Inside Mars 160: The Mars Society's Red Planet Simulation in Pictures

The UK’s Q14 Rover

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The UK’s Q14 rover; the PanCam instrument is at the top.

Mars 160 Crewmembers

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Mars 160 crewmembers Alex, Jon and Annalea, with Steven, Peter and Mike from the UK’s Mars Utah Rover Field Investigation Team (MURFI).

Aerial View of the UK Camp

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Aerial view of the UK camp taken by the UK Space Agency's unmanned aerial vehicle.

Mission Operations Centre at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

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The Mission Operations Centre at the Harwell Science and Innovation campus in England.

Annalea Beattie at UK Camp

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Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie at the UK rover team's camp in the Utah desert.

Annalea Beattie on a 'Marswalk'

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Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie on a simulated Marswalk.

Mars 160 CrewmemberClaude-Michel Laroche

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Mars 160 crewmember Claude-Michel Laroche.

Yusuke Murakami and Claude-Michel Laroche

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Yusuke Murakami and Claude-Michel Laroche.

Mars 160 Crew with Plants

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Our crew, with Heather Hava in the middle.

Annalea Beattie Monitors Plants

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Me, taking my five daily photos of the tomatoes and bunching onions.

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