Sol Summary – January 7th – Mars Desert Research Station

Report title: Sol Summary Report
Crew #: 326
Position: Commander
Report prepared by: Keegan Chavez
Date: 07-01-2026
Sol: 10
Summary Title: A Quiet Day on Mars
Mission Status: All operations nominal
Sol Activity Summary: There was a little leftover cleaning to do after last night’s movie, Jurassic Park was on. The crew settled for some oats and cereal before prepping for EVA 11. The EVA team left for Kissing Camel while the rest of the crew continued to clean the Hab and make some vegetable soup with rice for lunch. The afternoon was very quiet. A few members rested after the EVA while others worked on science in the Science Dome. The stresses of Mars are beginning to take their toll but the crew are handling it well. The dinner tonight is some baked mac and cheese and a pear cobbler with graham cracker crust. The team is planning some light games, no Terraforming Mars, and an early bedtime tonight.
Look Ahead Plan: We will continue to gather the crew engineer’s environmental sensors over the next few EVAs. The crew scientist will try to finish laying another set of bricks tonight and collect a final sample on the EVA tomorrow. The crew biologist and health and safety officer will continue to gather as much data as they can. And the rover team will prep the rover for one last EVA.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Partially cloudy
Crew Physical Status: Healthy and fit, wearing out slightly, a couple crew members are suffering from nasal congestions and slightly elevated temperatures.
EVA: Katharina, Daria and Vindhya went to Kissing Camel today with 3 objectives: retrieve the first environmental sensor, gather RF signal strength data of the area, and test the rover’s collection capabilities in a more compact terrain. All 3 missions were a success. The operation region was much closer to the Hab and slightly smaller than previous EVAs, the crew returned in just over 2 hours.
Reports to be filed:
Sol Summary
GreenHab Report
Operations Report
Journalist Report
Daily Photos
EVA Report
EVA Request
HSO Report

Support Requested: None

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

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Sol Summary – January 7th

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