Astrobiological Research and Education Society

As I graduate this May and start the next chapter of my life, I want to thank the Astrobiological Research and Education Society (ARES) for giving me life-changing opportunities that have shaped me into the person I am today. Providing these experiences for other students after me is only made possible by generous donations and gifts from people like you made at https://www.fit.edu/giving/what-to-support/ares/. ❤️

This year, as the Director of the ARES Future Astronaut Corps (AFAC), I am excited to announce that I am offering two programs this year for our students which will only be possible with your support:

(1) 👩‍🚀 Analog Astronaut Mission at the Inflatable Lunar/Martian Analog Habitat (ILMAH): 4 students from Florida Institute of Technology will participate in a 2-week simulated astronaut mission in collaboration with the University of North Dakota. The analog astronauts will undertake student-led research and education projects, live in an isolated habitat, and perform simulated EVAs in mock spacesuits. These missions are crucial in helping us prepare humans for long duration space missions to Mars and the Moon. 🌕

(2) 🚀 Spacesuit Testing and Water Egress Training at Biosphere 2: In collaboration with the Center for Human Space Exploration (CHaSE) at the University of Arizona, we will be sending 5 students for intensive training on donning and doffing pressurized EVA spacesuits and egressing from spacecraft. In addition, the students will get to tour Biosphere 2 and learn about aerospace physiology. 👩‍⚕️

💕 In order to keep these programs sustainable and running after I graduate, we are opening up for donations to ARES to support our student opportunities at the following link: https://lnkd.in/ek3d-KnV . If you or your organization are unable to donate, we would greatly appreciate sharing with your network and spreading the word to potential donors!

These programs are not only crucial in helping us better understand how humans may fare on long duration space missions psychologically and physiologically, but in exposing students to amazing research and training experiences. 👩‍🎓

You can read about our previous work here: https://news.fit.edu/archive/interstellar-florida-tech-students-and-alumna-take-on-mars/, and I am currently working on an analog mission documentary which I hope to share soon. Thank you for supporting pivotal research on humans in space and in making these experiences accessible to students and aspiring future astronauts!!

For a kick-off to Space Week, please join us for an Astronaut Talk with Col. Mike Fossum at 9 am in the Hartley Room and a Fallen Astronaut Memorial at 3:30 in Columbia Village. The Artemis II astronauts will also be announced today by NASA at 11 am!!

Space Week 2023 is almost here! Join ARES, AIAA, Rocketry Club, SAS, SEDS, and SPS for a week full of out-of-this-world fun!

ARES Fundraiser tonight at 5 - 8 pm in the SUB! Do homework, eat subs, and support ARES! 20% of all proceeds will go to our organization.

ARES (represented by Alita Regi) and HOPE (represented by Nick Lewis) have won BOTH the Homecoming lip sync competition and the window painting competition this week!! 🤩 Please VOTE for ARES on Instagram (1 like = 1 vote), we are so close to winning Homecoming Royalty! https://instagram.com/p/CqENLFhuCkD/?utm_source=qr Share with friends and family!

Alita Regi & Nickolas Lewis representing ARES and HOPE Club #FloridaTechHoCo2023

Compete in a raffle for the chance to win tickets to Disney!! Your $10 purchase will be donated to United Way Brevard and will support ARES in the 2023 Homecoming Royalty competition. Please spread the word to help us raise donations!

ARES is holding another Study Night Fundraiser this Monday, December 5th from 6 - 9 pm with the Firehouse Subs in the SUB! Come study and work on assignments, eat discounted food, and support your favorite organization!

Join us for ARES Science Cinema with Doc Harris and Dr. Lingam this Friday, December 2nd from 6 - 9 pm in OEC 118! 🎬 Watch Arrival with professor commentary, eat snacks, and participate in an open discussion of the science behind the film after the screening! This is the first time we've done Science Cinema for several years, so you won't want to miss it!!

Study Night with ARES on Monday, November 28th and Monday, December 5th from 6 - 9 pm at the Firehouse Subs in the SUB! Food will be discounted and a percentage of all proceeds made will go to ARES, so please come to support ARES!

ARES General Meeting TONIGHT at 6 pm in OEC 118! If we don't see you there, we hope you have a great Thanksgiving!

ARES will have a table at Discovery Days TOMORROW (Saturday, November 19th) from 1 - 3:30 pm under the giant tent on the Crawford Greens! Stop by and say hello!

ARES will be collaborating with Rocketry Club TOMORROW, Wednesday, November 16th for a Pie-A-Professor at Market Day from 11 am - 1 pm in Crawford Greens! $5 to pie Dr. Palmer and Doc Harris. We will also be selling ARES stickers from 10 am - 2 pm and tabling, so be sure to stop by!