{"id":4928,"date":"2013-10-15T16:06:57","date_gmt":"2013-10-15T16:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4928"},"modified":"2013-10-15T16:06:57","modified_gmt":"2013-10-15T16:06:57","slug":"world-space-walk-event-tested-three-spacesuits-for-mars-surface-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4928","title":{"rendered":"World Space Walk event tested three spacesuits for Mars surface activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the recent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldspaceweek.org\/wsw\/index.php\" target=\"_d\">World Space Week 2013<\/a>\u00a0(Oct.4-10), the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oewf.org\/cms\/english.phtml\" target=\"_d\">Austrian Space Forum (OeWF)\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0sponsored a <em>World Space Walk<\/em> event on October 8th in which three space suit designs were tested at three different locations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/world-space-walk\/29375\/\" target=\"_d\">World Space Walk simultaneously puts three Mars-capable spacesuits to the test &#8211; Gizmag<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2013-10-world-space-mars-analogue-spacesuit.html\" target=\"_d\">World Space Walk 2013: Three Mars analogue spacesuit teams perform simultaneous experiments &#8211; Europlanet\/Phys.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The participants included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Austrian Space Forum tested their Aouda.X suits in Innsbruck, Austria \u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oewf.org\/en\/2013\/10\/world-space-walk-2013-simultaneous-success\/\" target=\"_d\">World Space Walk 2013 \u2013 A Simultaneous Success!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Univ. of North Dakota <a href=\"http:\/\/human.space.edu\/projects\/index.htm\" target=\"_d\">UND Human Spaceflight Laboratory<\/a>\u00a0tested their <a href=\"http:\/\/human.space.edu\/projects\/NDX-2.htm\" target=\"_blank\">NDX-2 suit<\/a> in Grand Forks, ND &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aerospace.und.edu\/news\/2013\/10\/ndx-space-suit.cfm\" target=\"_d\">UND NDX spacesuit team showcased in new global test program\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marssociety.org\/home\" target=\"_d\">The Mars Society<\/a>\u00a0tested their Mars analogue suits at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mdrs.marssociety.org\/\" target=\"_d\">Mars Desert Research Station<\/a>\u00a0(MDRS) in Utah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The tasks for the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.oewf.org\/en\/2013\/10\/world-space-walk-2013-simultaneous-success\/\" target=\"_d\">Space Walk program<\/a>\u00a0 included the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>1) Complete an obstacle course. Erect a tripod. Mount a gnomon (sundial) on tripod.<br \/>\n2) Complete an obstacle course. Take a camera from the spacesuit\u2019s pocket. Take pictures of feet and horizon pointing north, south, east and west.<br \/>\n3) Complete an obstacle course. Take out a sample bag, collect a rock sample and place in the bag. Label the sample bag and place in container.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here &#8220;Aouda.X analogue astronaut, Luca Foresta, starts the obstacle course&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"World Space Walk 2013: Three Mars analogue spacesuit teams perform simultaneous experiments\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.physorg.com\/newman\/gfx\/news\/2013\/worldspacewa.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Credit: OewF\/Claudia Stix<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here is a video of the NDX-2 test:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/76594872\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/76594872\">World Space Walk 2013 Local 4<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/oewf\">Austrian Space Forum<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This pictures shows the\u00a0MDRS Analogue astronaut erecting &#8220;a tripod to support a sundial gnomon for D-TREX Experiment 1&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"World Space Walk 2013: Three Mars analogue spacesuit teams perform simultaneous experiments\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.physorg.com\/newman\/gfx\/news\/2013\/1-worldspacewa.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Credit: the Mars Society\/ H. Mogosanu\/ WSW2013 Mission to Mars Crew<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Find more videos at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/oewf\" target=\"_d\">Austrian Space Forum on Vimeo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Space Walk event was part of a number of several projects within <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldspaceweek.org\/wsw\/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=145&amp;Itemid=167\" target=\"_d\">The 2013 World Wide WSW Mars Simulation<\/a>\u00a0program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of the recent\u00a0World Space Week 2013\u00a0(Oct.4-10), the\u00a0Austrian Space Forum (OeWF)\u00a0\u00a0sponsored a World Space Walk event on October 8th in which three space suit designs were tested at three different locations: World Space Walk simultaneously puts three Mars-capable spacesuits to the test &#8211; Gizmag World Space Walk 2013: Three Mars analogue spacesuit teams perform &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4928\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World Space Walk event tested three spacesuits for Mars surface activities<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,78,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-mars","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-1hu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20250,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=20250","url_meta":{"origin":4928,"position":0},"title":"Space settlement roundup \u2013 Nov.14.2019","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"A sampling of recent articles, videos, and images related to human expansion into the solar system (see also previous space settlement postings): ** A settlement on Mars has always been the primary goal for SpaceX. 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