A method for space archaeology research: the International Space Station Archaeological Project

Walsh, Justin; Gorman, Alice

doi:10.15184/aqy.2021.114

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“…As noted by Lynott (1997) We argue here that this stewardship should extend onto other parts of our solar system, and therefore the guiding principle of preservation and stewardship of space heritage should represent the fundamental principle of planetary geoarchaeology. One example of how NASA scientists and archaeologists are currently collaborating to ensure this goal is the International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP) (Walsh, 2012;Walsh & Gorman, 2021). ISSAP represents the first large-scale contemporary archaeology project in space, and has begun a experiments studying the relationship between patterns of material culture and human behavior on the ISS.…”

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“…Over the last two decades, space archaeologists have drawn attention to the need to consider the preservation of space heritage in various Earth‐orbital positions (Clemens, 2009; Gorman, 2005b, 2009d), interplanetary space (Darrin, 2015; Sample, 2009), the ISS (Ali et al, 2022; Walsh & Gorman, 2021), and on Earth (Westwood et al, 2017). Planetary geoarchaeology is dedicated to studying space heritage on extraterrestrial surfaces and extends the applications of space archaeology by increasing our understanding of the past and future under two key principles.…”

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“…Space archaeologists have approached the study of space heritage from a variety of angles (e.g., Campbell, 2004;Capelotti, 2004Capelotti, , 2015Darrin & O'Leary, 2009;Gorman, 2005aGorman, , 2005bGorman, , 2009aGorman, , 2009bGorman, , 2009cGorman, , 2009dGorman, , 2014Gorman & O'Leary, 2007;O'Leary & Capelotti, 2015;Rathje, 1999;Schiffer, 2013;Smith, 2019;Staski & Gerke, 2009;Steinberg, 2000;Walsh, 2012;Walsh & Gorman, 2021;Westwood et al, 2017). As previously mentioned, space archaeology is a form of contemporary archaeology.…”

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Planetary geoarchaeology as a new frontier in archaeological science: Evaluating site formation processes on Earth's Moon

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On October 4, 1957, Homo sapiens crossed a new threshold of technological innovation after constructing an artifact capable of entering Low Earth Orbit and effectively paving the way for a future of space exploration. This artifact was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet space program which triggered the "space race" of the mid-20th century. Over the past 65 years, we have continued to explore and populate our solar system with rockets and spacecraft including satellites, probes, landers, and rovers. This expansion into our solar system has left traces of our presence on several planets including the Earth, Mars, Mercury, and Venus along with Earth's Moon, Titan, and several galaxy travelers in the form of asteroids and comets. Today, we have entered the realm of a new privatized and global space race, effectively a "new space race" or "new Space Age." As we expand our material footprint into new extraterrestrial environments, there is a growing need to understand the types of unique site formation processes capable of altering, destroying, or preserving this rapidly increasing archaeological record known as space heritage. Such understandings are germane to the subdiscipline of geoarchaeology, that part of archaeology dedicated to studying the interaction between humans, cultural heritage, and environmental systems from a geoscience perspective. Closely aligned and partially overlapping with the subdisciplines of space archaeology, archaeological science, and planetary geology, we introduce a new subfield we call planetary geoarchaeology to open discussion about how geoarchaeologists can play a role in addressing current and future issues surrounding the preservation and management of space heritage. To demonstrate the potential of the subdiscipline, we focus on the current archaeological record of the Moon, describe lunar site formation processes, and discuss the implications for the current and future preservation of space heritage in the lunar setting. Planetary geoarchaeology can be applied to practically every type of extraterrestrial environment, provided humans have left behind a measurable record. We hope this paper will spur more research studying human-environment interaction in space.

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“…Initial testing using the Flickr photo set showed that manual tagging of people, places, and items could take hours per photo [4]. At the same time, our approach was validated by a pilot study of items displayed on the aft wall of the Russian Zvezda module [6,7].…”

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“…For this study, we have been collecting occupation data and analyzing it for significant patterns [4]. Here, we report results from Phase 1 of this work, using the metadata from thousands of historic photographs as evidence, together with a list of crew members and their genders, nationalities, and agency affiliations.…”

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A first approximation of population distributions on the International Space Station

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This article presents an analysis of data derived from thousands of publicly available photographs showing life on the International Space Station (ISS) between 2000 and 2020. The analysis uses crew and locational information from the photographs to identify the distribution of different population groups - by gender, nationality, and space agency affiliation - across modules of ISS for the first time. Given the importance of ISS as the most intensively-inhabited space habitat to date, an international cooperative initiative involving 26 countries and five space agencies, and one of the most expensive building projects ever undertaken by humans, developing an understanding of which people are using different parts of the space station is critical for future usage of this and other stations. This study also sheds light on problems faced by future space station designers who are concerned with optimal usage of their habitats.

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Postorbital discard and chain of custody: The processing of artifacts returning to Earth from the International Space Station

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A method for space archaeology research: the International Space Station Archaeological Project

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Cited by 13 publications

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Planetary geoarchaeology as a new frontier in archaeological science: Evaluating site formation processes on Earth's Moon

Planetary geoarchaeology as a new frontier in archaeological science: Evaluating site formation processes on Earth's Moon

A first approximation of population distributions on the International Space Station

Postorbital discard and chain of custody: The processing of artifacts returning to Earth from the International Space Station

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