MDRS Crew 57
Expedition Mars Analogue Research Series 3
January 7 - 20, 2007

Name	Speciality
Lealem Mulugeta	Commander
Danielle Cormier	Executive Officer
Jon Pineau	Chief Engineer
Randall Shelaga	Field Engineer
Melissa Battler	Geologist
Olathe Clark	Biologist

Lealem Mulugeta	Lealem Mulugeta was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia but has lived over half his life in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering (Aerospace Option) from University of Manitoba. As an undergraduate, Lealem spent several years researching the effect of microgravity on liquid metals and implementing ground-based liquid diffusion research in preparation for future microgravity studies aboard the International Space Station. As part of his research activities he also designed and developed experimental apparatus for use in the ATEN furnace aboard the International Space Station. Shortly after earning his B.Sc. ME, Lealem was selected by the MSC to serve as a Field Engineer on Expedition Beta (MDRS Crew 44). Lealem also worked at Magellan Bristol Aerospace as a Mechanical Designer within the Space Systems department where he contributed to the design and development of the CASSIOPE satellite bus structure. Lealem is planning to enter graduate studies in the near future in areas relating to advanced surface exploration of the Moon and Mars.
Danielle Cormier	Danielle Cormier works for the Canadian Space Agency as a Flight Controller for the Robotics Systems of the International Space Station. She is one of the nine Canadian members of the NASA group that plans and executes operations for the Space Shuttle and Space Station Robotics systems. Having grown up looking at the stars and dreaming of outer space in the small town of Amos, in northwestern Quebec, Danielle got her degree in Mechanical Engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal. She subsequently started at the Canadian Space Agency as a co-op student, which led to the position that she currently occupies. Danielle previously served as chief engineer on crew 44 (Expedition Beta) at MDRS.
Jon Pineau	Jon Pineau is a systems engineer for Stellar Solutions with a comprehensive technical background in aerospace engineering, systems engineering, and space systems research. This includes spacecraft and life support system design, space life sciences, controls and embedded system real-time programming, space systems integration and testing, and real-time operations. With experience in NASA planetary missions (MGS, Mars Odyssey, Stardust, Genesis), manned vehicle systems (Space Shuttle and International Space Station payloads), space-based instruments (Hubble Space Telescope, VIIRS for NPOESS, LAT for the Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope), and other programs, Jon's background combines broad systems engineering experience with hands-on technical expertise in space and ground system I&T. Growing up in the beautiful Rocky Mountains staring up at the dark and limitless skies Jon's passion in space and exploration began. This developed into a way of life and has resulted in the exploration of many amazing, harsh, and beautiful environments across the world as well as providing energy to support the many space programs of which he feels privileged to be part of. Earth bound explorations usually include mountain biking, rock climbing, scuba diving, mountaineering, and skiing.
Randall Shelaga	Randall Shelaga has over twenty years of experience in Aerospace Engineering ranging from the design of flight test installations to structures and systems installations for military aircraft, regional airliners and business jets. Currently he is the Manager, Airworthiness for SPAR Aerospace Ltd. in Edmonton, Alberta. In his spare time, he enjoys being outdoors looking at the night sky, wondering when man will travel to Mars. As a child he watched man first orbit the earth and step on the moon, as an adult he shared in the loss of the Challenger and Columbia crews. He is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (Edmonton Centre). In 1998 when he read "The Case for Mars" this childhood love of astronomy and space exploration was renewed and fast became a passion. This passion has since grown, he was the Chief Engineer and Phase 2 Commander for MSC's Expedition Alpha (MDRS Crew 30) and has since sought ways to increase his involvement with Mars Analogue Research.
Melissa Battler	Melissa Battler is currently working on her M.Sc. in Planetary Geology at the University of New Brunswick's Planetary and Space Science Centre. She is developing a lunar highland regolith simulant, to help validate the design of lunar excavation equipment for upcoming missions to the Moon. During the summer of 2004 she attended NASA Ames Astrobiology Academy, where she began working on a Spanish/American Mars Drilling Project, MARTE. She still works with NASA Ames scientists on the NASA Spaceward Bound program and as an active member of the MARTE Science Team. She has served on four training & research missions at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah; as Crew Geologist on Expedition One (Mar 2003); as Research Manager/Science Instructor on Expedition Alpha (Dec 2004); and as Commander/Science Instructor on Expedition Beta (Feb 2006), and as Commander on Spaceward Bound Crew 4 (Jan 2007) and plans to continue managing operations of many future Mars analog missions, including the 4-month rotation this summer (2007) at the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS). She is a Canadian Space Agency Student Ambassador, President of the Mars Society of Canada, co-chair of the International Lunar Explorers Society, Canadian Representative for Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC), Advisor to the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Canada, founder of the Waterloo and Fredericton Space Societies, and a member of both the Association of Mars Explorers and the MDRS Remote Science Team. She enjoys rock-climbing, yoga, hiking, camping, ice-climbing, SCUBA diving, skydiving, traveling, and is working on her pilot's license. Her primary goal is to become an astronaut and to study the surfaces of the Moon and Mars, however she would be almost as happy to train future astronauts, and prepare them for extreme geological, atmospheric, and astrobiological exploration of other planets.
Olathe Clark	Olathe Clark is a Biologist specializing in bioregenerative life support and environmental microbiology. She is a M.Sc. candidate in Environmental Biology at the Controlled Environment Systems Research Facility (CESRF), at the University of Guelph, where she has studied for the last year. She is currently researching microbial succession under altered atmospheric conditions in plant-growth chambers. She has a M.Sc. in Space Studies from the International Space University in Strasbourg, France and graduated with first class honours from Dalhousie University with a B.Sc. in Biology. For the two years between her undergraduate degree and her first Masters, she honed her remote science abilities in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska as an Onboard Marine Biologist, collecting fisheries data for the US government.