked by the students and teachers who interacted with the crew in SIM. The method of communication was v…
Read the record ↗MDRS 2012-2013 Field Season Mission Support COMMS Procedures
Mars Desert Research Station 2012-2013 Field Season Mission Support COMMS procedures: These procedures are to be followed anytime a crew is in residence at MDRS, whether or not the crew is i…
Read the record ↗A word from the Curator
At the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah USA, May 2012 Learning about the Universe and who we are starts here on Earth, in our backyard. The knowledge we gain at home is very important be…
Read the record ↗Recipes from Mars
Melanie's Cook Book Interim Kitchen report and Recipes from Mars Part 1 Recipes from Mars Part 2 Food Safety Curriculum Resource
Read the record ↗Recipes - Part 2
Coming soon . . .
Read the record ↗Rovers on Mars
Link to Curiosity Education PowerPoints
Read the record ↗GreenHouses on Mars
Coming soon . . .
Read the record ↗WSW MDRS 2013
Mission Dates: 04 October - 8 October 2013 KiwiSpace Foundation was one of the partners for the World Space Week 2013 Mars expedition. Check out the Mission Dashboard: http://www.oewf.org/cm…
Read the record ↗Countdown to 'Mars"
Wednesday the 29 February 2012 KiwiMars Crew will talk at the Wellington Correspondence School - Te Kura from 4:00-5:30 PM. All teachers in the Wellington Region are invited to attend, see y…
Read the record ↗Happy New Year in the Month of Mars
Today is the first day of March, marking the beginning of the Springtime in the Northern Hemisphere. The ancient Romans and the ancient people of Dacia (my tupuna) called this month, 'of Mar…
Read the record ↗21 March - meet KiwiMars Crew at Mission Control - Carter Observatory
With exactly one month to go until the first NZ crew begin their 2 week expedition at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah, Carter Observatory will host an evening of Mars exploration. M…
Read the record ↗KiwiMars 2012 Mission Patch
Mission patch for the crew 118 was revealed today. According to NASA, for every space flight, the astronaut crew designs their own mission patch. Included in the patch design are various ele…
Read the record ↗Happy Anniversary KiwiSpace
Today we (KiwiSpace) are officially one year old. Looking back I'm very proud of all that we achieved during this year: launching a balloon to the edge of space , visiting schools, covering …
Read the record ↗KiwiMars Mascot from Aotearoa receives its name
Last weekend in a dream setting at the foot of Mount Taranaki, Te Maunga Tapu, our little Kiwi got its name: Tupua Kiwi. The name was gifted by Tohunga Te Huirangi Waikerepuru here in Tarana…
Read the record ↗Curious about Mars?
Tomorrow starts our newest KiwiSpace expedition to the Mars Desert Research Station, which this year is called TasMars and it is an international collaboration of three nations: Australia, N…
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