Journalist Report
Crew 319
Position: Crew Journalist
Report prepared by: Mackenzie Calle
Date: 23-10-2025
Sol: 11
Report from Sol 11
Reporting from Sol 11 10.23.25 20:21
Today was our last full Sol on Mars! It’s hard to believe that our mission is almost over. Crew 319 is feeling nostalgic more than anything. This mission with the WBA has been over a year in the making and the constant on all of our horizons. It’s bittersweet that it is coming to an end but we are all so grateful to have been a part of this journey and this historic mission.
While we have been on Mars, we have only had real time communication with Martian Mission Support. But that changed this morning when we were able to speak live to another Martian crew at Monsaraz Mars Analog Station. It was so exciting to hear about their past two weeks and being the first ever mission at their habitat. What they have created in such a short period of time is inspiring. They took us on a virtual tour of their hab and then we showed them around MDRS. We saw their superhero-like black spacesuits, a drone video of a night EVA, and got to put faces to many familiar names.
The rest of our day has been busy with getting the station in order before our simulation ends, capturing final media, doing surveys and reports, and reflecting about our experiences.
Signing off from Crew 319. Ad astra.