Asclepios VI

The executive team is responsible for overseeing the preparation and execution of the mission. They mentor, coordinate and support all the VPs with their teams’ activities.

The astronauts team handles everything related to the astronaut crew of the Asclepios missions. They are responsible for every step of the recruitment and selection of the crew. Once the crew is recruited, its training (survival, science, communication protocols, teamwork) is their responsibility.

The Science team interfaces between Asclepios and our scientific collaborators. Each year, the Science team puts out a Call for Projects to solicit proposals from academia and industry for projects to test in the Asclepios mission. Science team members collaborate with Principal Investigators throughout the year to implement their experiments in the mission. The Science team also plans and implements their own experiments.

The Communications Team shares our work at Asclepios with the rest of the world! This team is responsible for managing the Asclepios social media and website, as well as designing team merchandise and mission and team patches.

The Design Team manages the internal design of our analog lunar base. They work on the base layout, airlock design, spacesuit design and maintenance, and the launch simulation, along with other projects.

The Recruitment Team performs the recruitment of new officers for all the roles in the association, along with the selection of the astronaut crew, and intensive four-phases process with hundreds of applications. In parallel to recruitment, the team also handles internal HR activities, comprising of onboarding new members, investigating team satisfactions, and many others.

As an EPFL association, Asclepios Head Quarter is located in Lausanne, at EPFL. The team handles specific logistics, mainly related to in-person events, equipment storage and repairs, and coordinating with the university.

The finance team ensures that Asclepios meets our budgetary requirements in order to make the mission happen each year. This team is also responsible for sponsorship.

The Legal team is primarily responsible for reviewing contracts and MoUs with our partners and ensuring legal compliance as a nonprofit association in Switzerland.

The Mission Control Centre (MCC) team works throughout the year to train the mission control officers who will support the astronauts during their mission. They also develop the software and procedures that are used in the mission control.

The Medical Team works to ensure the health, well-being, and safety of Asclepios analog astronauts during trainings and the mission. They manage astronaut nutrition and physical preparation, as well as leading medical and psychological training for the crew. During the mission, Medical Officers from this team serve in the Mission Control Centre to monitor crew health.

The ethics team works with our science Principal Investigator partners to help them apply for ethical approval in Switzerland. They also work with the medical team to ensue that the astronauts’ health data is protected.