SOL 15 : The sun is rising on Mars

Alone on the red planet, we feel the effects of confinement. It is important to spend time together and enjoy every moment. Even a simple sunrise is a source of comfort and reassurance. We are becoming more and more aware that we are in a new world.
Our mission support has provided us with food rations for the second part of our adventure, and we had pasta with bolognaise sauce, Parmesan cheese, and basil from Félix. Just enough to end a full day well.

All morning, we went with Lou, Célia, and Félix on an EVA to North Ridge to map the area in 3D and prepare for this week’s orienteering race. On Wednesday, a first team will use a 2D support to find 7 beacons that we have hidden. We will compare their performance with that of another team that will have a 3D map.

Célia and Félix started the stratigraphy experiment. They were able to draw the profile of a geological strat. They then collected samples to observe them at the Geol’Ex. It is a spectroscope that will allow us to study the composition of rocks by reflectance. Adèle did CapCom and supported the EVA from the station.

This afternoon, Lou made 3D prints for the last pieces of the SupaeroMoon rover. She created the map of North Ridge and answered with Julien and Félix questions from students of the euro section of the lycée de la Mer. Scientific mediation is an important part of our mission.

Gaspard organized small mid-mission sessions to ask us where we are and what we expect for the next two weeks.

Célia and Félix continued the Geol’Ex experiment at the Science Dom where Julien also organized sessions of NeuroErgonomie.

With Adèle, we continued the editing of the mid-mission video all afternoon.
Tomorrow morning, we will explore even further Mars!