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The End of An Era and The Rebirth of US Space

 March 5, 2017May 25, 2020

Everyone in the business knew it was en route, though I’m not sure we were prepared for it to arrive quite so soon. In fact, technically we’re not prepared, as the …

 Leave a comment Categoriescrew TagsDragon, history, Russia, SpaceX

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Come Back to Earth

 November 5, 2016November 27, 2016

Hello world! It’s been a while. My previous post was signed, sealed, and delivered shortly before the flap on our dome’s backdoor opened and the HI-SEAS IV crew returned to …

 6 Comments Categoriescrew, habitat, things you miss, time

Landing: After a Year and a Day Away

 August 28, 2016November 27, 2016

A year and a day ago, I came here with a stack of books, a small pile of clothes, and a leather medical bag. The stack of books got larger. Don’t …

 18 Comments Categoriescrew, family, holidays, humanity, water

Ask Martians Anything: Send a Message to “Space”

 May 25, 2016June 21, 2016

When you boldly go where no one has gone before, there are a few things you can count on. Number one: you forgot something. Perhaps it was your toothbrush, your …

 7 Comments Categoriescrew, letters, missing Earth, things you miss, Uncategorized

100 EVAs, 100 Days to Earth

 May 12, 2016May 12, 2016

It’s one hundred and seven days to mission’s end. Sometimes, it seems like we’re a few days from home instead of 15 weeks. Most days, it feels like we just marked …

 Leave a comment Categoriescrew, gravity, interplanetary travel, physiology, Uncategorized Tagsaccidents, life after the mission

Story of The Year

 December 31, 2015January 4, 2016

Where were you a year ago? Were you better off? Worse off? In a different city, a different country? Not yet in a relationship, about to be a parent, learning …

 12 Comments Categoriescrew, food, future, spacesuits, Uncategorized

Dr. Mars

 December 17, 2015December 18, 2015

The day finally came. Before this week, I had performed surgery…on a telescope; on a camera; on the treadmill, once; and on the pedicycle… well, let’s just say more than once. …

 4 Comments Categoriescrew, emergency, EVA, habitat, health, medicine, spacesuits, Uncategorized

The Answer, Naturally, is 42

 October 10, 2015October 10, 2015

Welcome to the 42nd day of NASA’s longest simulated Mars mission! The day started with a bang. Or rather, a whimper. The whimper was the sound of our power systems …

 14 Comments Categoriescrew, EVA, habitat, power, spacesuits, Uncategorized Tagshydrogen fuel cell, solar

This Alien Shore: 1 Month on sMars

 September 27, 2015October 1, 2015

There are a number of oddities inherent to space missions. Some are obvious and predictable: communication delays and dependence upon spacesuits, for example. Others are a little more…unexpected. One of …

 17 Comments Categoriescrew, food, habitat, health, spacesuits, Uncategorized

A Long Last Look … At Lettuce

 September 7, 2015September 8, 2015

This is it: the last of the lettuce. If I’m lucky, I’ll see a fresh vegetable of some kind again in 4 weeks. As I look at it there in …

 6 Comments Categoriescrew, food, health, Uncategorized

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