Crew Physical Status: Excellent, despite two crew members having a very light cold they caught during yesterday's EVA (after a day of rest and some Vitamin C they are doing fine again).

Brief Narrative of Today's Results: One long-range combined BioMars and GeoMars EVA, performed by the XO, the HSO and the FE, led to interesting areas around the waypoints 235 and 239. The EVA crew took a dozen new waypoints and samples. A sterile external suit was in use again, as well as micro spherules applied to special patches on a normal suit, to measure cross-contamination. While the three person EVA crew was on mission, Mission Control surprised the remaining analogue astronauts with a medical anomaly (CDR was seriously burned by a small explosion in the laboratory), which they mastered without major difficulties (even though HSO was on EVA) - thankfully the crew had an extensive first aid training beforehand. The day concludes with reporting and science test cycles.

EVA: 1.

Plans for Tomorrow: See flight plan day 13 of MCC. In the remaining two and a half days, the crew will perform some more BioMars and GeoMars EVAs, might experience another simulated anomaly, will conclude all scientific test cycles and will finalize all science data reports.

Report Transmission Schedule:

1. Commander's Check-in: 18:30
2. Commander's Report: 21:00
3. XO Report: 20:00
4. HSO Report: 19:00
5. Engineering Report: 19:00
6. EVA Report: 21:00
7. Photographs: 21:00

Miscellaneous: nothing.

Support Requested: none.

More to follow.

Alexander Soucek
Commander, MDRS Crew 48 "AustroMars," on behalf of CDR