EVA Team: Dave, Petra, Mark
HabCom: Simone
Total Time: 3 hours, 23 minutes

Dave, Petra and Mark went out today for drilling. Mark wants to look for methane in these drilling samples. Together with Dave, he found some interesting spots. Unfortunately the weather went very bad and the EVA team had to stop the drilling because of the rain. They could only take one sample instead of five.

They wanted to take samples at Tank Wash, the reservoir south of Tank Wash and in a tributary of Muddy Creek. The primary objective was to drill at the tributary (which they did). This area was at the bottom of the intermittent stream bed where there were dark, silty channel deposits. This area was thought to have both deep and organic-rich sediments that would best fit the team's model for methane production. After taking this sample the EVA team had to stop because of the rain and hail. They headed back over the slick mud and returned to the Hab to dry off.

10:04 EVA team enters airlock for half hour prebreathe
10:34 team leaves airlock
10:35 Petra's dosimeter is exposed by herself
10:35 Dave refills gas in the ATV's and fixes gear to the ATV's
10:36 Mark starts temperature and humidity reading in the GreenHab
10:42 Mark finishes the reading in the GreenHab
10:49 Petra takes her car keys out of the airlock
10:55 Petra puts the keys in the airlock again
10:59 EVA team leaves on the ATV's
11:14 the team reaches junction nr. 1 and is heading west
11:28 they reach junction nr. 2 and head north towards Muddy Creek
11:35 team arrives at the drilling site
11:39 EVA team notices rainclouds
11:45 EVA team puts away cameras and prepares to drill
12:03 they start drilling and take gas vapour sample
12:15 rain starts slowly
12:35 the team packs up equipment in the rain
12:37 hail starts falling
12:47 EVA team starts heading back south to the hab
12:54 the team is properly wet and rides out of the rainstorm
13:12 they arrive at the hab and take out the trash
13:22 the equipment has been removed from the ATV's and they enter the airlock