In preparation for our first EVA (extravehicular activity, or spacewalk, which took place this afternoon, commander Musilova gave us an overview on the history of analog EVAS, and specifically EVAs at the HI-SEAS habitat. (Don’t judge me, we need to save water to drink!) 8)) I refrained from showering with the rest of the crew. With the habitat (or dome) now at just 9 percent water and with a resupply mission still days away (our water supply is set to arrive Sol 7 (Nov. I checked my email to see if there was any election news (which, there wasn’t much that was new) and I prepared for my first-ever EVA (extravehicular activity), or Marswalk! Today (Sol 4, November 5), I woke up to a beautiful sunny day on Mars. So, while we are all able to complete our research and exercise every day, it’s important that we all are careful to not push ourselves too hard physically. Here on Mars, even within our habitat, there is slightly less oxygen than we’re used to back at our respective homes on Earth. No fresh produce whatsoever, everything has to be rehydrated and, not only does the food taste … different … it also takes a lot longer to cook so we’ve been rotating cooking and cleaning duties.Īfter eating, we all resumed our individual research projects and work though, at one point we all decided that a brief nap was necessary. I am lucky in that many of the crew members on this mission are excellent chefs and bakers (personally, I’m working on it), but it is certainly an adjustment eating only shelf-stable Mars food. Inventory will be completed again at the end of the mission, showing how much of the supplies we used and required, informing future missions.įollowing inventory we had lunch. Once “on,” we resumed (and finished) the habitat inventory - checking what food and cleaning supplies we have and how much of each is left. With the communications delay we still won’t know things as they happen, but it’s relatively quick (for Mars.) Now, our only communication with Earth is through email so those of us who wanted to be informed (which I do) emailed the mission support team, which supports CAPCOM at mission control, requesting that they email us information as it becomes available. Over shelf stable pancakes, we discussed the day ahead, what we needed to accomplish, and how we want receive election news as it comes in. presidential election back on Earth - a strange first day on Mars for sure.īecause of the jetlag (Mars is a long way from home), I woke up a bit earlier than usual and, after stretching a bit and taking in some deep breaths as I get used to the slightly lower oxygen levels, my crewmates were awake and hard at work getting breakfast together - cooking is a task that we rotate between crew members.
Now, while today has been a massive learning curve in many ways, today is also the U.S.
#Escape simulator mars mission full#
Today (Sol 2, November 3 back on Earth), I awoke to my first full day on Mars.
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