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October 27, 2008 The Mars Institute is seeking applications for a position on the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP): Logistics Manager Application Deadline (Electronic Submission Only): Friday, 21 November 2008, 5:00 pm PST. Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. Notifications will be made by email within 1 week of the deadline. Interviews will be by invitation only and will take place in downtown Vancouver, BC on Saturday, 29 November 2008.
October 15, 2008 The Mars Institute Supports Lunar Rover Tests in Arizona The Mars Institute was invited to participate in the annual Desert RATS, or Research and Technology Studies field test being held in Arizona in late October. Dr. Pascal Lee and Nicholas Wilkinson will be joining the NASA Desert RATS team providing support with the Mars Institute's traverse management system software. As well Dr. Lee will be one of the geologists along with an astronaut who will conduct one-day and three-day drives of the Small Pressurized Rover (SPR) with and without a pressurized cabin.
Monday, July 7, 2008 
The HMP Research Station is Fully Operational for the 2008 Field Season The Mars Institute advanced teams arrived in Resolute Bay on June 26th and have since opened up the HMP Research Station for this years longer field season. Researchers are already performing their work and today Internet communications were established. Over 80 participants from over 15 institutions and two space agencies will make their way to Haughton Crater to conduct an exciting science and exploration research program. This years field season is expected to run through to mid-August, our longest deployment to date and will include the total solar eclipse on August 1st. This year we plan to keep you even better informed on a daily basis using a variety of online social networking tools including:
As well we're planning webcasts of various events which may include the eclipse itself. Stay tuned for me details on the webcast schedule. And of course when full communications have been setup we'll turn on our live webcams. Friday, February 22, 2008
2008 Field Season Plans Shaping up for the HMP Research Station The Mars Institute has concluded its yearly goodwill visit to Inuit communities in the Canadian high arctic and has made them aware of our tentative plans for this summers deployment to the HMP Research Station on Devon Island. We're planning another exciting field campaign with researchers from several institutions as well the Canadian Space Agency. We're also hoping to have other space agencies collaborating as well. And we have a bonus this year, on August the 1st there will be a total solar eclipse and the HMP Research Station is directly in the path of totality so we should have an excellent viewing and research opportunity, weather permitting of course.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007 
Conference to Discuss Exploration of the two Moons of Mars The Mars Institute is co-convening this week a unique scientific meeting titled "First International Conference on the Exploration of Phobos and Deimos: The Science, Robotic Reconnaissance, and Human Exploration of the Two Moons of Mars." The conference is being held at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California. The meeting is bringing together scientists, engineers, space exploration professionals, and students from around the world to discuss over three intense days (5-7 Nov 2007) the exploration of Mars's two mysterious satellites and how their exploration relates to that of the Moon, Mars, small bodies, and the solar system beyond.
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