Crew Physical Status: excellent, a bit exhausted, but in very good mood.

Brief Narrative of Today's Results: Three EVAs today involving five crew members. First EVA for radiation shelter management (filling of sandbacks, medical measurements), second EVA for GeoMars (sample collection), third EVA for repairing and testing Repeater Hill station and testing Aerobot; various Hab activities including the bi-weekly safety check (smoke and CO detectors, fire extinguishers, airlocks), greenhab and housekeeping. Successful test of Aerobot in the afternoon. Crew feedback session with MCC in the evening.

EVA: 3. See EVA Reports

Plans for Tomorrow: See finalised version of Flight Plan for Day 9 to be sent by MCC Salzburg. Long-range GeoMars EVA planned (using ATVs).

Report Transmission Schedule:

1. Commander's Check-in: 18:30
2. Commander's Report: 20:30
3. XO Report: 20:00
4. HSO Report: handed in.
5. Engineering Report: 20:00 (See Misc. below)
6. MSL Report: 21:00
7. MSP Report: 21:00
8. EVA Report: 21:00
9. Photographs: 21:00

Miscellaneous: Online ER form was not accessible at 17:30

Support Requested: Left back tire of ATV2 had once again not enough air, although it was re-filled two days ago. This is the third time we encounter this problem, so we suspect that there might be a small leakage.

More to follow.

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