MARS MISSION RECORD / Missions / TasMars 2013

Meet the Crew of TasMars

A preserved expedition record. Dates, ages, roles and descriptions reflect the original account; references to live activities describe that period.

  

Meet the Crew of TasMars — original expedition photograph

CDR - Commander

Flight Enginer

David Willson

Engineering

Aircraft

Meet the Crew of TasMars — original expedition photograph

XO - First Officer

MSP - Mission Specialist Planetary Sciences

Jen Blank

Geology

Geochemistry

Dust Mitigation

Meet the Crew of TasMars — original expedition photograph

Journalist

MSB - Mission Specialist Biological Sciences

Melanie Newfield

Biosecurity

Antarctica

Meet the Crew of TasMars — original expedition photograph

FE - Flight Engineer

HSO

Emma Braegen

Engineering

Aircraft

Dust Mitigation

Visiting Scientists

Rosalba Bonaccorsi

Affiliation: SETI Institute Carl Sagan Center 

  • Participating as a field scientist in the dust experiment.
  • Assisting in flying the QuadCopter as she is part of the UAV QuadCopter Image mapping project team.
  • Collecting soil and clay samples for Mars analoge research.

Stefanie Toth

Affiliation: Sapienza University of Rome,
in collaboration with NASA Ames Research Center

  • Photographing locations for later stitching together and making image maps.

Flight Directors

Meet the Crew of TasMars — original expedition photograph

Mission Director

Jonathan Clarke

coordinator Australia

Meet the Crew of TasMars — original expedition photograph

Mission Director

Haritina Mogosanu

coordinator New Zealand