• Science Report – August 14th

    ENDEAVOUR CRATER (MARS) AND HAUGHTON CRATER (EARTH): A COMPARISON Jonathan Clarke   Introduction One of the primary justifications for the location of F-MARS here on Devon Island is the presence of the Haughton impact crater (Zubrin 2004).  This is one of the most studied impact craters on Earth.  Useful summaries can be found in the…

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  • Daily Summary – August 14th

    Daily Report Jon Clarke August 14, 2017 Our sim ended last amidst wild weather.  Because the sim is over, I am calling this a daily report, rather than a sol summary. It blew hard all night but about midnight the rain stopped and was replaced by light snow. This had stopped by about 8 am. …

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  • Journalist Report – August 13th

    Anastasiya Stepanova What we are doing here? Many of you might think: “Why they have to make all the way to the Arctic, where it is risky, expensive and unreliable? Why not do it the same way as Mars-500, where the station located in the middle of the city, but fully isolated and had a…

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  • Crew Photos – August 13th

                 

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  • Picture of the Day – August 13th

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  • Journalist Report – August 12th

    Anastasiya Stepanova We are what we eat Before the space race started, people assumed that the space food would be used only in the form of pills. They should be fully digestible and require no time for cooking. But food pills have never been invented. In the beginning of space era, back at 60’s era…

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  • Sol Summary – August 12th

    Jon Clarke Sol 24 (or 104) Big and successful sol today, rounding off our EVA campaign. We were all up early to greet the day, though to the dawn. Dawn does not happen until the 15th. It was breezy, with low cloud, but no rain. Good EVA weather. The first EVA team – Paul and…

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  • Crew Photos – August 12

             

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  • Journalist Report – August 11th

    Anastasiya Stepanova The daily life of Arctic Martians Just as at MDRS my sleeping quarter is opposite one of the big portholes. Every morning I wake up with the view of this window to an alien world. But not always can you actually see anything beyond the transparent glass. The condensation inside the Hab makes…

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