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Medical research on ice

12 June 2008

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The Concordia Station is a scientific base built in Antarctica by the French Polar Institute (IPEV) and the Italian Antarctic Programme (PNRA)

Credits: Y. Frenot/IPEV

Long-Term Medical Survey

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Prototype device to collect physiological data

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To facilitate the collection of physiological data, ESA commissioned the development of an easy-to-use, minimally intrusive, integrated monitoring device, taking into account that the majority of Concordia crewmembers have no medical background. The first prototype was recently shipped to Antarctica and is now being evaluated by the Concordia crew.

Credits: CSEM SA 2007

Black water treatment unit for Concordia Preparing a human mission to Mars via Antarctica and Toulouse