Inspiring the next generation through the AMADEE-18 MARS analog simulation

Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples from the AMADEE-18 Mars Analog Mission

“…The second objective was the rational selection of techniques to be used, which was based on martian mission equipment suites as found on Mars 2020 and ExoMars. Thus, the synergistic combination of analyses is of interest for target selection, deployment outcrop sites, and instrumentation capabilities for water and possible life detection (Garnitschnig, 2018;Gruber et al, 2019;Stromberg et al, 2019).…”

Raman characterization of terrestrial analogs from the AMADEE‐18 astronaut simulated mission using the ExoMars RLS simulator: Implications for Mars

“…The region is a syn-rift deposit dominated by sediments, Precambrian-Cambrian volcanic rocks, limestones, carbonates, and hydrothermal-related minerals. [26][27][28] The alluvial fans are sand and unconsolidated sediments from Huqf-Supergroup sediments and include volcanic rocks from alkaline to basaltic composition. [26][27][28] Nineteen experiments were conducted over the 28 days at the analog Martian site, all of which were directed from the Mission Support Centre (MSC) in Innsbruck, Austria.…”

“…[26][27][28] The alluvial fans are sand and unconsolidated sediments from Huqf-Supergroup sediments and include volcanic rocks from alkaline to basaltic composition. [26][27][28] Nineteen experiments were conducted over the 28 days at the analog Martian site, all of which were directed from the Mission Support Centre (MSC) in Innsbruck, Austria. [27][28][29] The simulated campaign covered aspects of astrobiology, engineering, geoscience, operations research, and human factors.…”

“…[27] AMADEE-18 is a high-fidelity field campaign organized by the Austrian Space Forum's (OeWF) in which planetary surface mission simulations where conducted. [27][28][29] Among the experiments conducted throughout the mission, the ScanMars instrument (a Ground Penetrating Radar system) and Field-Spec instrument (Passive Reflectance Spectroscopy System) for simulating rover results are of particular interest to this work. The "mission" explored sites with different geological characteristics and features.…”

The ScanMars Subsurface Radar Sounding Experiment on AMADEE-18

“…AMADEE is a research program handled by the Ö sterreichisches Weltraum Forum (OeWF) and is scheduled between 2018 and 2028. AMADEE-18 (Groemer, 2018;Gruber et al, 2019) follows the OeWF's PolAres program, which included 11 missions simulating the conditions of the Red Planet. PolAres simulations have been under operation since 2006 in diverse terrestrial sites and environments (Groemer et al, 2007(Groemer et al, , 2014(Groemer et al, , 2016Orgel et al, 2014;Dorizon et al, 2016) and were mainly focused on geoscience and astrobiology, with some of them featuring subsurface radar sounding experiments (Groemer et al, 2014(Groemer et al, , 2016.…”