GreenHab Report – April 22nd – Mars Desert Research Station

Crew 280 Green Hab Report 22-04-2023

GreenHab Officer: Laia Ribas

Environmental control: Open during the day and heater during the night

Temperatures: 80.5 F

Hours of supplemental light: N/A

Daily water usage for crops: 14 gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0

Water in Blue Tank: 117 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 08.00, 16:30 h

Changes to crops: N/A

Narrative:
The general watering of plants and crops was done. The door was opened in the morning due to high temperatures and closed during the afternoon due to the wind.

Harvest: 234 g cucumber, 112 g tomatoes, 4 g chives, 15 g jazz mix, 1 g salvia and 8 g mint

Support/supplies needed

About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

Management Team

Mission Support

GreenHab Report – April 22nd

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