Crew Physical Status: Everyone is in good spirits and healthy.

EVA: Today we took a short out of SIM EVA led by Ben Huset to the Musk Observatory. I am saddened that we will not be able to use the telescope on this rotation. Weather permitting we are hoping to take a few shots of the night sky. The surrounding terrain is very washed out and slippery due to the affects of the winter storms we are experiencing. We may not be able to do an effective EVA for another day due to the terrain conditions but I am hopeful that by the time Stacy and Todd come we will be able to initiate our field investigations.

Brief Narrative of Today's Results: As I write this the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had a successful entry into orbit around Mars. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, will provide more science data than all previous Mars missions combined. Additional information about Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is available online at: http://www.nasa.gov/mro . The F.L.A.M.E. crew would like to congratulate the MRO Team on all their hard work!

Plans for Tomorrow: Tomorrow we will do two EVAs; one in the morning for CDR Zabala-Aliberto's concretion studies, the second for Angelina Zabala for her soil sampling (all weather permitting). Our crew will also do some house keeping and some painting of the Hab to clean it before the media arrives (Wed.-Fri.).

Report Transmission Schedule:

1. Commander's Check-in 19:00
2. HSO 19:00
3. Engineering Report 19:00
4. Human Factors Study 20:00
5. EVA Report 19:00
6. Photographs 20:00

Maintenance: MDRS Science Laboratory was cleaned today.

Inventory: Donations from CDR Zabala-Aliberto

1. A Strategy For Research In Space Biology And Medicine In The New Century
2. An Integrated Strategy for the Planetary Sciences 1995-2010
3. Microgravity Research In Support Of Technologies For The Human Exploration And Development Of Space And Planetary Bodies
4. The Quarantine and Certification of Martian Samples
5. Evaluating The Biological Potential In Samples Returned From Planetary Satellites And Small Solar System Bodies
6. Issues And Opportunities Regarding The U.S. Space Program (A Summary Report Of A Workshop On National Space Policy)
7. Science In NASA's Vision For Space Exploration
8. Review of NASA's Biomedical Research Program
9. Biological Contamination Of Mars Issues And Recommendations
10. Space Studies Board Annual Report 2004
11. Imagine the Universe! StarChild Astronomy Picture of the Day 6th Edition (DVD)

Book & DVD Donations from Menkes van den Briel:
The Home Depot Home Improvement 1-2-3 (Book)
Yours, Mine and Ours (with Renee Russo and Dennis Quaid)

Miscellaneous: We are still awaiting the arrival of Stacy Sklar and Todd Romberger in which they will not arrive until tomorrow afternoon.

Support Requested: Water for personal hygiene and cleaning is needed (when Don can make it out here for we know how busy he is).

Veronica Ann Zabala-Aliberto
Commander, MDRS Crew 46