Report title: Journalist Report
Crew #: 326
Position: Crew Journalist
Report prepared by: Daria Bardus
Date: 01-03-2026
Sol: 6
Journalist Report Title: More Terraforming Mars
Today we woke up to foggy and cloudy weather which meant our EVA schedule was going to change. We had determined that the first EVA of the day was going to be cancelled and the second one would happen as planned. Until the EVA in the afternoon, we cleaned up the hab, read, worked on our projects, and then got Terraforming Mars out again. We played this until Ben and I had to go work on our projects. Once Ben had finished the next step of his brick making process and I had finished preparing the rover, we ate lunch. After lunch Keegan, Vindhya, and I got geared up for EVA. While out on EVA, Keegan placed two of Idris’ sensors around the hab and Vindhya and I found a spot to test the rover. While testing the rover, we found that testing on an inclined surface was more complicated than thought. This is because we would have to adjust the linear actuator as we went, so we went ahead and looked for flat areas to test. We ended up testing by the RAM, on the path towards the road, and near the science dome. We were able to collect samples and will collect data on them tomorrow.
While we were out on EVA, Ben and Idris worked on Ben’s research. Using the sample Ben collected on Hab Ridge, they formed more bricks to then be put in the oven. Once I had returned from EVA, I also put my samples in the oven with Ben’s formed bricks.
Once we were all done with working on our research for the time being, we finished our game of Terraforming Mars. In this last game Keegan won again but only by one point this time. We then began preparing dinner where we are going to have bean burgers with barbeque sauce and potato chips. After dinner we will clean up, work on our research projects, and play some more Murdle before heading to bed.