Ingress
Ingress completed today around 1:00 pm. Mission Specialist (MS) Cecil completed setting up her green study. MS DeJan is awaiting a missing piece of his project to complete his setup. MS Gonzalez briefed the crew on their participation, expectations, and execution for completing his experiment. Commander Turner is awaiting opportunity to set up her project. The ILMAH plant habitat has been very crowded both training days and ingress which has put her behind schedule. Both CO Turner and MS Gonzalez have begun their Masters degree course work. For dinner the crew broke into the Meals Ready to Eat (MRE’s). MS Cecil semi-enjoyed the Beef Goulash. CO Turner used the new hot plate and made Spanish Rice to accompany the lemon pepper tuna MRE which she greatly enjoyed. MS Gonzalez sampled the Mexican Stew, and MS DeJan savored the black bean MRE. Upon performing a walkaround and safety inspection it was determined the fire alarms required replacing. The Crew worked together to successfully replace and install several alarms after receiving a quick supply drop to the rover vehicle.
Hamama
The Hamama experiment involves preparing, documenting, and finally sampling microgreens that are grown in a prefabricated growth mat. MS Gonzalez successfully setup the Hamama Trays for UND's green experiment.
Martian Soil
MS Cecil completed setup of her Martian bio-soil project. So far it is up and going and will not have any data to report until tomorrow morning.
Measuring EVA Performance
MS Gonzalez is in the process of finishing up his experiment’s setup. He has debriefed everyone on expectations and will begin collection of data tomorrow.
Mutually Sustained Systems for Space Flight
MS DeJan is on hold with his project. Missing a critical piece puts him on standby until his 6 and 7/16 feet of clear flexible tubing is resupplied.
Green Study
CO Turner is bummed about lack of exposure in the green hab. This module is normally her happy place, but there is a large amount of activity here in the 5i mission. She plans to set up late into this evening. She is continuing her project from the previous 4i-mission where she is analyzing the rate of growth in Lunar and Martian regolith versus Earth soil under different light spectrums at timed intervals, as well as comparing supported (feeding and mixed compounds) versus non-supported environments. The control group only receives traditional greenhouse light and filtered H2O. Specialist Turner is excited to see the outcome of this project.
