EVA Report – April 9th

Report title: EVA Report
Crew #: 333
Position: Astronomer
Report prepared by: Matias Ballivian Ascarrunz
Date: 09-04-2026
Sol: 11

EVA #: 17
Purpose of EVA: Joanna will take a part of the crew members to collect data for her experiment with the heavy gear. After the EVA team will explore the zone in a radius of no more than 1,5 km from the initial point, so that Antoine can also conduct his experiment. When they will be back at the station, for a video they will need to take some drone images of the MDRS for our website and social media.
Start time: 9:05 AM
End time: 11: 40AM
Narrative:
They started preparation at 8:45 AM, they started the decompression at 9:05 AM, got in the rovers (9:15 AM ) and started their way to the destination, where they arrived at 9:21 AM. Then, they did Joanna’s experiment, they explored for a little bit and headed back to the rovers at ( 11:14 AM). Arriving to the station at 11:20 AM. Where they took drone footage and started decompression at 11:35 AM.
The rover distribution is the following:
Spirit: Marie & Jo
Curiosity: Antoine & Matthias
Destination per MDRS Map: Camel Kissing Ridge
Destination Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 0518279E 4249438N
EVA Participants:
Joanna, Journalist -> EVA Leader
Antoine, Executive officer/Engineer
Marie, Commander
Matthias, Greenhab Officer
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road
Mode of travel: walking & driving

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