HMP Research Station | Haughton-Mars Project http://www.marsonearth.org/ Welcome to the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station en Copyright 2008 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:01:01 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Haughton Crater as a Lunar Analog The Haughton Crater is an excellent for Moon as this video produced by NASA illustrates. It is also available in high definition.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/12/the_haughton_crater_as_a_lunar.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/12/the_haughton_crater_as_a_lunar.html Human Exploration Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:01:01 -0600 Position Available: Haughton-Mars Project, Logistics Manager UPDATE December 15: We are no longer taking resumes for the advertised position.

The Mars Institute is seeking applications for a position on the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP): Logistics Manager

Application Deadline (Electronic Submission Only): Friday, 21 November 2008, 5:00 pm PST.

Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Notifications will be made by email within 1 week of the deadline. Interviews will be by invitation only and will take place in downtown Vancouver, BC on Saturday, 29 November 2008.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/10/position_available_haughtonmar.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/10/position_available_haughtonmar.html Opportunities Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:12:04 -0600 Dr. Pascal Lee (Director, HMP / NASA Ames, Mars Institute, SETI Institute) Dr. Pascal Lee (Director, HMP / NASA Ames, Mars Institute, SETI Institute) talks about the 2008 field season with the Haughton-Mars Project.

Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/dr_pascal_lee_director_hmp.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/dr_pascal_lee_director_hmp.html HMP Science Reports Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:25:32 -0600 Marcelo Vazquez (NSBRI, Space Radiation Liason) Marcelo Vazquez (NSBRI, Space Radiation Liason) talks about a number of research projects he was involved with this field season for the Haughton-Mars Project.

Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/marcelo_vazquez_nsbri_space_ra.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/marcelo_vazquez_nsbri_space_ra.html HMP Science Reports Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:31:23 -0600 HMP 2008 Field Season at an End If all goes well today the last of the HMP 2008 participants will leave Resolute today headed south to their various homes. It's been our longest and best field season ever with an incredible amount of research conducted in a short time. We still have many reports and images to post so keep coming by for a visit.

As one field season comes to an end, the cycle will begin shortly to prepare for next year. In the meantime there are a loose ends that need completing.

Thank you for tuning in to our activities. More to come.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp_2008_field_season_at_an_en.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp_2008_field_season_at_an_en.html Status Reports Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:26:58 -0600 Scott Thackrey (University of Aberdeen) Scott Thackrey, a planetary geologist from the University of Aberdeen, talks about his research on Devon Island for the Haughton-Mars Project.

Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/scott_thackrey_university_of_a.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/scott_thackrey_university_of_a.html HMP Science Reports Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:13:50 -0600 Pam Baskin (NASA Johnson Space Center / NSBRI) Pam Baskin from the NASA Johnson Space Center and NSBRI talks about her study during the Haughton-Mars Project 2008 field season.

Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
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]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/pam_baskin_nasa_johnson_space.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/pam_baskin_nasa_johnson_space.html HMP Science Reports Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:04:42 -0600 HMP-2008: Prof. Charles Mason (Morehead State University) Prof. Charles Mason (Morehead State University) is working with his former student, Megan Ennis (who graduated on this day!), mapping the area around the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station in greater detail than has been done before.

Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
Copyright 2008 Mars Institute

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp2008_prof_charles_mason_mor.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp2008_prof_charles_mason_mor.html HMP Science Reports Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:17:13 -0600 Exploration Systems Support at HMP Exploration Systems Support at HMPDr. Stephen Braham, Christine Pires, Steve Bairdcopyright 2008 Mars Institute A unique component of HMP is the level of support for advanced planetary exploration systems and operations, in full-up, end to end, mission operations experiments. HMP has high-speed connections to the Internet via two satellite dishes, which allows for audio, video and data links all the way from mission operations centres at space agencies to the entire region around HMP. On top of that, the network can be made to emulate connections, in terms of delay, that range from moon missions to missions to Jupiter.

Since 1999 the primary exploration systems support at HMP have been provided by Dr. Steve Braham, Mars Institute/Simon Fraser University (SFU) and his team. Dr. Braham, now in his tenth field season, is the Chief Field Engineer and Associate Director for HMP, and, this year. He is the lead of the Exploration Systems Operations Centre (ExSOC) project at his lab at SFU, PolyLAB, which is a unit of the SFU Telematics Research Laboratory, lead by Steve's long-term research partner Professor Peter Anderson.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/exploration_systems_support_at.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/exploration_systems_support_at.html HMP Science Reports Wed, 13 Aug 2008 23:13:02 -0600 Webcams to go Offline Friday, August 15 We are in the last few days of the HMP 2008 field campaign and will soon be making preparations to close camp. This will include the webcams going offline sometime on Friday, August 15th.

