The SAFMARS project has achieved a significant milestone with the development of a high-level design for the satellite ground stations that will be used in future Mars-analogue research as part of Operation Red Centre.
Follow the course of the highly successful Starchaser sponsored Jarntimarra expedition to the red centre through the eyes of the participants! Read the travel logs from Jennifer Laing and Jason Hoogland on the JNT-1 expedition homepage. Also, see the newly updated photo gallery.
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Follow the Starchaser sponsored Jarntimarra expedition to the red centre through the eyes of some of the participants! For starters we have the logs from Jennifer Laing and Jason Hoogland on the JNT-1 expedition page. We will attempt to update these daily.
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The Jarntimarra-1 field expedition currently in central Australia is composed of some leading experts in Mars related research, including:
At a public forum featuring Dr Carol Stoker and Dr Mark Bishop in Adelaide prior to the departure of JNT-1, Tech Director Jason Hoogland presented an overview of MSA including our current technical activities and opportunities for wider involvement in technical and non-technical areas.
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Mars Odyssey has emerged from behind Mars after orbital insertion at 1pm 24 Oct 2001 Eastern Australian Time. View the latest press release (pdf) on Mars Odyssey and the Mars Society Australia. See also the NASA press kit (pdf) on Mars Odyssey.
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Download the newly released official Jarntimarra press kit (pdf), which contains information about all aspects of the expedition. The expedition itinerary can be found here. Any media inquiries can be directed to public relations director Jennifer Laing at pr@marssociety.org.au. or by telephone on (0417 135 113).
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The Mars Society Australia has announced that a scientific team including experts from a number of Australian universities as well as several NASA researchers will travel to outback South Australia and the Northern Territory on October 27 to examine sites suitable for analogue research activities.
Undertaken as part of Project Jarntimarra, the expedition is being sponsored by U.K.
In 2000, Mars Society Australia (MSA) commenced its first technical project, Marsupial, following an award of US$10,000 from the international Mars Society. You can now follow the evolution of a simulation platform designed to represent a real Mars pressurised rover online!
The Project JarntimarraDatabase (JNT-DB) is now publicly available online. The database is a growing catalogue of Mars analogue sites in various locations throughout central Australia. MSA believes that Australia is become one of the best places in the world for undertaking field simulation testing of real Mars mission equipment and forplanning human missions using analogue equipment. The Australian outback resembles in many ways the barren Martian surface.
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