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The director of the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) Dr Shannon Rupert is visiting Australia as a guest of MSA.  Shannon is an ecologist with two decades of experience in…

Sunday 2nd December 2018 at 6 pm End of year celebration BBQ followed by a free presentation 'End of Year Mars Highlights' by Assocaite Professor Victor GostinFeaturing current asteroid impacts,…

It is now less than 12 hours until NASA's InSight MIssion lands on the surface of Mars at Elysium Planitia.  Launched on the 5 May, 2018, the lander will enter…

18th Australian Space Research ConferenceSeptember 24 to 26, 2018 The 18th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC), will be held at Gold Coast in Queensland over September 24 to 26, 2018.This will…

Call for Abstracts18th Australian Space Research Conference24th to 26th September, 2018It is our pleasure to invite you to submit an abstract for the 18th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC), to…

The Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP), jointly with Human Research Program NASA (HRP NASA), will be conducting an extended duration lunar mission simulation at its facility in Moscow in 2019…

Dear Marstralians, MSA has had a very busy 12 months working towards expanding human presence on Mars and ensuring Australia’s role in this great challenge. There have been several highlights…

MSA is very sad to announce that MSA Vice-President David Willson passed away yesterday evening in the presence of family and friends after struggling with cancer for a bit over…

One of Mars Society Australia’s goals is “Conducting Mars exploration on a private basis” This requires developing and testing technology at each step up the so-called “technology readiness level” from TRL 1 (initial concept) to TRL 9 (ready to fly) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_readiness_level. MSA’s Marsobot program aims to develop the concepts and technologies for small robotic vehicles on planetary missions to Mars and elsewhere http://www.marssociety.org.au/marso-bot. A number of prototypes have been developed and tested under different field conditions, raising the project to TRL 5.

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MSA is holding its Annual General Meeting. Part of this process is to call for nominations for director’s positions. Up to 10 director’s positions will be available.Any current MSA members…