Today was our full first day at the Hab. After a much needed full night's sleep (the first one most of us had experienced in a while), the crew awoke rested and ready for the day by 8:00. Jason and Amy headed out to do the daily restart of the generator and check all of the tank levels at 7:00 so that the power outage didn't coincide with major daily activity.

At 8:00 the crew discussed the day's first EVA over breakfast. After a couple of hours of morning preparations and EVA planning, Dennis, Jason and Ryan headed off on our first geology EVA. They headed off on foot in search of a lake just less than two kilometers North of the Hab.

While they were out, Daniel was busy with habcom duties, and Kevin and Amy began piecing together the PSUMS rover. Tomorrow crew members will begin collaborating with PSUMS members at Penn State to get the rover up and running. High on the agenda are the electronics systems, and the on-board microcontroller. Problems that arose with microcontroller communications just before this crew rotation began will prove to be an obstacle. Barring that obstacle, the rover base could begin rolling in sim within a few days.

In the early afternoon, Daniel planned a second EVA for the afternoon, and Kevin began investigating work that needed to be done in the GreenHab. Dennis and Kevin spent about 45 minutes in the mid-afternoon in the GreenHab running tests, and investigating a few engineering tasks that will need to be completed in the next few days. Among those tasks are running air lines through the trickle flow tank reservoirs, and keeping the space heaters running on a timer.

In the latter half of the afternoon Daniel, Kevin and Ryan went out on an out-of-sim EVA on the ATVs. Because this was the first time for each of them riding the ATVs any good amount, they decided to do this out-of-sim to gain experience driving them. They ventured out to the lake visited in the first EVA of the day to compare ATV EVA times to PED EVA times. Today's first EVA definitely pushed the limits of how far is reasonable for a PED EVA. At a certain point, the crew is losing a great deal of efficiency with longer transit times, and is also becoming more tired.

All in all, today was a great transition day. The crew is starting to fall into a good rhythm, and will be able to maximize their time better as the days pass. The upcoming tele-engineering work on both the PSUMS rover and the GreenHab will prove to be interesting experiments concerning long-distance collaboration. Additionally, five engineers and a biologist attempting to do geology field work will rely a great deal on the assistance of the Remote Science Team.

Needless to say, it will be a very busy two weeks.