The Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition 2006

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Oct 2007

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Mars2030 - AustroMars Science Workshop, Proceedings of the conference held in at the University of Salzburg, 24-26 September, 20

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In order to prepare for future exploration of Mars, both by robotic and human missions, a number of Mars Analog studies are currently being carried out. In the high Canadian arctic the NASA Houghton Mars Project (HMP) is operating a station on Devon island that supports a geobiological science program but also supports an exploration program aimed at the development of new technologies, strategies and operations. At the same location, the Mars society operates the Flashlight Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) habitat. A similar station is located in Utah called the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS). Both of these stations follow an advanced science and human exploration portfolio. The Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) in 2006 was the latest of a series of expeditions whose primary goals are: to test portable instruments for their robustness as field instruments for life detection (for future human missions to Mars); to assess the Mars analogue environments for signs of life and/or abiotic organic synthesis processes; to refine protocols for contamination reduction and to understand the effects of transport on sample integrity by assessing bioloads immediately in the field and then comparing these with laboratory measurements made after transportation. There have been three previous expeditions that were run by the Department of Physics of Geological Processes at the University of Oslo in collaboration with the Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW), NASA-JPL, NASA-Ames, the Lunar and Planetary Institute, University of Leeds, University of Burgos, Penn State University, MacQuarie University (GEMOC) and the Smithsonian Institution, and with invaluable support from the Norwegian Space Centre, the University Studies on Svalbard (UNIS) and the Norwegian Polar Institute.

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