HaughtonMars Project

HMP TURNS 25! The NASA Haughton-Mars Project is turning 25! Celebrating this summer the evolution of some of the @CollinsAero EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity) exploration systems tested @HMP in recent times. @SETIInstitute @MarsInstitute @NASA @NASAAmes

HMP TURNS 25! HMP-2023 is the Haughton-Mars Project's 25th summer field campaign in the Arctic! We're proud of our contributions to Moon & Mars science & exploration. Thank you to our home institutions, partners & supporters! @NASAAmes @SETIInstitute @MarsInstitute @NASA

HMP-2023 3 Aug: Team departs Resolute Bay to HMP Base. L-R: Safety Officer Sawan Dalal MD, Expedition Lead Pascal Lee, Dep ExL Matt Jones, Students Sofi English+Mathieu Gagnon, @SwRI Astrobiologist Charity Philipps-Lander, @CollinsAero Spacesuit Engineers Tom Chase+Sid Bhilare.

ARTEMIS TESTING & CREW TRAINING AT HAUGHTON CRATER, DEVON ISLAND, ARCTIC My short (9 min) talk at recent NASA Exploration Science Forum on 20 July 2023: rb.gy/ga6mm @HMP @SETIInstitute @MarsInstitute @NASAAmes @NASA_Astronauts @NASAExpeditions @NASAhistory #Arctic

HMP-2023 The @NASA @HMP Phase 1 team of 11 + Apollo has made it to Yellowknife. Flying on to Resolute Bay on Aug 2.

HMP-2023 The 25th summer field campaign of the @NASA @HMP in the Arctic is on! Core team members Dr Pascal Lee (lead), Matt Jones (dep. lead) & Sawan Dalal MD, arrived in Yellowknife on 30 Jul, along w/ other early participants. With them here is student Sofi English & Apollo!

BLUE DOT Fun chat w/ @DaveSchlom @nsprnews @NPR about my childhood, #Antarctica, #CarlSagan, #Mars, #DevonIsland, @HMP, the #Arctic, Future Mars Road Trips, #SpaceArt, +Why we might be Alone in our Galaxy. rb.gy/hlnm4 @SETIInstitute @MarsInstitute @NSS @Chryseplanatia

DONUT ROCK ON MARS Shared my thoughts on donut rock on #Mars. Might be a meteorite or an impact ejecta block. Also told reporter maybe a "drop stone" (from past frozen lake) or an "erratic" (rock dumped here by past glacier). We should fly Ingenuity helicopter to check it out!

Four volunteers embark on a year-long experiment to test their abilities to live in a #Mars simulation habitat and the Institute’s Pascal Lee about looking for life on the Red Planet. The episode is “Made for Mars” on @BiPiSci featuring @pascalleetweets: buff.ly/3Jwh7WU

MEMORIAL DAY Today we remembered & honored all those who gave their lives in service of others. Inuksuks at HMP honor the memory of fallen astronauts who died on their space mission or in training. We are inspired by, & grateful for, their lives & legacy. Ad astra per aspera.

ELAINE WALKER Author, Composer, Songwriter, Futurist & HMP Vet Elaine Walker @ewalker just released new album w/ #space music. Congrats Elaine!

NEW BOOK ON SPACE RESOURCES EDITED BY KRIS ZACNY Kris Zacny, Space Geotech/#ISRU/Mining expert, VP @HB_Robotics, & HMP vet has a new book out! Congrats Kris! And thank you for this new...Resource!

"Wow! This looks just like Devon Island!"

MILES O'BRIEN Great podcast interview of aerospace, sci, & tech correspondent, doc producer, CNN & HMP veteran Miles O'Brien! Congrats Miles! You are an inspiration to us all & are welcome back anytime!

PASCAL LEE TO RECEIVE NSS SPACE PIONEER AWARD! Mars Institute Co-Founder & Director Dr Pascal Lee @pascalleetweets will receive the National Space Society's @NSS Space Pioneer Award at the upcoming #ISDC2023 meeting "for his trailblazing work in Mars science & exploration". Yay!

WHERE MIGHT HUMANS LAND ON MARS? I'll be on THIS WEEK IN SPACE w/ Rod Pyle @Chryseplanatia & Tariq Malik @tariqjmalik to discuss our recent find of a #Mars Relict Glacier & where humans might want to land on Mars. TODAY (Fri, Apr 14) at 11am PT/2pm ET: rb.gy/0vpll

Lost Franklin Expedition ships to become Nunavut’s first national historic sites; $23 million for the Kitikmeot Inuit Association and the Nattilik Heritage Society in Gjoa Haven, cooperating with Parks Canada to manage and operate sites. nunavutnews.com/news/lost-fran…

APOLLO 8 (Dec 1968) vs ARTEMIS 2 (Nov 2024) #Artemis2 is Artemis' #Apollo8. It will test systems critical to flying to lunar orbit & back. Congrats to Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch & Jeremy Hansen! Nostalgic thoughts too for Frank Borman, Jim Lovell & Bill Anders.

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CONGRATS ARTEMIS 2 CREW! Congrats to Reid WISEMAN @Astro_Reid (Cdr) Victor GLOVER @AstroVicGlover (Pilot) Christina KOCH @Astro_Christina (Mission Specialist 1) Jeremy HANSEN @Astro_Jeremy (Mission Specialist 2 - CSA) from all of us @MarsInstitute! We Are Going! @NASA @csa_asc