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Inflatable Lunar-Mars Analog Habitat

The latest published update on Crew 133 on SPACE.com talks about how to pack for a virtual trip for the Red Planet, submitted by crew member Elizabeth Howell. http://www.space.com/24115-mock-mars-mission-packing.html?cmpid=514648

An update on UND Team #133 which is preparing for a simulated Mars mission at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) is available at space.com.  Future articles will be highlighting experiments and individual  member’s fields of study. Also, see an article from a journalist’s point of view as she prepares for the mission.

Seven UND Space Studies graduate students will spend two weeks “on Mars” in 2014. The students are forming part of two UND crews at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS), which is a Mars Society-run project to do space analog research in the Utah desert. Most of them will be on site in January. The […]

UND Space Studies student team to exit Inflatable Lunar/Mars Habitat (ILMH) after 10 day mission – Crew went to the ‘moon’ without leaving campus The student crew of ILMH Mission I, consisting of graduate students Tim Buli, Erica Dolinar, and Travis Nelson,  will exit UND’s ILMH after their 10 day Mission I; they will be […]

The all-volunteer student crew and their soon-to-be-completed simulated lunar mission are part of of the UND Space Studies North Dakota Planetary Exploration Initiative. Full article

The lunar habitat simulation is underway and making national news from coast to coast!  To keep up with their daily activities, visit their blog.  Another recent local TV news story can be found here.

University of North Dakota students and faculty are preparing for a one-of-a-kind 10-day NASA funded simulation.  Follow the WDAZ TV news story here.

The Planetary Exploration Initiative is in development at the University of North Dakota (UND).  Students and faculty in the Department of Space Studies, along with other UND departments, are constructing an analog planetary (Moon/Mars) simulation base with an Inflatable Lunar Habitat (ILH), electric rover, and spacesuits.  The ILH has been designed so it can be […]

The frame for the Lunar Habitation Module (LHM) has arrived and is now in the garage of Clifford Hall. It is 12 feet wide and 40 feet long. The LHM will have accommodations for four crew members, a kitchen, a bathroom, a lab for biological and rock samples, an indoor green house and an air […]

Space Studies distance graduate student Brian Shiro has just landed back on Earth after having spent two weeks at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah.  He served as commander to crew of six would-be space explorers living and working together in the cramped quarters of the MDRS facility.  They were the 89th MDRS […]