18 September 2017
'Mars crew' emerge from isolation after 8 months study on Hawaii
... a habitable volume of ~368 cubic metres and a usable floor space of ~111 square metres, that is located on the Mauna Loa side of the saddle area on the Big Island of Hawaii. At approximately 8200 feet above sea level, the...
May 2017
Recipe for success on flights to Mars
... mission, ran for eight months up to June 2015. During this time, we lived in a dome on the side of the Mauna Loa volcano in Hawaii, in the middle of a desolate lava field. We didn’t see people beyond the members of our crew...
August 2018
Measuring the pulse of Mars
... pale in comparison to their martian counterparts; Olympus Mons for example is nearly 100 times greater in volume than Mauna Loa in Hawaii, the largest shield volcano on Earth. Although no active volcanoes have been discovered on Mars - the last...
15 May 2020
An unexpected meeting could see Solar Orbiter study Comet ATLAS
... it its name; the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) - a robotic astronomical survey stationed atop Mauna Loa in Hawaii. With a 4000-fold increase in brightness between the beginning of February and near the end of March...
