In the construction event, University of Nevada, Reno was the first team of the day to successfully navigate their rover to the bolt panels, which were located roughly 100 meters from their origin point; they successfully tightened one bolt before their rover's ratchet was dislodged. Oregon State University and York University also had similar levels of success. In the geology event, all the participating teams found signs of water, including conglomerates, gullies, mud cracks, etc.

The UCLA team ran into a problem with their rover's drive train, and after assessing the situation, the team voted to forfeit and head back to California. BYU's rover has been unable to boot after a last-minute software patch.

Teams were hampered by extremely high winds throughout the day, which blew over several tents and prevented some teams from erecting their radio transmitters.

Tomorrow will feature a contest where teams' rovers will be tasked with delivering supplies to a "distressed astronaut" in the field, based solely on GPS coordinates.

Photos and videos have been taken throughout the competition, and are being uploaded as the MDRS satellite connection permits. Additional multimedia will be posted after the event, when bandwidth constraints are no longer applicable.