2014-2015 Field Season
Nov. 1 – Nov. 16 MDRS Crew 142 - Mars Arctic 365 - Team Finalist #1 (Organized by Dr. Robert Zubrin)
Nov. 15 – Nov. 30 MDRS Crew 143 - Mars Arctic 365 - Team Finalist #2 (Organized by Dr. Robert Zubrin)
Nov. 29 – Dec. 14 MDRS Crew 144 - Mars Arctic 365 - Team Finalist #3 (Organized by Dr. Robert Zubrin)
Dec. 13 – Dec. 28 MDRS Crew 145 - Mars without Borders (Commander Dr. Susan Jewell)
Dec. 27 – Jan. 11 MDRS Crew 146 - Mission Red Planet (Commander Nick Orenstein)
Jan. 10 – Jan. 25 MDRS Crew 147 - Team ISU (Commander Romain Charles)
Jan. 24 – Feb. 8 MDRS Crew 148 - Team RAR-2 (Commander Lucie Poulet)
Feb. 7 – Feb. 22 MDRS Crew 149 - Tharsis Project (Commander Paul Bakken)
Feb. 21 – Mar. 15 MDRS Crew 150 - Team Peru (3 week rotation) (Organized by Dr. Alexander Diaz)
Mar. 15 – Mar. 29 MDRS Crew 151 - International Emerging Space Leaders (ERUA, Supaero, York)
Mar. 28 – Apr. 12 MDRS Crew 152-A & MDRS Crew 152-B - Lonestar Highlanders (Organized by Dr. April Andreas)
Apr. 11 – Apr. 26 MDRS Crew 153 - Mission to Mars UCL (Commander Bastien Mathurin)
Apr. 25 - May 16 MDRS Crew 154
Previous Season: 2013-2014 Field Season | Prior Seasons
Congratulations to all of the teams who competed in the 2014 University Rover Challenge May 29th - 31st! Check out the URC 2014 Images.
Please consider a donation to the John Barainca MDRS Memorial Scholarship!
2015-16 Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) Crew Application
Looking for an opportunity to be involved at MDRS next field season?
See below for the application for the 2015-16 MDRS crew rotations. We are also looking volunteers to serve as part of MDRS Mission Support.
2015-2016 Crew Application [word]
The Mars Society & MDRS Management Staff (04.04.15)
MDRS Loses a Member of Its Family
We announce with great sadness the passing of John Barainca (1935-2015), one of the founding members of the Mars Society and a dedicated supporter of the organization's Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS). John played a key role in establishing the MDRS facility by helping select its location in Utah and working as part of the crew that built the station. He served as long-time Hab manager, volunteering countless hours to repair and improve the station, manage its field seasons and train its crews. In addition, John participated as part of the MDRS astronomy team.