Journalist Report
02/23/2013 Saturday (Mission Day 1, arrival)
Ayako Ono
On the snowy Saturday Feb. 23, 2013, we Crew 125B safely arrived to
MDRS via The Home Depot near Grand Junction, Bull Mountain Market to
receive Crew 125B’s foods and products, and a hamburger restaurant in
Hanksville. There was a problem with the car we rented, because of the
space for Crew 124A’s baggage, but we solved the problem successfully.
The success made 2 crews happy. After Crew 124A left, remained 4 crew
members at the Hab started to store their food and to clean the rooms.
I found a wall painting (drawing) on the wall of a crew quarter. Then,
we cooked the first dinner, cream soup pasta with some fresh
vegetables remained by the previous crew, after we took a rest just a
little when 2 crew members came back to the Hab. Playing music was
ordered by commander Melissa during cooking, and it made a nice
atmosphere to cooperate for the cooking. The speakers which might need
to be fixed were working well. We did safety check and quick tour
about the Hab systems after the dinner, and went to bed because crew
members who have jetlag were very tired and sleepy.