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Crew123Day12CommanderCheck-In Report
Date and time: 06 February 2013
Written by: Haritina Mogosanu, Crew 123, Mission Director
Crew Physical Status:
good
Antipodes, scouting for a location
Report Transmission Schedule(you can access below all the reports of the day) | Mission Support | Media |
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Pictures for day 12 TasMars Gallery |
Time Departed/Returned from EVA:
Commander Willson flew Jen Blank to orbit to the Earth Return Vehicle. There he picked up Rosalba Bonaccorsi and Stefanie Toth who were waiting at the Mars Orbital Station where they arrived not long before he got there. They will sign the various forms necessary for the space paperwork tomorrow morning and upload their projects.
Brief Narrative of Field Mission Results:
Melanie Newfield and Emma Braegen performed another EVA to collect dust samples and a dress rehearsal for the Antipodes experiment on the 8 February.
Picking up samples
Antipodes, during dress rehearsal in preparation for 8 February
EVA Data/Interpretations:
none
Engineering/Hab Maintenance:
Plans for Tomorrow:
Support Requested:
none
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