Report title: Journalist Report
Crew #: 330
Position: Journalist
Report prepared by: Adrien Saugnac
Date: (22-02-2026)
Sol: 7
Journalist Report Title (if applicable) : Full throttle toward the second week !
Today’s program : two extravehicular activities. Julien, Adèle and I went outside the station this morning, while Lou was acting as CapCom. The goal was to change the batteries of the atmospheric instruments and to explore an area located farther from the station, called Compass Rock. In the first few minutes, we faced a communication issue as Adèle’s radio was not functioning properly. It took us time to identify a false contact between her headset and her radio and to find a solution, making us lose 30 minutes. My radio also broke halfway through the EVA for the exact same reason, but we were able to react faster. We didn’t have time to explore but we could successfully replace the batteries. When entering our spacesuit, we really feel like we are on Mars. We see through a window, our movements are restrained and we don’t hear any sound other than the words of our crewmates over the radio. When exiting the station, we immediately have a tunnel vision and must therefore be even more vigilant, because this is when mistakes can arise. Our radio is the only way to communicate and when it breaks down, on the Red planet, far from the station, we felt particularly lonely.
In the meantime, Célia could make her first observations using the solar telescope ! Until today, it was too windy to open the dome protecting it, but the weather conditions are finally ideal !
Félix worked with Gaspard on his botany project. The objectiive is to study the potential use of the resources coming from a confined space to improve the soil fertility. He uses a Rasperry Pi to monitor humidity, temperature and take pictures of the plants growing in the GreenHab.
This afternoon, Gaspard, Félix and Lou performed an EVA to move the atmospheric instruments west of Marble Ritual, where they will be more protected. Adèle acted as CapCom and we could test a new EVA protocol that we wrote after the morning EVA. The EVA team could exit and enter the station again without any problem.
Later in the afternoon, Félix, Célia and I went to the GreenHab to water the plants and Félix showed us hier his germinating broccoli microgreens. Adèle, Gaspard and Julien went to the Science Dome to complete sessions for the Orbital Architecture and NeuroErgonomics experiments. Lou kept 3D printing components of the SupaeroMoon rover.
We are waiting for the communication window, completing our daily questionnaires. Tomorrow, if the weather is favorable, we will use the Parrot drone to start building a 3D map of the Red planet.