IPN graduates train to explore Mars

The aim of the first Mexican Exploration Mission (Mex- 1) is to promote space exploration as an opportunity for development and innovation in several scientific disciplines, as well as encouraging interest in the aerospace field.

In a statement, it was revealed that two graduates from the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN) are participating in this mission, which is taking place in the Utah desert , in the United States.

Walter Abdías Calles Glass

, who's an engineer in communications and electronics, and César Augusto Serrano Baza , a mechanical engineer, both from the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering ( ESIME ) are part of the group of experts participating in the 201 Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) mission , organized by the Mars Society , which ends today.

During the mission, the Analog Mission Mex-1 installed an antenna (VSAT) under the conditions that astronauts would have to face in Mars, such as different temperature, climate, pressure, terrain, atmosphere, and logistics.

The IPN graduates hope that this is the first of many missions and explained that the Mars Society is a non-profit organization based in the United States , which promotes research and space exploration worldwide , as well as the development of knowledge that can provide technology for future missions to Mars.

This organization re created a habitat that resembles the inhospitable conditions of Mars in the Utah desert.

The experts explained that the calls for the analogous missions of Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) are open to students, professionals , and scientists who have an interest in space and whose experiments can provide protocols, technologies , and knowledge for a real space mission.

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