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'''Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition''' ('''AMASE''') uses [[Mars analog habitat|Mars analog]] sites on [[Svalbard]] for testing of science questions and payload instruments onboard [[Mars]] missions. AMASE has arranged annual expeditions on Svalbard since 2003 and is run by Vestfonna Geophysical AS and funded by the Norwegian Space Centre, [[ESA]] and [[NASA]].

Payload instruments CheMin and SAM onboard NASA's [[Curiosity rover]] were deployed on AMASE in 2006–2011. Field deployment of payload instruments onboard ESA's [[ExoMars]] rover has been ongoing since 2007.

In 2007 ESA organized a competition, won by a student from [[Technical University of Denmark]], which allowed the winner to carry out her own experiment during the expedition as well as assist in other experiments and activities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Education/Winner_announced_in_AMASE_contest|title=Winner announced in AMASE contest|publisher=[[ESA]]|date=31 July 2007|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref><ref name="student2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Student_joins_AMASE_expedition_in_Svalbard|title=Student joins AMASE expedition in Svalbard|publisher=[[ESA]]|date=15 August 2007|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref>

==Dates of the expeditions==
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* 12 August 2007 – 26 August 2007<ref name="student2007"/>
* 4 August 2008 – 17 August 2008<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/13077|title=ExoMars PanCam Field Test Report from the Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition (AMASE) 2008|publisher=[[Aberystwyth University]]|date=November 2008|access-date=20 August 2015|archive-date=14 March 2016|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20160314112818/http%3A//cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/13077|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 1 August 2009 – 24 August 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.astrobio.net/expedition/amase-2009-expedition-takes-off/|title=AMASE 2009 Expedition Takes Off|publisher=Astrobiology Magazine|first1=Juan D.|last1=Rodriguez|date=10 August 2009|access-date=20 August 2015}}</ref>
* 9 August 2010 – 25 August 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/reports/annual-reports/2010/ciw/project-6-application-of-laboratory-experimentation-to-flight-instrument-testing/ |title=Project 6: Application of Laboratory Experimentation to Flight Instrument Testing |publisher=[[NASA]] |first1=Andrew |last1=Steele |access-date=20 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130305061513/https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/reports/annual-reports/2010/ciw/project-6-application-of-laboratory-experimentation-to-flight-instrument-testing/ |archive-date=5 March 2013 }}</ref>
* 8 August 2011 – 21 August 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.proviscout.eu/downloads/PRVC_D6.4.1-publishable-Summary.pdf|title=D6.4.1 AMASE Contribution Report|publisher=PRoVi Scout - Planetary Robotics Vision Scout|date=31 March 2012|access-date=20 August 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304094247/http://www.proviscout.eu/downloads/PRVC_D6.4.1-publishable-Summary.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/mars/news/amase/ AMASE Mission], NASA
*[http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Preparing_for_the_Future/Space_for_Earth/Arctic/Mars_in_the_Arctic Mars in the Arctic], ESA
*[http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/svalbard.html Exploring Mars on Earth: The Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition], [[Planetary Society]]
*[http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Human_Spaceflight/Education/AMASE_student_blog_Arrival_at_Longyearbyen AMASE student blog: Arrival at Longyearbyen] (Blog entries available in right-hand menu)

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