Commander Report
Anima Patil-Sabale
Mission Sol 11 (Earth Day May 3rd, 2018)
With only a day left in our mission, we are a bit disappointed we missed the opportunity for our exploration EVA’s two days in a row. We hope to make the best of our EVA window tomorrow.
Weather on Mars has been unpredictable, keeping us inbound for an entire sol.
We had some interstellar visitors today, a group of young, future space explorers.
Our sol was spent interacting with them, giving them a tour of the Mars Desert Research Station facilities here and addressing their curiosities about space travel and living on Mars.
Instilling inspiration and arousing curiosity in young minds is a mission all astronauts love, so it was a great experience enjoyed by the crew and our visitors.
As we approach our last sol on Mars, we work on summarizing all the work that we have done during this mission and look forward to making the best of our last sol here on Mars tomorrow. For now, we spend a relaxed evening enjoying a Thai style dinner and maybe catching up on our last movie on Mars.