[title Crew biographies, photos and mission patch – April 19th]
David Laude – Commander
David was present for the impressive launches of Apollo 11 and the first Space Shuttle launch. He has met two lunar astronauts and like many others dreamed about space exploration and being a crew member on a journey to Mars.
David began a lifelong passion for electronics and space exploration while in elementary school. He served in the U.S. Air Force. Later, after obtaining Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering degrees, he designed state of the art integrated circuits. He holds seven patents, has written technical papers and has presented his work at various international conferences. He also has formal training in anthropology and archaeology.
David is a lifelong learner and enjoys working with talented people. He is a founding member of The Mars Society. His hobbies include radio-controlled winged model airplanes, electronics, music composition and instrument synthesis and antique radio and pipe organ restoration. David also enjoys adventure, hiking and traveling. Utah, with its stark beauty and remote Mars like desert areas, is one of his favorite states to visit.
Katherine Berry , Crew 335 Engineer
Katherine “Kat” Berry is a mathematics student preparing to pursue aerospace engineering with a focus on astronautics and mission operations. She is also a student pilot. She has completed NASA’s NCAS program and L’SPACE MCA and NPWEE, contributing to mission design, proposal development, rover operations, and propulsion-related research.
Through these programs, she has worked on a lunar mission concept involving robotic exploration and has supported technical proposal evaluation in a review role. Her interests include robotics, planetary surface operations, and advancing human exploration beyond Earth.
Elisa Strinna (b. 1982, Padua) is an Italian multimedia artist based in the Netherlands. She works across film, sculpture, and environmental multi-sensory installation. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including the International Film Festival Rotterdam, documenta fifteen, and the Taipei Biennial. Her practice explores resilience, interdependence, and relations between humans and the more-than-human, often through research situated in ecological and extreme environments, addressing survival, adaptation, and the imaginaries surrounding life beyond Earth.
Matteo Calore is a Director of Photography and has worked as cinematographer on films and documentaries for cinema and television. He is a member of ZaLab and a founding partner of ZALABFILM s.r.l..
Lot Brugge is an interdisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. They are interested in sculpting, specifically ceramic formations, illustration, graphic novel making, animating and creating installations.
Lot is interested in wild clay and soil, using them as components for ceramic sculptures and glazes to explore themes of isolation and human behavior in constrained environments.
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