405-CommanderReport

Commander Report

04/05/2014

Prepared by Paulina Sidwell

Crew 139B has landed! I am happy to report that out trip to MDRS was smooth and that the transition

with crew 139A went great. We arrived at the hab around 2 pm. They told us all about their great

experience over the past week and we spent the rest of the afternoon learning about what we need to

do. The debriefing process took about three hours. Crew 139A left about 5 pm.

After they left, we began unpacking and jumped into our responsibilities immediately. Kelsey

collected bacteria samples for her project. Liz began cooking us dinner (it smells delicious in here

right now); Kelsey, Joshua and I started going through the GreenHab procedures; Kyle started doing

the Engineering rounds; Dylan worked on posting on our blog and is also helping with the cooking.

We will be having a meeting tonight, after dinner, to talk about tomorrow and the excitement that

awaits! We are thrilled to be here, and cannot wait to start sim tomorrow when we wake up!