In 2005, I went back to the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS;
see also my 2002 and
2006 missions), a Mars-base analog simulation facility in the Utah desert,
to lead a crew of Georgia Tech students, Crew 37. Like my previous expeditions
to "simulated Mars", this one also was a great success, and a lot of fun.
Here are some pictures of and by Crew 37. Links to more information can be
found at the bottom of this page.
The Mars Desert Research Station
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| On to Mars! |
Crew 37 inside MDRS |
EVA to Clara's Canyon |
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| Assembling the tether for a balloon-climbing
robot |
Launching the climber robot |
Our 10-ft helium balloon and the climber
robot |
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| At the summit of Phobos Peak |
Mysterious Gargoyle Gallery on Phobos Peak |
View from Phobos Peak |
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Water meter and
water pump installed
by Crew 37 |
No pizza deliveries on Mars! |
The EVA prep room where our space suit
simulators were stored |
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| Overlooking the area around the hab |
Ready for the first motorized long-distance
EVA |
Panorama from Blecken's Boulder |
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| The EVA team waiting in the airlock during
decompression |
Leaving the hab to take some soil readings
with the PID |
With Buzz the Yellow Jacket, our school mascot |
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| On the air with the History Channel |
Taking glamo(u)r shots for the 2005 European Mars
Society Convention poster |
Rebecca is feeling lucky |
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| Aerial view of MDRS |
Some of our research involved near-real-time
EVA position tracking |
Crew 37 patch |
Panorama of MDRS Area of Operations from
"Phobos Peak", 1.2 km SE of hab
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More information:
Initial
Mission Summary report (PDF)
Crew 37
Final Report (PDF, 1.7MB)
Crew 37
Website with more pictures and all daily reports
MDRS Website
(on Mars Society website)
News article in The Citizen
newspaper (Fayette County, GA, USA)
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