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[[File:Mars Institute Humvee.JPG|thumb|The Mars Institute Moon-1 Humvee Rover in Cambridge Bay waiting for the 109th Airlift Squadron's C-130 to airlift it to Resolute Bay Airport]]
The '''Mars Institute''' is an international [[Social:Non-governmental organization|non-governmental organization]] created with the goals of advancing the scientific study and exploration of [[Astronomy:Mars|Mars]], conducting peer-reviewed research, and educating the public about Mars exploration. <ref>{{cite web |title=Mars Institute |url=https://www.marsinstitute.no/ |website=Mars Institute |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref> It was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in both United States and Canada in 2002.

The Haughton-Mars Project is an interdisciplinary research project being carried out by the Mars Institute and SETI. The ''Haughton-Mars Project'' is dedicated to advancing planetary science and exploration. The ''Haughton-Mars Project'' is centered on the scientific study of the Haughton meteorite impact crater and surrounding terrain on Devon Island.<ref>{{cite web |title=Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) |url=https://www.marsinstitute.no/hmp |website=Mars Institute |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref> The institute also supports two other projects: the Mars Institute Mars-1 [[Engineering:Humvee|Humvee]] Rover and the ''Romance to Reality'' project. Donated by [[Company:AM General|AM General]], the Mars-1 Humvee is designed to accommodate crews of up to four researchers on Devon Island and to act as a test bed for future crewed rovers on the [[Astronomy:Moon|Moon]] and Mars.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Mars-1 Humvee Rover |url=https://www.marsinstitute.no/humvee |website=Mars Institute |access-date=21 September 2022}}</ref> The ''Romance to Reality: Moon & Mars mission plans'' project was first launched on August 28, 1996 by David S. F. Portree. This project is a project that documents and teaches about the many plans for space missions and programs that either never happened or took a long time to actually complete. The ''Romance to Reality'' project was written by David S. F. Portree until 2006. In 2001, he wrote a spin off to ''Romance to Reality'' that was called ''Humans to Mars''. After both of these websites, David S. F. Portree created a blog titled ''Beyond Apollo'' that moved to ''WIRED'' in 2012. In 2015, David S. F. Portree then moved to another blog which is called ''DSFP's Spaceflight History Blog'' which is still currently running. <ref>{{cite web |author1=David S. F. Portree |title=Farewell and Follow Me |url=https://www.wired.com/2015/04/farewell-follow/ |website=WIRED |access-date=26 September 2022}}</ref>

Mars Institute-USA is based in the [[Organization:NASA Research Park|NASA Ames Research Park]] at Moffett Field, California. Mars Institute-Canada is headquartered in {{wipe|Vancouver}}, British Columbia.

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==External links==
*[http://www.marsinstitute.no/ The Mars Institute]
*[http://www.marsonearth.org/ 2009 Northwest Passage Drive Expedition]
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