While most people were enjoying the good weather during the spring holidays, 14 serious young analog astronauts – and their teachers – chose to stay inside. In fact, they spent two full days following the first EXPLORE Mission Intensive Training (EMIT) course online, given by experts in analog missions from the Austrian Space Forum (OeWF).
It was a full programme, with the students diving into mission planning, safety protocols, communication, and experiment design. They also got to grips with the various essential roles involved in analog space exploration and carried out hands-on exercises and role plays, putting into practice what they had learned.
There are many details of analog missions to remember, and we had so much material to work through, but we are already very impressed by the students’ progress and their commitment.
This was also the first time that our analog astronauts had met each other online, with English as the common language and space science as their shared passion. From what we saw, we are convinced that they will make a great team.
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