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Crew 162 Daily Summary Report for Sol 05 01/29/2016

Summary Title: Rest, Relaxation and Research

Mission Status: Sol 06 served as a rest and recovery day, providing the

crew an opportunity to manage their own individual schedules and perform

checks on equipment and experiments with ample free time to rest after

yesterday's exhausting timetable. Crew is ready to take on the second

half of our mission.

Sol Activity Summary: Crew 162 gathered for a late breakfast and

planning meeting. Individual research and rest were the theme for today.

Commander worked on follow-up activities, greenhab experiments, soil

analysis, video and photo editing. Health & Safety Officer worked on

blogs, editing videos for her Spanish-language documentary and

troubleshooting the 3-D printer. Crew Engineer performed engineering

checks and documented ATV wheel status for engineering support.

Commander assisted with the engineering checks and helped document video

of the ATV checks. We had a much-needed relaxed lunch a Mexican chicken

burrito theme. We discussed our experiences at ISU, our graduate school,

and shared stories about family. We are nearing the half-way point of

our mission and the hab is feeling more like home here at the Martian

outpost.

Look Ahead Plan: Bad weather predicted this weekend, possible snow on

Sunday Sol 08. We will have our second media visit on Tuesday, Sol 10,

by a professional photographer from London.

Anomalies in work: No current anomalies to report. We are currently

locked out of the observatory but astronomy mission support is working

to get a replacement padlock and key.

Weather: Sunny and pleasant day on Sol 06. Low humidity and very little

wind.

Crew Physical Status: Rested and well-fed. Crew is feeling positive

about the second half of our mission.

EVA: No EVA today, only engineering checks by Crew Engineer accompanied

by Commander.

Reports to be filed:

Commanders Report

Engineering Report

Journalist Report

GreenHab Report

EVA #3 Request

Daily Photos

Support Requested: No support requested from Mission Control at this

time.