TU Graz is part of the Oman Mars simulation AMADEE-18

With 19 experiments, the analog mission of the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) in Oman will serve for preparation for a manned mission to Mars. TU Graz is especially well-represented with three experiments. Trips to the red planet are not still not quite foreseeable, but they are coming closer. A contribution to this will be made by the AMADEE 18 Mars simulation of the Austrian Space Forum OeWF in partnership with the Sultanate of Oman. In February 2018, a range of selected experiments from the geosciences, engineering, planetary surface operations, life sciences, astrobiology and psychology will aid the gathering of operative experience in the Mars-like environment of the Dhofar region in Oman, with the aim of preparing for a manned mission to Mars. The OeWF has now announced the 19 carefully chosen experiments which are going to be tested in the field. Three of them come from TU Graz, which makes it the most strongly represented institution of the simulation mission.