All-Female Crew Sets Off for Historic 'Mars' Mission

By Chelsea Gohd, Featuring Makiah Eustice, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow

This past Saturday (Jan. 4) in Hawaii, on the remote slopes of Mauna Loa, the largest volcano in the world, six scientists embarked on a historic "mission to Mars."

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Fashioning the Future With: Makiah Eustice

By Kristen O. Bobst, Featuring Makiah Eustice, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow

We were thrilled to ask Makiah all about her journey to space including where she wants to travel in the solar system, what it was like being a member of analog Mars missions, who inspires her, and even what super cool instrument she plays in her free time! Meet Makiah Eustice, member of the U.S. Air Force, astronomically awesome woman in STEM, and fierce future explorer of other worlds!

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Summer Vacation on Mars

By Jan McHarg, featuring Makiah Eustice, 2017 Brooke Owens Fellow

Five Aggies kicked off their summer with a trip to “Mars,” a simulation program of extraterrestrial operations and research, offered through Mars Academy USA (MAU). Engineering and science students from Texas A&M’s Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (TAMU SEDS) lived in confinement and isolation in a habitat situated in Soledad Canyon, California to conduct research that will aid in propelling our species toward life on the red planet.

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