Journalist Report
Crew #: 335
Position: Crew Journalist
Report Prepared by: Matteo Calore
Date: 28APR2026
Sol: 9
Report Title: Finding Our Rhythm
Today was a dynamic and demanding day. Some crew members went out for a long EVA to Green Mars View. The extended rover drive offered particularly striking and varied landscapes, ranging from clay-dense hills to stretches of desert sand punctuated by flowers of extraordinary beauty—vivid in color and twisted in form.
These flowers have an almost animal-like presence, and it feels remarkable that they can emerge with such strength from a terrain where water seems absent. It is astonishing how nature adapts to such different environments, continuously transforming and re-emerging in forms that are both diverse and somehow familiar.
The canyon at Green Mars View opens onto the valley where the Devil River flows. We found ourselves wondering how this river came to be given such a name. Despite its harsh surroundings, it carries life through the aridity, and in that sense, it seems to have little that is truly demonic.
While part of the crew was on EVA, the others continued working on their projects at the station. Charlotte transformed collected soil into clay and is now creating unique objects to be fired in the Science Dome’s microwave kiln. Kat continues her observations of the stars.
The day continued with interviews and various activities, and concluded with a generous meal, eagerly consumed by the crew of this small spaceship.