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Crew123Day01CommanderCheck-In Report
Date and time: 28 January 2013
Written by: David Willson, Crew 123, Commander
Crew Physical Status:
good
Sandstone at sunset, Red Mars
Report Transmission Schedule(you can access below all the reports of the day) | Mission Support | Media |
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Pictures for day 11 TasMars Gallery |
Time Departed/Returned from EVA:
Mars Astronauts. Spacecraft entry trails in the sky
Brief Narrative of Field Mission Results:
Dust experiments, "Soil moisture sampling" & "Putting on dust suits"
EVA Data/Interpretations:
Mudstone drilling, analog to Gale Crater drilling target rock
none
Engineering/Hab Maintenance:
Plans for Tomorrow:
We plan an EVA at 2 pm for 2 hours around the Hab undertaking another dust suit experiment. Pedestrian EVA in vicinity of HAB.
Support Requested:
none
Mars News - from Google Alerts
The Statistical Treatment Implemented to Obtain the Planetary ProtectionBioburdens for the Mars Science Laboratory Mission
RA Beaudet - Advances in Space Research, 2013
Abstract NASA Planetary Protection Policy requires that Category IV missions such as those
going to the surface of Mars include detailed assessment and documentation of the
bioburden on the spacecraft at launch. In the prior missions to Mars, the approaches used ...
going to the surface of Mars include detailed assessment and documentation of the
bioburden on the spacecraft at launch. In the prior missions to Mars, the approaches used ...
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| Curiosity Hammers into Mars Rock in Historic Feat Universe Today Image caption: Before and after comparison of Curiosity's 1st ever drill test into Martian rock. Drill bit penetrated several mm and vibrations apparently unveiled hidden, whitish mineral by dislodging thin dust layer at John Klein outcrop in Sol 176 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Weekend Test on Mars Was Preparation to Drill a Rock Jet Propulsion Laboratory Preparatory Test for First Rock Drilling by Mars Rover Curiosity The bit in the rotary-percussion drill of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity left its mark in a target patch of rock called "John Klein" during a test on the rover's 176th Martian day, or sol ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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ENDS.