HMP Research Station Weblog | Haughton-Mars Project http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/ Welcome to the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station Weblog en Copyright 2008 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:44:57 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.35 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss HMP on Discovery Channel Canada This past field season, a team from Discovery Channel Canada visited the HMP Research Station and gathered material for several pieces to be aired on Daily Planet.

Three pieces are scheduled to run this week on Daily Planet (Canada only), featuring the EVA Walkback experiment (Sept. 11th), the NASA K-10 rovers from the Ames Research Center (Sept. 12th) and the telemedicine work being done at HMP (Sept. 13th).

Daily Planet can be seen on Discovery Channel Canada at 7pm and 11pm (Eastern). Note that due to the news-magazine style of the Daily Planet, breaking news and other events may cause changes to the original scheduling.

Also, anyone in Canada can watch these episodes online about a day following the original TV air date.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/09/hmp_on_discovery_channel_canad.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/09/hmp_on_discovery_channel_canad.html In the News Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:44:57 -0600 John Schutt in the New York Times On August 25th, John Schutt (HMP Base Camp Manager) was featured in an article in the New York Times for his distinguished service to the ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites) program. Earlier this month John was the recipient of the Meteoritical Society's Service Award for his work guiding scientists in the Antarctic over the past 25 field seasons, since 1980. Read the full article here.

Everyone at the Haughton-Mars Project would like to congratulate John on this most prestigious honor.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/08/john_schutt_in_the_new_york_ti.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/08/john_schutt_in_the_new_york_ti.html In the News Mon, 27 Aug 2007 22:40:37 -0600 HMP Research Station Update - August 14 The HMP-2007 field season has now officially come to a close. By all accounts, HMP-2007 was a great success highlighted by several significant achievements. The HMP management and operational personnel have all returned home from the Arctic now, and planning for HMP-2008 is already underway.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/08/hmp_research_station_update_au_2.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/08/hmp_research_station_update_au_2.html Status Reports Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:11:41 -0600 HMP Research Station Update - July 30 I've returned to Resolute Bay to coordinate the preliminary end-of-season logistics and from what I've seen at the station, I'm happy to report that the HMP-2007 field season is going exceedingly well. Five weeks of continuously sunny weather has enabled all of the research teams to remain on schedule, and even get ahead of schedule in some cases. Most impressive however, is the hard work that everyone's been putting in to capitalize on the favourably dry conditions.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/07/hmp_research_station_update_ju_3.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/07/hmp_research_station_update_ju_3.html Status Reports Mon, 30 Jul 2007 20:15:22 -0600 US Air National Guard Airlift a Success The US Air National Guard, based out of Moffett Field, California, provided air cargo support this year for the Haughton-Mars Project. The ANG flew cargo from Moffett Field to the Vancouver International Airport on Monday, where they picked up additional gear required to implement the HMP field season. From there, the ANG flew on to Resolute Bay as their ultimate destination.

The airlift was a great success, and the Mars Institute would like to offer its most sincere thanks to the US Air National Guard for their hard work and diligence in making this effort a reality.

Photos of the airlift and of other activities that have taken place at HMP over the past week will be posted shortly at www.marsonearth.org.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/07/us_air_national_guard_airlift.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/07/us_air_national_guard_airlift.html Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:15:21 -0600 HMP Research Station Update - July 11 The field season is progressing well with more participants arriving today. We now have a list of the participants with a link to their biography. The weather has been great and unseasonably warm.

All the webcams are now online and the three HMP Research Station webcams are updating every minute. We've also added our second entry in our new feature this year "This Week @ HMP". Included are spotlights on various projects ongoing during that week as well as a new video feature.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/07/hmp_research_station_update_ju_2.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/07/hmp_research_station_update_ju_2.html Status Reports Wed, 11 Jul 2007 15:01:46 -0600 HMP-2007 Field Season Kick-Off The HMP-2007 field season is now underway! Several HMP team members are now in Resolute Bay and on Devon Island at the HMP Research Station site. The first few days at the station will be spent setting up gear and the rest of the facility in preparation for the arrival of the first research teams, on July 10th and 11th.

Continue to watch this space and www.marsonearth.org for updates and additional information about the many interesting activities planned for this summer.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/07/hmp2007_field_season_kickoff.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/07/hmp2007_field_season_kickoff.html Status Reports Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:42:02 -0600 Haughton-Mars Project Research Station Pre-Field Season Visit Report HMP Research Station April 24, 2007
Overview

Prepared by: Matt Bamsey, Canadian Space Agency
Edited by: Marc Boucher, Mars Institute

A pre-field season visit to the Mars Institute's Haughton-Mars Project Research Station on Devon Island was conducted on April 24, 2007. The field team included: Matt Bamsey (Canadian Space Agency), Samson Simonie and Paul Amagoalik, Mars Institute contractors.

