Scientist Travel to Unihabited Island to Study Mars

A group of professors from U.S. Challenger-Learning Centers traveled to the Earth's most uninhabited island, Devon Island in Nunavut, Canada, to see how scientist would function in a Martian atmosphere. According to this article from The Daily Reveille, of Louisiana State University, they also tested rover models and new space suit designs. The expedition leaders were Keith Cowing, editor of NASAWatch, and Matthew Reyes, a space biologist. Also amoung the scientist was Leroy Chiao, a mechanical-engineering professor currently visiting LSU.

The expedition took six days and used the Haughton-Mars Project Research Station, which is primarily funded by NASA. The Haughton-Mars Project will help researchers understand the potential difficulties that future Mars Scientists (and rovers) will have when visiting Mars.