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 Austrian Cave Sets Stage for Red Planet Voyage

Volunteers and professionals at the Austrian Space Forum are testing a prototype Mars space suit in a series of ice caves that provide conditions similar to those on the Red Planet. Humanity is still far away from a manned mission to the planet, but the enthusiasts here believe it will actually happen one day.
A dozen experiments are being conducted simultaneously in the caves. For example, the Magma Mars rover developed in Poland is navigating an ice surface. On board, it is carrying the Wisdom radar system, which is to be used on the next European Mars mission. The system can be used to analyse rocks at a depth of up to 3 meters.
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Austrian Space Forum successfully tests Mars suit 'Aouda.X' in Spain - Maiden trip for ESA's Mars rover 'Eurobot'

A team from the Austrian Space Forum (OEWF) will arrive back in Austria today following a week testing its analogue space suit "Aouda.X2 in the semi-desert of Rio Tinto in Spain. This suit has been developed over three years and is one of the best models of its kind worldwide.
The European Space Agency (ESA)  also participated in this mission with the Mars rover "Eurobot". This 1.5 million Euro prototype was been transported from the Netherlands to Spain and passed its first test under field conditions on Tuesday 19th April.
Valuable scientific and technical data have been collected between during the tests, which ran from Monday 18 to Thursday 21 April. Aouda.X and Eurobot completed several activities together, demonstrating it was possible to test the man-machine-interface, which will play a vital role in a real Mars mission.
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