Flight Details

Following arrival on Devon Island the Twin Otter left for another flight and the pilots stated to the field team that they would return in 4 to 5 hours.

Goals

1. Repair visit to the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse
2. Assess Humvee
3. Assess Research Station for Possible Damage
4. Assess the state of the runway


View of the HMP Research Station





A closer view of the HMP Research Station


A description of the results pertaining to each goal is described in the sections to follow.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/05/haughtonmars_project_research.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/05/haughtonmars_project_research.html Spring Visit & Survey Thu, 03 May 2007 04:48:28 -0600 Winter Aerial Survey of the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station

In February the Mars Institute undertook its annual trip to the high arctic for talks with local communities and had the opportunity for an aerial survey of the HMP Research Station. Some of those photographs are now online.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/03/winter_aerial_survey_of_the_ha.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2007/03/winter_aerial_survey_of_the_ha.html Winter Visit & Survey Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:32:21 -0600 HMP Research Station in the Chicago Tribune In today's edition of the Chicago Tribune writer Howard Witt, who visited the HMP Research Station last month, has written an article on his adventure titled "Devon Island like no place on Earth". Here's an excerpt;


"A human mission to Mars might be 30 years away or more, but one day it will happen," said Pascal Lee, 43, the NASA astronomer who first visited this place a decade ago and supervises the Haughton-Mars Project, as the program is known. "The fundamental lessons we are learning here need to be learned now. On the moon and Mars, it's going to be all about fieldwork, geology, reconnaissance, resource assessment, traversing vast tracts of territory--all of this stuff we do on a daily basis here."

Editor's update - Dec. 20: After a week the Chicago Tribune archives their stories and you have to pay to read it.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/hmp_research_station_in_the_ch.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/hmp_research_station_in_the_ch.html In the News Mon, 21 Aug 2006 11:51:16 -0600 HMP Research Station Field Season Comes to a Close On Thursday August 10th the last of the participants left the HMP Research Station. The research station was prepared for the coming winter. While everyone has left the research station, work is still ongoing, both back at their respective institutions for participants and at the research station. At the research station the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse is working autonomously with researchers monitoring systems remotely. Shown below is the ongoing summer plant growth.

Summer ongoing plant growth.

This next image shows the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse and surrounding area.


The Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse and surrounding area.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/hmp_research_station_field_sea_1.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/hmp_research_station_field_sea_1.html Status Reports Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:01:38 -0600 HMP RS Status Update - August 7, 2006 The field season is winding down, and the station is being prepared for the winter as the final research projects come to a close.

Over the past week, additional testing of the Hamilton-Sundstrand spacesuit was conducted in addition to ongoing fieldwork being carried out by participants from Morehead State University, University of Aberdeen and University of Ottawa. The Mars Institute was also very happy to accommodate a visit by CSA astronaut Chris Hadfield. In addition to visiting HMP, Chris also gave talks about his experiences in space to the communities of Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord.

The station population is currently at 22, with this number expected to fall to 15 by the end of the day.

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/hmp_rs_status_update_august_7.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/hmp_rs_status_update_august_7.html Status Reports Mon, 07 Aug 2006 14:16:45 -0600 EVA Med Evac Sim update Monday's EVA Med Evac Simulation was a success, having met all of the intended objectives. Click for more photos and a summary of the day's events.


Photo HMP-2006 / N. Wilkinson

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/eva_med_evac_sim_update.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/eva_med_evac_sim_update.html Human Exploration Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:39:50 -0600 HMP Research Station Webcams online Two new HMP Research Station webcams are now online and updating every 10 minutes. This brings a total of four webcams now available including the two from the Arthur Clarke Mars Greenhouse.

MarsCam2
Marscam2 		MarsCam3
MarsCam3
]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/hmp_research_station_webcams_o.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/08/hmp_research_station_webcams_o.html Status Reports Tue, 01 Aug 2006 23:19:35 -0600 EVA Med Evac Simulation Update Progress continued today on the med evac simulation, and things are shaping up well for tomorrow's test. Click the link for more photos.


Photo HMP-2006 / N. Wilkinson

]]> http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/07/eva_med_evac_simulation_update.html http://www.marsonearth.org/weblog/2006/07/eva_med_evac_simulation_update.html Human Exploration Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:30:57 -0600