Crew 310 Journalist Report 05Feb2025
Author: Jennifer García Carrizo, Crew Journalist
The crew begins a new day on Mars, but today is extra special! For the next 24 hours, they will enjoy a meal designed by the winners of the International Space Challenge organized by Space Faculty of Singapore—a group of four incredible kids, aged 8 to 9! These young innovators, known as Team SpaceTatouille, created a complete menu—breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks—tailored to meet astronauts’ calorie and nutritional needs. Commander Ariadna Farrés prepared the recipes in the U.S. and sent them to the MDRS, where today, the crew finally got to enjoy them!
But food wasn’t the only highlight of the day! In the morning, the two engineers -Helena Arias and Mònica Roca I Aparici- and the commander -Ariadna Farrés- headed out to assemble the central part of the reflector—three massive aluminum pieces that took almost four hours to securely install on the legs they had set up the day before.
Meanwhile, journalist Jenifer García Carrizo created sustainable content about the composter we are using in the MDRS, while geologist Marina Martínez and scientist Estel Blay prepared instruments for the afternoon’s geological excursion.
In the afternoon, the geologist -Marina Martínez-, scientist -Estel Blay-, and artist-in-residence -Anna Bach- embarked on an extravehicular activity to collect samples from Valles Marineris for in-house analysis. Anna captured images to recreate the breathtaking Martian landscape faithfully and even started sketching some initial drawings. Meanwhile, Estel Blay accessed the first data from the newly installed solar panels, took images of the structural experiment’s solar panel, and continued analyzing the heat distribution in the new designs.
Stay tuned—tomorrow promises another exciting day!