Melanie and Emma arrive by MS Van from Grand Junction early pm, David and Jen arrive in hire car from Salt Lake City late pm.
EVA Data/Interpretations:
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Plans for Tomorrow:
Support Requested:
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Message from Mission Support
"Hello, everyone! Here is a first, we are doing Mission Support from MDRS!
A quick update: Crew 122 has departed Mars.Emma and Melanie, two members of Crew 123, are at the Hab. Mission Support MDRS are also here.
We are awaiting the arrival of David and Jen. We are expecting them at any time.Consider this the Check-in. Engineering Report will arrive within COMMS window.
David and Jen have arrived safe and sound. ACK the Engineering Report.We have found a number of problems with Hab systems. But more on that later... For now, Mission Support is offline."
Mars News - from Google Alerts
Mars One / Bryan Versteeg NBCNews.com Lansdorp: A human mission to Mars is one of the most ambitious projects that one could imagine. Three major challenges. In the short term: financing the funding gap between expenditures on the hardware and revenues from the the media event. See all stories on this topic »
Mars Rover: 9 Years and Still Going ABC News It was never supposed to last this long. When the Mars rover Opportunity settled on the Martian surface nine years ago today, mission managers at NASA said they would be pleased if it lasted for 90 days. Instead, it's been 3,201 days, and still counting. See all stories on this topic »
Curiosity rover's first photos of Mars at night CBS News Curiosity snapped the Mars night photos in visible and ultraviolet light on Wednesday (Jan. 22) to take an up-close look at a rock called "Sayunei," which the rover had scuffed with a wheel to scratch off surface dust, NASA announced Thursday. One goal... See all stories on this topic »
On Mars, Dry Ice 'Smoke' Carves Up Sand Dunes Space.com The seasonal thawing of carbon dioxide ice near Mars' north pole carves grooves in the region's sand dunes, three new studies reveal. The discovery, made using observations from NASA's MarsReconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft (MRO), reinforces that the ... See all stories on this topic »
How NASA's 9-Year-Old Mars Opportunity Rover - TPM Idea Lab By Carl Franzen As NASA's Opportunity rover, which landed on the Red Planet on January 24, 2004, prepares to begin its ninth year of continuous operations, NASA scientists tell TPM how the robotic craft was able to last so long, outliving its twin, Spirit. TPM News
