09/03/2024
Livestream on March 12th 4:30pm (UAE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtokTylgR5g
AMADEE-24, the 14th Mars Analog Mission of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) conducted in cooperation with the Armenian Space Agency, will start on March 12, 2024. The very valuable and mostly unique mission equipment has already arrived at the test site near Armash, Armenia. Six analog astronauts – two women, four men from Austria, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain will work in isolation from March 12 to April 5, 2024 to prepare future astronautical Mars missions. Over 200 scientists from 26 countries are involved in this international endeavoring.
Analog-Astronauts of OeWF's Mars Mission Simulation AMADEE-24. Photo: OeWF/vog.photo
Analog-Astronauts of OeWF’s Mars Mission Simulation AMADEE-24. Photo: OeWF/vog.photo
Livestream of Mission-Start
March 12, 13.30 to 14.15 CET
The Austrian Space Forum will broadcast the last hour before the mission start live from the test site in Armenia and the Mission Support Center in Vienna, Austria. Scientists and mission members will shed more light on the goals and purpose of analog research and the special features of AMADEE-24. The highlight of the live broadcast will be the start of the mission, when the analog astronauts enter their habitat and close the door.
Director Gernot Grömer, who leads the mission: “From this moment on, the isolation protocol applies. Our crew of analog astronauts is then only allowed to leave the habitat through the airlock wearing the Mars suit prototype that the OeWF developed. In the coming weeks, our highly trained analog astronauts will test equipment and procedures and conduct experiments, paving the way for future astronautical missions to Mars. These representative simulations will increase the acquisition of scientific knowledge, optimize the safety of the processes used and promote technology transfer.”
🚀🔴 Join us for the final hour before our analog astronauts enter the habitat to begin the simulation of human-robotic surface activities in A...
