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Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) uses Mars analog sites on Svalbard for testing of science questions and payload instruments onboard Mars missions. AMASE has arranged annual expeditions on Svalbard since 2003 and is run by Vestfonna Geophysical AS and funded by the Norwegian Space Centre, ESA and NASA.

Payload instruments CheMin and SAM onboard NASA's Curiosity rover were deployed on AMASE in 2006–2011. Field deployment of payload instruments onboard ESA's ExoMars rover has been ongoing since 2007.

In 2007 ESA organized a competition, won by a student from Technical University of Denmark, which allowed the winner to carry out her own experiment during the expedition as well as assist in other experiments and activities.

Dates of the expeditions

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• 12 August 2007 – 26 August 2007
• 4 August 2008 – 17 August 2008
• 1 August 2009 – 24 August 2009
• 9 August 2010 – 25 August 2010
• 8 August 2011 – 21 August 2011

References

1. "Winner announced in AMASE contest". ESA. 31 July 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
2. ^ "Student joins AMASE expedition in Svalbard". ESA. 15 August 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
3. "ExoMars PanCam Field Test Report from the Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) 2008". Aberystwyth University. November 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
4. Rodriguez, Juan D. (10 August 2009). "AMASE 2009 Expedition Takes Off". Astrobiology Magazine. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
5. Steele, Andrew. "Project 6: Application of Laboratory Experimentation to Flight Instrument Testing". NASA. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
6. "D6.4.1 AMASE Contribution Report" (PDF). PRoVi Scout - Planetary Robotics Vision Scout. 31 March 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

External links

• AMASE Mission, NASA
• Mars in the Arctic, ESA
• Exploring Mars on Earth: The Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition, Planetary Society
• AMASE student blog: Arrival at Longyearbyen (Blog entries available in right-hand menu)

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21st-century proposals	Active Mars Base Camp SpaceX Mars program Passive Austere Human Missions to Mars Mars Piloted Orbital Station Mars to Stay Former Aurora programme Constellation program Mars One Inspiration Mars Vision for Space Exploration
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Mars analogs (list)	MARS-500 Mars Analogue Research Station Program FMARS MDRS Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition Concordia Station HI-SEAS NEEMO
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