It should be noted that we've created a time lapse movie for each day for all three webcams during the field campaign. They are archived and available from our YouTube channel. Here are the individual links to each webcam playlist;

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/webcams_to_go_offline_friday_a.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/webcams_to_go_offline_friday_a.html Status Reports Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:31:09 -0600 HMP Research Station Status Report More Snow at the HMP Research Stationcopyright 2008 Mars Institute A twin otter arrived in the afternoon bringing Ben Audlaluk, from Grise Fiord, who has returned to help at the HMP Research Station as a field guide. Flying out today was Horton Newsom (Institute of Meteorites, UNM), Prof. Charlie Mason (Morehead State University) and his students, Megan Ennis and Bill Atwood, Andrew Abercromby (Project Engineer, EVA Physiology Systems and Performance Project / NASA Johnson Space Center), Kevin Coley (freelance photographer), Ian Daly (Senior Writer, Details Magazine) and Chris Ostafew (Mars Institute).

This afternoon saw snow, and lots of it! By dinner the HMP Research Station was blanketed. It was very pretty, but not be conducive to traversing or Moon and Mars video imagery. Thankfully it started melting in the late evening. However, some very thick fog rolled in. Due to the snow, not many participants ventured away from camp, however, meetings and research continued at the Research Station. The season will still be in full swing until the afternoon of the 15th.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp_research_station_status_re_31.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp_research_station_status_re_31.html Status Reports Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:54:18 -0600 HMP2008: Dr. Stephen Braham and Dr. Brian Glass Talk To ISU Students from HMP RS Dr. Stephen Braham and Dr. Brian Glass Talk To ISU Students from HMP RScopyright 2008 Mars Institute On Friday 25 July, Dr. Stephen Braham (SFU / HMP Associate Director) and Dr. Brian Glass (NASA Ames) anchored the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) end of a one-hour interactive video conference with students at the International Space University (ISU) summer campus in Barcelona, Spain. Stephen and Brian talked about their current and past projects with the HMP, and answered a couple of questions.This marked the third consecutive year of HMP-ISU interaction. Last year's was in Beijing and was held at 3am CDT. Former HMP flight surgeon and researcher Dr. Jeff Jones led the ISU contingent in Spain.
Stephen Braham and Brian Glass Talk To ISU Students from HMP RS
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]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp2008_dr_stephen_braham_and.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp2008_dr_stephen_braham_and.html Status Reports Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:45:00 -0600 HMP2008: DAME Project Dr. Brian Glass (NASA Ames), the principal investigator for the Drilling Automation for Mars Exploration (DAME) project, and his team: Sarah Thompson (NASA Ames), Sarah Huffman (NASA Ames) Shannon Statham (Georgia Tech) and Joanna Cohen (Honeybee Robotics) had a successful 2008 field season on Devon Island at the Haughton-Mars Research Station, Devon Island, High Arctic.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp2008_dame_project.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp2008_dame_project.html Status Reports Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:44:00 -0600 HMP2008: Repeater for Drilling Automation for Mars Exploration (DAME) Project Dr. Brian Glass (NASA Ames), the principal investigator for the Drilling Automation for Mars Exploration (DAME) project, and Steve Baird (UBC / HMP Field Assistant), set up a repeater to help with communications between the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station and the DAME tent.

Video by Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute)
Copyright 2008 Mars Institute

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp2008_repeater_for_dame_proj.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp2008_repeater_for_dame_proj.html HMP Science Reports Mon, 11 Aug 2008 06:53:09 -0600 HMP Research Station Status Report Dr. Horton Newsomcopyright 2008 Mars Institute Dr. Horton Newsom (Institute of Meteorites, UNM) took some samples and measurements near the HMP research station. Charlie Mason and Prof. Charlie Mason (Morehead State University) and his students, Megan Ennis and Bill Atwood, did more mapping near the HMP research station. Both parties did a (rather soggy) video interview with Elaine Walker (EPO, HMP, Mars Institute) out in the field.

Andrew Abercromby (Project Engineer, EVA Physiology Systems and Performance Project / NASA Johnson Space Center) did a video interview for Film Director, Laurent Lichtenstein. Laurent is interviewing several participants for a documentary he is working on with Dr. Charles Frankel (author, planetary geologist).

Brian Glass (NASA Ames) took his final gravity measurements near the HMP Research Station to use as baseline measurements for calibration. He has cleaned and packed away the gravity instrument.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp_research_station_status_re_28.html http://www.marsonearth.org/2008/08/hmp_research_station_status_re_28.html Status Reports Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:34:39 -0600