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Commander Report – July 26th
Written by Alexandre Mangeot Morale is good. The weather is still playing with us. After one week of operations, it is clear that during EVA out of sim, it will not rain, and during EVA in sim, it will rain… Murf? Get out of there! One EVA today. Paul did a trench of a polygon.…
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Engineering Report – July 26th
Written by Alexandre Mangeot All good. Water fetched this morning. ATV refuelled yesterday evening.
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Sol Summary – July 26th
Written by Jon Clarke Sol 7 (or 87) The weather is NOT improving on Mars. Almost no wind, but it rained overnight and there are big puddles everywhere. The cloud is sinking lower and the far rim of the crater was actually hidden by them for much of the day. It’s not much higher here,…
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Picture of the Day – July 26th
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Crew Photos – July 26th
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Engineering – July 25th
Written by Alexandre Mangeot Nothing to report, except that this morning the generator was hard to start up. One of the electrical cable got loose. It was just a matter to find the default.
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Commander Report – July 25th
Written by Alexandre Mangeot Everything is fine over here, except weather. We try to keep a good spirit, but a bit of sunshine would help… Today’s EVA was conducted in sim. The first objective has been completed (trenching a polygon and 360° pictures of a meshed area). The EVA crew was headed to a secondary…
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Sol Summary – July 25th
Written by Jon Clarke Sol 6 (or 86) You won’t read it in “The National Enquirer” but you will read it here: Mosquitoes on Mars! The wind and dropped and it wasn’t raining so Paul, Yusuke donned the EVA suits and with and Anastasiya as shotgun took the quad bikes into the crater on EVA…
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Science Report – July 25th
REGOLITH-LANDFORM UNITS AT HAUGHTON CRATER Jonathan Clarke WHAT IS REGOLITH? “Regolith” is a general term used to refer to all weathered earth surface materials extending from the interface with unweathered bedrock at depth to the surface (Eggleton 2001). It includes in situ weathered material derived directly from the underlying bedrock, and transported material derived from…
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Picture of the Day – July 25th
