These Astronauts are Preparing for Life on Mars by Living in Hawaiian Lava Tubes

“From the volcanic surfaces of Hawai‘i to the arid deserts of the Atacama, humans are finding clever ways to prepare for life beyond our blue dot.”

—Read more at Popular Science

Inside the Experiment to Create Mars on Earth

“A hostile landscape. Cramped quarters. Dehydrated food. A photographer takes part in an attempt to live on another planet.”

—Read more at Smithsonian Magazine

“I was very lucky to have a great crew. No isolated group can be immune to any arguments, but everyone did an amazing job of working through any issues we had….We spent a lot of time talking about how to avoid conflict. Incredibly, not once did anyone use a personal insult.”

They eat, breathe, and weigh less than men, which, in the context of a months-long space flight, could be a real game-changer. Plus, they bring soft skills that might make the trip a lot more pleasant.

—Read more at Marie Claire

Mission Equality: Expanding Equal Opportunities in Space

How women are leading the trajectory of space economy and exploration.

—View the presentation at EXPO 2020 Dubai

Missions I - VI (NASA + UH)

Memories of the Last 200 Days of Mars

“As I crest the hill behind the dome for the first time, great broken fields of frozen lava turn their scarred faces upwards and greet me. I think: at some point, the whole world looked like this. Maybe at some point every solid planet looked like this.”

—Read more at the Huffington Post

Fake Astronauts Move Into Simulated Mars Colony on Hawai‘i Volcano

“There are very few people that would balk at the chance to spend four months in Hawaii. But let’s say you had to pass those four months shacked up in a 1,000-square-foot dome, shoulder-to-shoulder with five strangers … Still want in?”

—Read more at Discover Magazine

After a Year Pretending to be on Mars, NASA’s ‘Astronauts’ Are Back Home

“Considering the fact that our longest human spaceflight endeavors have simply been stays on the International Space Station or the Soviet station Mir, NASA has a lot of things to figure out before we can stomp all over the Red Planet.”

—Read more at The Washington Post

HI-SEAS Team Completes 8-Month Isolation Mission

A team of six volunteer scientists completed one of the most extensive studies of the demands of life on a distant world by closing themselves off to the rest of the world for eight months in an effort known as HI-SEAS.

—Read more at NASA

EMMIHS

EuroMoonMars + International MoonBase Alliance (IMA) + HI-SEAS (EMMIHS) is an initiative comprised of simulation mission campaigns at the IMA analogue facility, HI-SEAS, in Hawai‘i.

The crew of the EMMIHS campaigns are carefully selected to make for a close-knit group with a wide array of backgrounds. These interdisciplinary backgrounds help us create new insights for the technological advancements we want to achieve during our simulation missions. Besides aiding each other in the necessary fields to bring each simulation to success, this gives us the opportunity to spread our knowledge within and outside of the habitat.

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EMMIHS I

The research focus of the first EMMIHS I analog lunar mission was on astrobiology, geology, engineering challenges and outreach projects. One of the outreach projects includes the documentary Space Drop that was filmed during this mission. It came out on Amazon Prime in 2020.

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EMMIHS II

The overall focus of the EMMIHS II campaign was on geological, physical, organizational and psychological aspects of the HI-SEAS base and its direct surroundings.

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EMMIHS III

With a predominant focus on geological science and robot operations, EMMIHS-III aims to widen our knowledge on lava tubes and how to explore them.

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EMMIHS IV

EMMIHS IV is an Analog Astronaut Mission at HI-SEAS, aimed at researching the technical and sociological challenges of extraterrestrial habitation. It is initiated and supported by the European Space Agency.

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