Crew 235 Sol Summary Report 03-May-2021
Sol: 1
Summary Title: Mars needs Teachers
Author’s name: Atila Meszaros
Mission Status: Crew Biologist
Sol Activity Summary:
After breakfast, we started our tour around the station, showing all the facilities and all the systems. We started our ATV and rover training after visiting the RAM, and everyone got the chance to pick their chosen mode of transportation on Mars for our future EVAs. After learning about radio and suits operations, we got to do a pre-mission EVAs to Pooh’s corner to decide if we were going to do a full simulation or semi-sim: we drive Percy and our two ATVs, walk for around 10 minutes and collect some rock and mineral samples to try all the mobility on the suits. After a conversation with the crew, we decided to do full-sim EVAs until the end of the mission, and I couldn’t be happier.
We started the microbiology project after lunch. We are going to sample very exciting locations around the station and figure out which bacteria live amongst us! While we were preparing the agar, we did some EVA debriefing and discussed our mission.
We are all sitting together in the upper deck writing the reports and getting ready to close the day!
Look Ahead Plan: The first day on Sim waking up on Mars! Geology class during the morning to prepare for our rock hunting EVAs. Finalizing mission patch and team building activities.
Anomalies in work: None.
Weather: Pretty amazing. Partially cloudy and a very comfortable temperature.
Crew Physical Status: Healthy and excited!
EVA: EVA #2 and EVA #3 for rock hunting.
Reports to be filed: Operations Report, EVA Report, EVA Request, Crew Journalist
Support Requested: Nothing for tonight.