 Dory was also active in programs sponsored by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium, including the Citizen Explorer Satellite, a student-designed and built spacecraft, which measures global atmospheric ozone concentrations and transmits its data directly to classrooms throughout the United States.In March 2002, Dory took part as a volunteer in a simulation activity for a manned mission to Mars at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah.In July 2002, Dory became an aquanaut through his participation in the joint NASA-NOAA, (NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations) project, an exploration research mission held in Aquarius, the world's only undersea research laboratory.