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Living in the Habitat: Days on 'Mars'

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Stefan Tomović

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Clifford Hall, Room 210

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Start Date

8-5-2018 1:15 PM

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8-5-2018 1:30 PM

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Analog missions that simulate operations in space are crucial in humanity’s quest to explore outer space. Simulated analog missions held at the Inflatable Lunar Mars Analogue Habitat (ILMAH) at the University of North Dakota will help researchers to address questions and concerns of humans traveling into deep space. The topic of this research is about the participation of the author as a crewmember during Mission IV, which was the fourth analog mission held at the ILMAH.

During the mission’s duration, the crewmembers had to perform daily tasks such as watering/harvesting plants, exercise and routine maintenance of the Habitat. Along with daily tasks, a number of experiments were integrated into the daily routine. The experiments entailed biomedical, and mental health experiments. The experiments focused on how the crew members were affected by living in a confined environment that resembled a deep space setting.

Mission IV had a plethora of Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVA) that were scheduled throughout the mission’s duration. During these EVA’s the crewmembers would perform tasks that would be done on the surface of Mars or the Moon. These EVA’s consisted up from setting up solar panels, and generators to power the habitat, among other tasks. Other EVA’s focused on exploring space from a telescope or launching a high-altitude balloon to take data samples of the atmosphere. The high-altitude balloon launch was the first ever balloon launch done during an analog mission while donning space suits.

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May 8th, 1:15 PM May 8th, 1:30 PM

Living in the Habitat: Days on 'Mars'

Clifford Hall, Room 210

Analog missions that simulate operations in space are crucial in humanity’s quest to explore outer space. Simulated analog missions held at the Inflatable Lunar Mars Analogue Habitat (ILMAH) at the University of North Dakota will help researchers to address questions and concerns of humans traveling into deep space. The topic of this research is about the participation of the author as a crewmember during Mission IV, which was the fourth analog mission held at the ILMAH.

During the mission’s duration, the crewmembers had to perform daily tasks such as watering/harvesting plants, exercise and routine maintenance of the Habitat. Along with daily tasks, a number of experiments were integrated into the daily routine. The experiments entailed biomedical, and mental health experiments. The experiments focused on how the crew members were affected by living in a confined environment that resembled a deep space setting.

Mission IV had a plethora of Extra-Vehicular Activities (EVA) that were scheduled throughout the mission’s duration. During these EVA’s the crewmembers would perform tasks that would be done on the surface of Mars or the Moon. These EVA’s consisted up from setting up solar panels, and generators to power the habitat, among other tasks. Other EVA’s focused on exploring space from a telescope or launching a high-altitude balloon to take data samples of the atmosphere. The high-altitude balloon launch was the first ever balloon launch done during an analog mission while donning space suits.