{"id":54784,"date":"2017-01-09T09:36:13","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T19:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=54784"},"modified":"2023-03-15T13:26:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T23:26:42","slug":"hi-seas-mission-v-crew-preparing-to-enter-mars-simulation-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2017\/01\/09\/hi-seas-mission-v-crew-preparing-to-enter-mars-simulation-habitat\/","title":{"rendered":"HI-SEAS Mission V<\/abbr> crew preparing to enter Mars simulation habitat"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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HI-SEAS<\/abbr> habitat from 2015<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The crew has been selected, and research studies confirmed for the 2017 mission of the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa’s Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Exploration Analog and Simulation<\/a> (HI-SEAS).<\/p>\n

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on January 19, 2017, six astronaut-like crewmembers will enter a geodesic dome atop Mauna Loa on the island of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> as part of an eight-month research study of human behavior and performance. The NASA<\/abbr><\/a>-funded project aims to help determine the individual and team requirements for long-duration space exploration missions including travel to Mars.<\/p>\n

HI-SEAS<\/abbr> principal investigator and UH<\/abbr> Mānoa Professor Kim Binsted<\/strong> is proud of the project’s contribution to understanding human behavior and performance in space.<\/p>\n

“Since 2012, HI-SEAS<\/abbr> has been contributing to NASA<\/abbr>’s plans for long-duration space exploration. We are an international collaboration of crew, researchers and mission support, and I’m proud of the part we play in helping reduce the barriers to a human journey to Mars.”<\/p>\n

During the eight-month HI-SEAS<\/abbr> Mission V<\/abbr> the crew will perform exploration tasks such as geological fieldwork and life systems management. The isolated and confined conditions of the mission, including 20-minutes of delayed communication and partial self-sufficiency, have been designed to be similar to those of a planetary surface exploration mission. Daily routines include food preparation from only shelf-stable ingredients, exercise, research and fieldwork aligned with NASA<\/abbr>’s planetary exploration expectations.<\/p>\n

Under the watchful eye of the research team and supported by experienced mission control, the crew will participate in eight primary and three opportunistic research studies. The NASA<\/abbr>-funded primary research will be conducted by scientists from across the U.S. and Europe who are at the forefront of their fields. <\/p>\n

The primary behavioral research includes a shared social behavioral task for team building, continuous monitoring of face-to-face interactions with sociometric badges, a virtual reality team-based collaborative exercise to predict individual and team behavioral health and performance and multiple stress, cognitive countermeasure and monitoring studies. <\/p>\n

The HI-SEAS<\/abbr> Mission V<\/abbr> (2017) crew<\/h2>\n

Top row, from left: Ansley Barnard, Samuel Payler and Laura Lark. Bottom row, from left: Joshua Ehrlich, James Bevington and Brian Ramos.<\/p>\n

Ansley Barnard<\/strong> is an engineer from Reno, Nevada who has worked for NASA<\/abbr> and Boeing on advanced composite structures and has designed aerodynamic bodywork for cars racing in the 100th Indy 500. She has a BS<\/abbr> in aeronautics and astronautics from the University of Washington. Prior to HI-SEAS<\/abbr>, she worked in engineering optimization for Ford Motor Company. <\/p>\n

Samuel Payler<\/strong> is a doctoral candidate at the UK<\/abbr> Centre for Astrobiology, University of Edinburgh. He has been involved with a number of analog programs including NASA<\/abbr>’s BASALT<\/abbr> program, the MINAR<\/abbr> project and BISAL<\/abbr> which is the world’s first deep subsurface astrobiology laboratory. He has an MSci<\/abbr> from the University of Birmingham and prior to HI-SEAS<\/abbr> was researching life in hypersaline deep subsurface environments. <\/p>\n

Laura Lark<\/strong> is a computer scientist who grew up on a small farm in unincorporated Whatcom County, Washington. She has a BS<\/abbr> in computer science from Brown University and, prior to joining the HI-SEAS<\/abbr> crew, spent five years as a software engineer at Google working on search serving and indexing infrastructure. <\/p>\n

Joshua Ehrlich<\/strong> is a systems engineer for Lockheed Martin working on test and verification of the Orion European Service Module. He has a BS in aerospace engineering from the University of Florida and an MS<\/abbr> in mechanical engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. His previous work experience includes integration and testing on both the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle and Veggie and Advanced Plant Habitat payloads at NASA<\/abbr>’s Kennedy Space Centre. <\/p>\n

James Bevington<\/strong> is a freelance researcher with a passion for space. He has a BSC from the University of Tennessee, an MSc<\/abbr> from the University of Georgia and an MSc<\/abbr> from the International Space University. Prior to HI-SEAS<\/abbr> he was a visiting researcher at International Space University and a consultant for Northwestern University. <\/p>\n

Brian Ramos<\/strong> is a Portuguese-American with dual engineering degrees in biomedical and electrical engineering. He also has a master’s degree in international space studies from the International Space University. Prior to joining HI-SEAS<\/abbr> his professional experience included project work at NASA<\/abbr>’s Johnson Space Centre and work with Engineering World Health to repair media equipment in Rwanda. <\/p>\n

HI-SEAS<\/abbr> Mission V<\/abbr> follows the successful 12-month Mission IV<\/abbr> that was completed in August 2016. That mission placed HI-SEAS<\/abbr> in the company of a small group of analogs capable of operating very long duration missions in isolated and confined environments similar to Mars500, Concordia and the International Space Station.<\/p>\n

—By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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