{"id":75250,"date":"2018-02-16T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-17T02:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=75250"},"modified":"2020-08-07T14:30:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T00:30:25","slug":"hi-seas-vi-crew-enters-habitat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/16\/hi-seas-vi-crew-enters-habitat\/","title":{"rendered":"HI-SEAS crew enters habitat, Mission <abbr title=\"six\">VI<\/abbr> commences"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>(<strong>Editor&#8217;s note, February 26<\/strong>&#8212;<abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr>S Mission VI has been cancelled as a crew member has voluntarily withdrawn their participation in the study. Regrettably, it is not possible to perform a mission with a crew of three. Further, an investigation is ongoing into an incident which occurred on February 19, 2018, temporarily suspending the mission. After a full safety inspection of the habitat has been performed, a new call for applicants will be released to compose a new crew for another mission based on a review by the institutional review board.)<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>Editor&#8217;s note, February 19<\/strong>&#8212;A crew member of the <abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> Mission <abbr title=\"six\">VI<\/abbr> was admitted to the Hilo Medical Center for required medical attention and was under observation for a few hours before being released.)<\/p>\n<p>Under Institutional Research Board regulations, no further medical information can be provided without the crew member\u2019s permission.\u00a0Crew safety is the top priority and, in line with safety protocols, the mission has been postponed and the crew has left the dome, according to <abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> Principal Investigator Kim Binsted. The mission will remain suspended until an inspection of the dome and investigation are completed.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5nJBC7l0AQ8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>On the afternoon on February 15, 2018, as a light drizzle fell, four astronaut-like crewmembers entered the geodesic dome at the 8,200 foot level of Mars-like Mauna Loa, their home on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island for the next eight months.<\/p>\n<p>They are participants in the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/hi-seas.org\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Space Exploration Analog and Simulation<\/a> (<abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr>) Mission <abbr title=\"Roman numeral six\">VI<\/abbr>. The isolated <abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> habitat is approximately 13,000 cubic feet and has sleeping quarters for six, a kitchen, laboratory, bathroom and simulated airlock.<\/p>\n<p>The habitat shelters the most international crew in the project\u2019s history, hailing from Australia, Korea, Scotland and Slovakia. It is also the first four-member crew.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/02\/12\/hi-seas-mission-vi-most-international-in-study-history\/\"><abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> Mission <abbr title=\"Roman numeral six\">VI<\/abbr> is the most international crew in study history<\/a>, February 12, 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Science Officer Michaela Musilova said, &ldquo;I think in the first few weeks and months we\u2019ll have to get used to the fact that it\u2019s just going to be the four of us here with all the restricted conditions we\u2019ll be living in&#8212;whether food, the lack of proper communication with Earth and having to deal with all various problems that are going to occur just by ourselves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The simulation includes a communications delay each way of 20 minutes and the use of only shelf-stable ingredients in food preparation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My personal challenge will be the (shelf-stable) food because I like to eat good food, fresh food, but I\u2019ll try to be creative to make something that can be enjoyable for all of our crew members,&rdquo; said Crew Commander Sukjin Han.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-month research study of human behavior and performance aims to help determine the individual and team requirements for long-duration space missions.<\/p>\n<p>Principal Investigator and <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Professor <strong>Kim Binsted<\/strong> said, &ldquo;If we are going to go to Mars or other destinations in the solar system, we have to make sure that we are prepared&#8212;that we have the right people and the right equipment and we put them together in a way that\u2019s going to get people there and back again safely.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_75253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-75253\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/manoa-hi-seas-vi-piano.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/manoa-hi-seas-vi-piano-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A keyboard\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-75253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/manoa-hi-seas-vi-piano-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/manoa-hi-seas-vi-piano-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/manoa-hi-seas-vi-piano.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-75253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The addition of a keyboard gives the crewmembers another opportunity to relax<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A recent addition to the habitat&#8212;a piano-like keyboard\u2014may help to break the monotony. Chief Engineer Calum Hervieu has been known to tickle the ivories.<\/p>\n<p>Hervieu, who hails from Scotland, said he is excited to be there: &ldquo;It\u2019s a chance to do science in a completely different way. It\u2019s a chance to experience analogs and bring that back to Europe as well, where I\u2019m from.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Although the four-person crew will be dividing up tasks that were previously accomplished by six-person crews, they have ambitious plans for the months ahead.<\/p>\n<p>Said Communications Specialist Lisa Stojanovski, &ldquo;I think what I\u2019m really excited about for this mission is the ability to bring everyone else along for the journey with us. So I\u2019m hoping to do lots of education and outreach and get community involved about this mission and why space exploration and Mars exploration is so important.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/hi-seas\/\">Read more <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News stories about <abbr title=\"Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation\">HI-SEAS<\/abbr> missions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Kelli Trifonovitch<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 15, the most international <abbr>HI-SEAS<\/abbr> crew entered the geodesic dome at the 8,200 foot level of Mars-like Mauna Loa, their home on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> Island for the next eight months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,12],"tags":[442,9,56],"class_list":["post-75250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-video","tag-hi-seas","tag-uh-manoa","tag-video-2","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75250"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124654,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75250\/revisions\/124654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}