Annalea Beattie

Annalea Beattie

Annalea Beattie is an artist and writer based in Melbourne, Australia, and her art practice is based on space science. She was recently elected a director of the National Space Society of Australia. Her art practice is based in space science and she is especially interested in what role art will play in small isolated communities living in extreme environments off-Earth. For the Mars 160 mission, her art based research explores how observation is key to the role of all field geologists, including those on a planetary exploration crew. Annalea is National Secretary and an Executive Director of the Mars Society Australia, a past member of Crew118 at the Mars Desert Research Station, a participant in Spaceward Bound New Zealand 2015 and a recent member of Spaceward Bound India. She has contributed to three Springer volumes that explore the challenges for humans living in frontier societies in the future on hostile planets such as Mars. She is currently studying a PhD in nonfiction at RMIT University, Melbourne. 

Latest articles by Annalea Beattie

Mars 160 Crewmember Annalea Beattie
Notes from Mars 160: Why Field Drawing Is Important to Mars Exploration

By Annalea Beattie Published

Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie explains why geological field drawing will be important for astronauts exploring the Red Planet.

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Mars 160 Crewmember Yusuke Murakami in Antarctica
Notes from Mars 160: The Space Architecture of Yusuke Murakami

By Annalea Beattie Published

Annalea Beattie discusses the "Dare Demo Dome" designed by her fellow Mars 160 crewmember Yusuke Murakami.

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Annalea Beattie on a 'Marswalk'
All Hab Systems Go at the Mars Desert Research Station

By Annalea Beattie Published

Annalea Beattie talks about life and work inside the habitat in the Utah Desert that she and her fellow Mars 160 crewmembers call home.

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Mars 160 Crewmember Annalea Beattie Drawing
Notes from Mars 160: The Science Work We're Doing

By Annalea Beattie Published

Annalea Beattie talks about the science work she and her fellow Mars 160 crewmembers are performing in the Utah desert.

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Mars 160 Crewmember Annalea Beattie
A Mars 160 Crew Message: CapCom, We Hear You!

By Annalea Beattie Published

Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie details how the Mars Society simulation stays in touch with Mission Control from their home base in Utah.

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Annalea Beattie at UK Camp
Mars 160 Crew Gets New Neighbors in the Utah Desert

By Annalea Beattie Published

Annalea Beattie and her fellow Mars 160 crewmembers have some new neighbors in the Utah desert — researchers testing out technology for future Red Planet rovers.

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Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie on Marswalk
Notes from Mars 160: Making Field Sketches During an EVA

By Annalea Beattie Published

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Mars 160 Crew
How the Mars 160 Crew Stays Busy and Healthy

By Annalea Beattie Published

Annalea Beattie describes what a typical day is like for her and her fellow Mars 160 crewmembers.

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Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie
Taking an EVA with the Mars 160 Crew

By Annalea Beattie Published

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Mars 160 Crewmember Annalea Beattie
Notes from Mars 160: Going Outside for a Marswalk

By Annalea Beattie Published

Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie is chronicling life and science on The Mars Society's Twin Desert-Arctic Analog mission. Here's what it takes to get outside the habitat for a science mission.

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The Mars Society's Mars 160 Twin Desert-Arctic Analog simulation is underway at the Mars Desert Research Station (shown here) in the Utah desert.
Notes from Mars 160: The Mars Society's Epic Simulation

By Annalea Beattie Published

Mars 160 crewmember Annalea Beattie is chronicling life and science on The Mars Society's Twin Desert-Arctic Analog simulation. See what it's like.

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