This summer was one of adventure for the entire core SAM crew.
Kai and Trent enjoyed a trip down the Grand Canyon mid-May with directors and volunteers for the National Space Society, the final voyage of this seasonal journey in memory of the incredible (and greatly missed) Anita Gale who ventured off of planet Earth in May of 2024. Kai and Colleen attended the National Geographic Society’s Explorers Fest and then ventured on to Mongolia for six weeks, teaching English and exploring the foot of the country’s largest glacier, and kayaking wild rivers. Trent was wreck diving with the Explorers Club. Luna enjoyed time with family in rural Maine. Griffin took his first trip overseas and presented two papers for SAM at ICES 2025, Prague. Atila explored beaches and jungle in his home country of Peru. Bindhu attended a conference related to the growing SAM MedBay project, and visited colleagues from the Analog Astronaut Conference in England, riding her first wave on a surf board! Nathan explored lava tubes in Hawaii. And Matthias ventured to Devon Island with the Mars Society as XO for the Advance Team to prepare the Flashline station for Missions 17 and 18.
And somehow, despite the incredible travel, we got a lot done at SAM!
