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Mars Arctic 365 | a Mars Society Mission on Devon Island A Long-Duration Simulated Expedition to Mars to be Done in the Polar Desert of the Canadian High Arctic Menu Skip to content Home Missions Science Sponsors Press Multimedia Contribute Contact Us Like Us on Facebook TMS SITE The Latest News About Mars Arctic 365 December 9, 2014 Army officer competes for Mars Arctic 365 program A U.S. Army 1st lieutenant is competing to spend a year on a Canadian Island with the Mars Arctic 365 program. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ November 18, 2014 Mars Arctic 365 Finalists Test at MDRS Finalist candidates for the Mars Arctic 365 Mission (MA365) are currently participating in field testing and training at the Mars Society’s Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in southern Utah as part of the down select process. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ September 24, 2014 Mars Arctic 365 Mission Finalists to Test at MDRS Twenty one finalists have been selected for possible participation in the Mars Society’s Mars Arctic 365 (MA365) mission. These finalists have been divided into three crews of seven persons each and will be sent to the Mars Society’s Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in southern Utah for further training and to gain data for the remaining selection process that will lead to the choice of the final six-person crew to perform the MA365 mission. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ March 23, 2014 Mars Society Unveils Mars Arctic 365 Mission Patch The Mars Society unveiled yesterday the official mission patch for its Mars Arctic 365 (MA365) venture, a historic 12-month human Mars surface simulation that will conduct a unique program of field exploration in one of the most Mars-like environments on Earth – the Canadian Arctic, while operating under many of the same operational constraints as an actual human mission on Mars. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ March 18, 2014 Thinkfactory Media Shopping Mars Exploration Reality Series There is a second reality series project devoted to chronicling a mission to the Red Planet. Leslie Greif’s Thinkfactory Media (Hatfields & McCoys, Gene Simmons: Family Jewels) has partnered with The Mars Society, a non-profit organization dedicated to the exploration and settlement of the Red Planet, on an unscripted TV project that would document Mars Society’s year-long Mars simulation in the Canadian Arctic. Thinkfactory had been working with the Mars Society on the project for the past four months. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ March 1, 2014 Help Prepare for Red Planet Exploration by Donating to Mars-on-Earth Simulation The Mars Society, the world’s largest space advocacy group dedicated to the human exploration and settlement of the Red Planet, launched a special Indiegogo crowd-sourcing campaign today to help fund the organization’s Mars Arctic 365 (MA365) program, a historic one-year simulated human Mars mission in the Canadian Arctic. The online campaign, scheduled for 60 days, will seek to raise $100,000 to support this never before attempted Mars research initiative. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ February 28, 2014 Year-long Mock Mars Mission Picks Semifinalists for Canadian Arctic Crew An ambitious simulated Mars mission that will take place over a full year in the Canadian Arctic has whittled its pool of potential crewmembers by two-thirds. The nonprofit Mars Society has selected 62 semifinalists from a total of more than 200 applicants for its Mars Arctic 365 mission (MA365), which aims to help prepare humanity for a real manned Red Planet mission down the road. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ February 27, 2014 The Year-Long Mission to Mars, On Earth, With Polar Bears Far off though it may seem, people are getting ready to live on Mars. The Mars One mission is selecting contestants for a one-way trip/reality show that is scheduled to launch in 2022. At the same time, the Mars Society is in the process of finding a six-person crew for their most ambitious mission yet: a year of living 800 miles from the North Pole in the Canadian Arctic, starting this August. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ February 26, 2014 Mars Arctic 365 Mission Semi-Finalists Announced The semi-finalists for crew selection for the Mars Society’s Mars Arctic 365 (MA365) mission have been announced. Chosen from a group of over 200 applicants, the 62 semi-finalists consist of 49 men and 13 women drawn from 17 countries, including the United States, Canada, Brazil, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The 62 individuals selected represent a wide range of expertise and skills including geological, biological, medical, aerospace, mechanical and electrical engineering, mechanical trades, journalism and Arctic and wilderness survival training. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ December 29, 2013 Mission to Mars: Can Pilots Help Us Get to the Red Planet? Loaded near maximum weight, a flight of two Quest Kodiaks cruised in the Arctic summer sky over vast swaths of barren tundra and sea ice fraught with history. The steady thrum of their Pratt & Whitney turboprops was reassuring, although the pilots were inspired more than once to speculate whether the sea ice below could hold 7,000 pounds of airplane. If it ever came to that, a safe landing would only mark the beginning of a struggle to survive in a land that has seen many fail. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ November 1, 2013 Apply now for a yearlong mock Mars mission in Canadian Arctic If you’re ready to take a timeout from your life and spend a year living in the Arctic on a simulated Mars mission, the Mars Society wants to hear from you. The non-profit group, which advocates for manned exploration of the Red Planet, has released its requirements for the six volunteers who will be expected to spend 12 months at the society’s Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station on Canada’s Devon Island, which is about 900 miles (1,450 kilometers) from the North Pole, beginning in July 2014. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ October 13, 2013 Call for Volunteers: Mars Arctic 365 Mission The Mars Society is seeking six volunteers to participate as members of the crew of the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) during an extended simulation of human Mars exploration operations on Devon Island in northern Canada (August 2014 through July 2015). As currently planned, the crew will consist of four individuals chosen primarily for their skills as field scientists in areas including geology, geochemistry, microbiology, biochemistry and paleontology. Two additional crew members will be chosen primarily for their skills in engineering areas. The ability of crew members to support both roles is considered a strong plus. Read More _____________________________________________________________________________ September 13, 2013 Arctic Quest: Mission to Mars (Canada) Two Quest Kodiaks headed for Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada, on July 8, a daylong journey from Driggs, Idaho. Still short of the Arctic Circle, the expedition had already provided an opportunity to contemplate survival in the bush: Northbound from Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, where the heavily laden aircraft cleared customs and took on fuel, Richard Spencer’s fuel gauge began to drop, quickly, reaching zero in one tank while still an hour away f...