{"id":9894,"date":"2015-02-10T11:19:26","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T16:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9894"},"modified":"2015-02-10T11:19:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T16:19:26","slug":"crew-of-seven-simulating-a-mars-mission-in-the-utah-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9894","title":{"rendered":"Crew of seven simulating a Mars mission in the Utah desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new crew is carrying out the latest\u00a0two-week simulation of a mission on the Red Planet at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.MarsSociety.org\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Society<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mdrs.marssociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mars Desert Research Station<\/a>\u00a0in Utah:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.space.com\/28474-mock-mars-mission-utah.html\" target=\"_d\">Mock Mars Mission Starts Saturday in Utah Desert &#8211; Space.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The seven members of this MDRS crew are all candidates for missions in\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mars-one.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mars One<\/a> project.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the bios for <a href=\"http:\/\/mdrs.marssociety.org\/home\/crew-149\" target=\"_d\">Crew 149<\/a>. And their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mdrs.marssociety.org\/home\/crew-149\/mission-statement\" target=\"_d\">Mission Statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Their first <a href=\"http:\/\/mdrs.marssociety.org\/crew-reports\" target=\"_d\">Crew Report<\/a>\u00a0is posted at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mdrs.marssociety.org\/home\/crew-149\/208-commandersreport\" target=\"_d\">208-Commanders Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mdrs.marssociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9895\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?attachment_id=9895\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MDRS_Banner1500.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,430\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MDRS_Banner1500\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MDRS_Banner1500-1024x294.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9895\" src=\"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MDRS_Banner1500-1024x294.jpg\" alt=\"MDRS_Banner1500\" width=\"520\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MDRS_Banner1500-1024x294.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MDRS_Banner1500-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/MDRS_Banner1500.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new crew is carrying out the latest\u00a0two-week simulation of a mission on the Red Planet at the Mars Society&#8216;s\u00a0Mars Desert Research Station\u00a0in Utah:\u00a0Mock Mars Mission Starts Saturday in Utah Desert &#8211; Space.com. The seven members of this MDRS crew are all candidates for missions in\u00a0the Mars One project. Here are the bios for Crew &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9894\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crew of seven simulating a Mars mission in the Utah desert<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[35,78,40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diy-space","category-mars","category-simulators"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2zA","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6011,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=6011","url_meta":{"origin":9894,"position":0},"title":"Video: A report from the Mars Desert Research Station","author":"TopSpacer","date":"January 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In this video \u00a0journalist Elizabeth Howell reports on the activities of Crew 133, which is currently carrying out a Mars mission simulation at the \u00a0Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS)\u00a0in Utah:\u00a0Video Update from MDRS - The Mars Society http:\/\/youtu.be\/jJmPolnvlvc","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Living in Space&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Living in Space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=17"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/jJmPolnvlvc\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5607,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5607","url_meta":{"origin":9894,"position":1},"title":"Mars Society kicks off a new field season at Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS)","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The Mars Society begins another round of crews staying at the Mars Desert Research Station\u00a0in Utah: Kick-Off of the 2013-14 MDRS Field Season The Mars Society is pleased to announced the beginning of the 2013-14 Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) Field Season, with crew 131 from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University arriving\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Activism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Activism","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=3"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.google.com\/a\/marssociety.org\/www\/_\/rsrc\/1386490426967\/home\/press\/announcements\/kick-offofthe2013-14mdrsfieldseason\/MDRS%20-%20Nightsky%20%28red%20glow%20-%20Reuters%29.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2515,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2515","url_meta":{"origin":9894,"position":2},"title":"HI-SEAS project simulates long space voyage","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The NASA funded project\u00a0HI-SEAS (Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation) is investigating human factor challenges for a Mars mission. 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