Improving Food Security Through Capacity Building

Food security – the consistent availability and affordability of food – is a basic human need, yet it remains elusive for billions of people around the world. In Southeast Asia, rising temperatures, increasingly variable weather, and low water levels along the Mekong River threaten livelihoods and food production. This data is the ultimate tool in building capacity within food systems –…

Support team at SMOPS mission

Analogue astronaut missions require strong organisation and planning.The SMOPS mission involves several people in different fields and activities: . Support organisation and management : Federico Monaco, Paolo Guardabasso and Vittorio Netti, with Mars Planet. . Experiment support and crew activities : Anna Nelson, Laura Sopegno, Guillaume Thirion. . Outreach activities : Federico Monaco, Paolo Guardabasso,…

The importance of the analogue research

Space missions are fundamental for technological, scientific and social advancement of humans ????????️ Analogue research helps us identify the challenges and test potential solutions for planetary exploration, never forgetting Earth applications ???? Analogue sites and stations bring people together, and fuel our desire to search and discover. ???????? Check our website www.smops.space and @marsplanet_org‘s LinkedIn page…

The importance of Space Medicine

The Space Medicine Operations (SMOPS) #analogue mission, organised by Mars Planet, will take several experiments and technologies to the The Mars Society’s Mars Desert Research Station this November. The mission is mainly focused on future astronauts’ #health monitoring, and on #technologies that could support their activities in remote locations (both on Earth and on other…