posted 03-03-2025 07:43 PM               

The Mars Society is a nonprofit organization that advocates for human exploration and colonization of Mars. It hosts research analog missions at two locations:

• The Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island in Canada and

• The Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in the desert in southern Utah.

Over the last ten years I have supported The Mars Society by helping analog crews design their mission patches, often with the assistance of Jorge Cartes R.

To thank me, last year they invited me to participate in a two-week analog mission at the Mars Desert Research Station in southern Utah later this year. For the first time I have designed a crew patch with my name on it. My role is that of an embedded crew artist and I'll be creating artwork to illustrate the experience.

Phoenix Crewmates:

• CDR: David Laude
  
• XO/Crew Engineer: Michael Andrews,
  
• Health and Safety Officer: Urban Koi
  
• GreenHab Officer/Journalist: Elena Saavedra Buckley