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Csilla Orgel, a geologist with Crew 125 EuroMoonMars B mission, collects geologic samples for study at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) outside Hanksville in the Utah desert March 2, 2013. The MDRS aims to investigate the feasibility of a human exploration of Mars and uses the Utah desert's Mars-like terrain to simulate working conditions on the red planet. Scientists, students and enthusiasts work together developing field tactics and studying the terrain. All outdoor exploration is done wearing simulated spacesuits and carrying air supply packs and crews live together in a small communication base with limited amounts of electricity, food, oxygen and water. Everything needed to survive must be produced, fixed and replaced on site. Picture taken March 2, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT)ATTENTION EDITORS: PICTURE 22 OF 31 FOR PACKAGE 'MARS IN THE DESERT'SEARCH 'JIM MARS' FOR ALL IMAGES - GM1E93B1AF701

In the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths, less than 30% of researchers are women. Image: REUTERS/Jim Urquhart

Ntombizikhona Beaulah Ndlovu

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, iThemba LABS

Amanda Weltman

South African Research Chair in Physical Cosmology, Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Cape Town

Amélie Beaudet

Postdoctoral Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand

Judith Koskey

Part Time Lecturer and PhD Student, Egerton University

Marilyn Ronoh

PhD Student and Part-time Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Nairobi

Melisa Achoko Allela

Assistant Lecturer in Animation and Interactive Media Design, Technical University of Kenya

Mercy Muendo

Lecturer in Information Technology and the Law, Daystar University

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