Asclepios - An analogue astronaut mission

Do you know that in Switzerland there is an analogue astronaut mission, Asclepios, entirely organized and run by students? Analogue missions are field tests in locations that have physical similarities to the extreme space environments. They allow aspiring astronauts to train and to test new technologies before using them in Space. Moreover, they also allow scientists to observe the behavioral effects of isolation, confinement and team dynamics.

Join us in this Space Café event, on September 29, 2022, at 14:00 to learn more about Asclepios and its last mission. This event will take place in a hybrid mode, on-site (Irchel campus) and online. However, seats are limited and will be assigned on a first come-first serve basis. Registration at the end of this page

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Asclepios is a non-profit organization based in Switzerland, with the aim of training the next generation of space leaders and contribute to the scientific effort to take humanity into space by running analogue astronaut missions. What makes Asclepios special is that it is the only analog mission entirely organized and run by students.
During the presentation, we will introduce the Asclepios project, as well as the second Asclepios mission that took place this summer. First, we will go over the some remarkable events that defined the design phase of the mission, such as the training of the analog astronauts.  In a second phase, we will present the challenges and results of the Asclepios II mission that took place this summer in the Sasso San Gottardo on the Swiss Alps.

Emma Chehab is 23 years old and comes from France. She is a student in robotics at EPFL with a minor in space technologies as well as a Head of  Astronaut in the analogue space mission Asclepios III. She is interested in space robotics and space exploration. In her free time, she is involved in the EPFL first aid team, she teaches science to children and loves rowing.

Jessica Kehala Studer is a final year medical student. After a master of Arts in music, she studied pharmacology and biomedical sciences before turning to human medicine. During an internship at CNES, she conducted research at the Spaceship FR/MEDES and she is now continuing this work as part of her PhD at the Artorg Center in Bern. Since 2021 she is also a biomedical engineer and flight surgeon for Asclepios.