Day: March 1, 2026

Report title: Journalist Report

Crew #: 330

Position: Journalist

Report prepared by: Adrien Saugnac

Date: (27-02-2026)

Sol: 12

Journalist Report Title (if applicable) : The Sun from Mars

Last night, Adèle organized a meditation session. Once seated in the mezzanine of the HAB, she guided us through what is called a body scan, which allows us to become aware and relax the entire body.

Gaspard first gave us a quick briefing on the last day before the weekend. We then had a session of muscle strengthening to start the day. The entire crew is going on an EVA for photogrammetry this week, and today it was the team’s turn with the 3D map to go on an orienteering race. One of the difficulties on Mars is to be able to identify accessible areas. Mars remains a hostile environment, and being able to map it before sending humans there could be very useful. Using the 3D map, Julien and Félix, accompanied by Lou who was leading the race, managed to find 6 out of 8 beacons.

A busy morning for the rest of the crew. Adèle had a session of Orbital Architecture and prepared a HSO briefing for the afternoon.

Since she couldn’t open the observatory since the beginning of the mission, Célia was happy to observe solar activity. When the sun becomes active, solar flares appear. One of her goals is the automatic identification of these flares because there is a hypothesis that they would be correlated with solar eruptions. Astronauts heading to Mars, having left the Earth’s magnetic field, would no longer be protected from radiation, so it is important to predict solar activity to ensure their safety.

Knowing that the mission is approaching its halfway point, we have been filming all day for the mid-mission video.

This afternoon, Félix continued working on the botanical project. He was able to prepare different substrates in which he will compare the growth of cress shoots. The objective is to identify what would be the most interesting to use in a context where resources are limited.

Tomorrow is a rest day for the Crew 330, and we will be able to rest tonight to be prepare for the other half of the mission.

Report title: Journalist Report

Crew #: 330

Position: Journalist

Report prepared by: Adrien Saugnac

Date: (01-03-2026)

Sol: 14

Journalist Report Title (if applicable) : midway of the mission

Today, Célia, Gaspard, and Julien went on an EVA to change the batteries of the atmospheric instruments. This is a task we have to do every two days. This is the fastest record, they returned in 38 minutes and brought back food rations that will allow us to last until the end of the mission. Meanwhile, Lou solved some plumbing problems, and Adèle and I did some editing for the mid-mission video.

In the early afternoon, we built necklaces with wire, rope, and rocks that we collected during the EVA. Adèle and Lou then did a session of pilates to strengthen their lower body and abdominal muscles. Felix went to the GreenHab to continue installing his botanical project and was joined by Adèle and Gaspard. He was able to launch his Raspberry Pi, which will automatically monitor different measurements to track the growth of his micro-lettuce sprouts in different environments.
Julien wrote the scientific mid-mission report that summarizes the progress of the fifteen experiments we are bringing this year. He also had sessions on Orbital Architecture and Neuro Ergonomics.

With Célia and Lou, we did video editing all afternoon. And we will do more tomorrow.
Lou also printed the beginning of a chess game that high school students from Prades in the modeling and 3D prototyping stream modeled. During a scientific mediation intervention, Lou and Julien had proposed to them to create game designs that we print in the station.

We have reached SOL 14 and we are ready to start tomorrow the second part of our mission! See you tomorrow for the continuation of the adventure of crew 330!