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Call for MSA Director Nominations

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MSA Annual General Meeting – Sunday 28th September 2025

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September 14, 2025 No Comments

HOPE Mission Concludes: India’s First Analogue Astronauts Emerge from 10-Day Isolation Study

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July 3, 2026

Ask an Analogue Astronaut:Adrian Oberland at FMARS

Ever wondered what an analogue astronaut is and why they spend time in remote locations around the world, living and training in simulated missions?

Here’s your chance to discover all this and more with a unique live session with Adrian Oberland while he’s based at FMARS, the Mars Society USA’s station in the arctic circle.

Adrian will cover what he hopes to learn while he stays at FMARS, the sorts of experiments and training he’s undertaking as well an audience Q&A.

This Zoom session will be at 11.00am on Saturday 18th July 2025 and is on early Fri 17th July early in the evening for those in the USA.

Find out more at the event page here and you can book directly with Humantix here.

Looking forward to seeing you for what will be a fascinating session!