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Journalist Report – July 30th
Anastasiya Stepanova Living the dream of space explorers After two weeks of on and off rain with snow, clouds and fog, today we saw it. The sun! “It exists” – says Jon with a laugh to commander’s happy face. Alexandre announced in the morning that we can’t waste such a good weather for our day…
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Sol Summary – July 29th
Jon Clarke Sol 10 (or 90) Since we started rather late yesterday morning I set the alarm for 7:30. Funny how much harder it is to get up when the alarm tells you it’s time! The weather was windy today but not raining, apart from occasional light showers. Not as windy as some previous days.…
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Crew Photos – July 28th
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Commander Report – July 28th
Written by Alexandre Mangeot One attempt of EVA this afternoon. Cancelled because of thick fog (50 m visibility).
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Engineering Report – July 28th
Written by Alexandre Mangeot All systems are running good.
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Sol Summary – July 28th
Written by Jon Clarke Sol 9 (or 89) Today illustrates the impact of weather on operations up here in the Arctic. Paul, Anushree and I planned doing a long EVA almost to the other side of Haughton crater, to the Haughton river. Objectives combined scouting and sampling. Just over 8 km as the snowy owl…
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Picture of the Day – July 28th
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Sol Summary – July 27th
Written by Jon Clarke Sol 8 (or 88) Very still overnight, and when we woke we found out why; the fog had come in and the hab was enveloped in cloud. We could still see the crater floor though, so the cloud base must have been just below us. The fog gradually lifted, and when…
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Journalist Report – July 27th
The “rock” history reader Bass-voiced, fine beard, kind eyes. Sometimes we call him the master of popcorn. Paul Knightly is our crew geologist from Kansas and today he is turning 13.5 Martian years old. Another birthday on Mars! Another day to show our creativity in extreme place with limited resources. As a kid Paul wanted…
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Commander Report – July 27th
Written by Alexandre Mangeot Today I decided to send the EVA crew in sim during morning. According to yesterday weather forecast, the weather was supposed to be better in the morning than in the afternoon. Actually the weather went bad later in the afternoon. We currently are unable to see further than 50m due to…
