Astronomy Report – <date – November 22nd> – Mars Desert Research Station

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Report title: Astronomy Report
Crew #: 303
Position: Astronomer
Reported prepared by: Vikram Kothari
Date: 22-11-2025
SOL: 0

Non-nominal systems: N/A

Notes on non-nominal systems: N/A

Summary of Astronomy Operations:
Arrival time was after dark, so I was not able to get into the Musk Observatory to complete the baseline audit. Planning to complete the audit tomorrow.
Powered up the Astronomy Laptop. An update was automatically applied. Everything is nominal. Laptop is currently charging.
Peter will be setting up my account for ROCS-16

About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

Management Team

Mission Support

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Astronomy Report – <date – November 22nd>

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