GreenHab Report – January 29th – Mars Desert Research Station

Report title: GreenHab Report
Crew #: 328
Position: Greenhab Officer
Report prepared by: Rebeca Goncalves
Date: 29/01/2026
Sol: 4

Environmental control (fan & heater): Fan max: 85F, Fan min: 80F, Heater: 70F
Average temperatures (last 24h): 77.8F
Maximum temperature (last 24h): 84.4F
Minimum temperature (last 24h): 66.8F

Hours of supplemental light: 5:30h (6pm to 11:30pm)

Daily water usage for crops: 0
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 3
Water in the Tank (160 gal useful capacity): 143 gallons remaining
Time(s) of watering for crops: 7pm

Changes to crops: N/A
Narrative: No germination recorded yet.
Harvest: (include which crop and mass in grams) N/A

Support/supplies needed: N/A

Photos attached.

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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GreenHab Report – January 29th

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