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Dhofar readying for Mars mission trials
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The Austrian Space Forum (OeWF) in partnership with the Sultanate of Oman will conduct a highly international Mars analog field simulation in the Dhofar Governorate in February 2018.
A six-member strong team of astronauts has been preparing to come to the Dhofar desert next year in an attempt to simulate what life
will be like on Mars.
The four-week mission Amadee-18 is directed by Mission Support Center in Austria in partnership with the Oman National Steering Committee.
There will be a total of 19 experiments in the fields of geosciences, engineering, planetary surface operations, life sciences including astrobiology and human factors.