Crew Physical Status: The crew's enthusiasm continues to grow as we awoke early to start the day with intense discussions about surface exploration and field documentation methodologies.

Time Departed for/Returned from EVAs: See EVA reports for details.

Brief Narrative of Field Mission Results: EVA reports for details.

Plans for Tomorrow: There will be two EVAs for microbial surveying, regolith landform mapping.

Report Transmission Schedule: Engineering Report by 7:00 pm, Journalist Report, EVA reports, HSO Report, Daily Photos by 9:00 pm.

Maintenance: GreenHab maintenance done. See GreeHab and Engineering reports for details.

EVA Narrative/Data/Interpretations: Refer to EVA reports for details.

Food/Essential Supplies Inventory: Supplies are good.

Miscellaneous: Due to the redundancy of the Commander's Check-in with the EVA reports, we are experimenting with a more streamlined report writing format by eliminating items 2, 3, and 7 of the Commander's Check-in report.

Support Requested: None.

Lealem Mulugeta
Commander, MDRS Crew 57