Several team members optimized the cabelling of the Thermal Control System, whilst others corded the cover of the spacesuit-simulator. Also On-Board-Data Handling was present and after attaching the camera to the inside of the Helmet we were able to receive pictures and a clear-cut voice the first time via the Operations X-terminal. At the End of the day also the Headset was working.
It was the first time the Helmet, Hard-Upper-Torso and the Personal Life Support System were fully combined with the Outer protective layer. So, at the early afternoon, the first wearing test of Aouda.X was started to find out what could become better and what is already satisfying. "/Many constructive ideas were unfolded, so the Field-Test will sure be a great success. It is extremely exciting to be a the cutting edge of the PolAres research programme these days -- we are literally creating a potential piece of future hardware for astronauts on Mars on day -- now that's something you can only do with a dedicated team which I am proud to be a part of/", stated the first Aouda.X suit tester, Ulrich Luger from the Austrian Space Forum, "/still only one day in the lab and then Aouda will be tested in the open field at the marble pit in Kramsach starting on 1^st of July -- and that's gonna be one of the pivotal moments for PolAres of 2009/."
Aouda.X integration nears its completion
29. July 2009
At 9 o'clockin the morning, on June the 29th , the Aouda.X integration team met at the Technical School Anichstrasse to polish the Analogue Spacesuit Aouda.X. Because of the Suit Field-testing in Kramsach, which will start on July the first, everyone was working under pressure and was highly focused on the tasks at hand -- you could literally feel the excitement and vibration in the air.
PolAres Schedule Update
15. June 2012: Deadline Announcement of Opportunity MARS2013 25.-27. Oct. 2012: 3rd Conference on Terrestial Mars Analogues 01 - 28. February 2013: Morocco Mars Simulation
Between 01 - 28. February 2013, the Austrian Space Forum will conduct an integrated Mars analog field simulation in the northern Sahara near Erfoud, Morocco. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew will conduct experiments preparing for future human Mars missions mainly in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology, life sciences and other.
This field mission is supported by the Ibn-Battuta-Center at the University of Marrakesh, Morocco. The Austrian Space Forum now solicitates proposals to be reviewed by a selection panel. The deadline for submissions is 15. June 2012, the announcement of the successful experiments will be released on 15. July 2012.
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The analysis of Mars analogue environments on Earth is of paramount importance for the interpretation of the data from past, present and future orbital and landed missions, as well as mission planning (both robotic and human). Sedimentary environments in particular attract strong interest because they can retain the palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental history of the planet and under the right conditions may harbour fossil or present life signatures.
Date: 25. - 27. October 2012
Location: Conference Centre of the Hotel Meridien N'Fis at Marrakech, Morocco Organization: European Space Agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, International Association of Sedimentologits, Ibn Battuta Centre, IRSPS, Universite Cadi Ayyad.
Between 01 - 28. February 2013, the Austrian Space Forum will conduct an integrated Mars analog field simulation in the northern Sahara near Erfoud, Morocco. Directed by a Mission Support Center in Austria, a small field crew will conduct experiments preparing for future human Mars missions mainly in the fields of engineering, planetary surface operations, astrobiology, geophysics/geology, life sciences and other.
