Day: December 24, 2021

[Operations Report – December 24th]

Crew 236 Operations Report 24-DEC-2021

SOL: 5

Name of person filing report: Pavithra Ravi

Non-nominal systems:

1. Suits and radios — the suit issue reported on yesterday’s report persists.

Notes on non-nominal systems: The backpack was opened and the voltage
across the battery leads was checked with a multimeter, yielding 11.48
V. Since this is not too far from the ideal value of 12 V, the issue
may not be with the battery. When the air was turned on to max, one of
the fans did not turn at all, while the second fan spun very slowly.
Nothing appeared to be burned or abnormal.

2. Toilet — the leaking issue persists when the water valve isn’t turned off.
Today, we attempted to fix the leak by reapplying Teflon tape to the
threading on the fittings near the leak spot. Then, we proceeded to
tighten the fittings once more and then we turned on the water valve.
After about an hour, the leak started once more, though now it is
dripping from a different spot. While the water was initially coming
out just behind the black fitting (shown in with the blue arrow in the
attached photo), now it is coming out where the black arrow is.

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: No

Hours: (before EVA): N/A

Beginning charge: (Before EVA) N/A

Ending charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging) N/A

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Perseverance rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: None

Summary of Hab operations: Toilet — the leaking issue persists when
the water valve isn’t turned off.
Today, we attempted to fix the leak by reapplying Teflon tape to the
threading on the fittings near the leak spot. Then, we proceeded to
tighten the fittings once more and then we turned on the water valve.
After about an hour, the leak started once more, though now it is
dripping from a different spot. While the water was initially coming
out just behind the black fitting (shown in with the blue arrow in the
attached photo), now it is coming out where the black arrow is.

WATER USE:

Water (static tank): approx. 334 gallons

Water (loft tank): 50 gallons

Water Meter: 01540146 units

Static to Loft Pump used – yes or no: Yes. It was filled from 19 to 55
gallons at about 17:30 today.

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): Off

Static tank heater (on or off) Off

Toilet tank emptied (no or yes): No. The tank was last emptied at
about 20:45 on Dec 22nd. This was done after the report on the 22nd
was sent and accidentally left out on yesterday’s report.

Summary of internet: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: The suit issue reported on yesterday’s
report persists. The backpack was opened and the voltage across the
battery leads was checked with a multimeter, yielding 11.48 V. Since
this is not too far from the ideal value of 12 V, the issue may not be
with the battery. When the air was turned on to max, one of the fans
did not turn at all, while the second fan spun very slowly. Nothing
appeared to be burned or abnormal.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nominal

WATER USE: 9.5 gallons were used today. This leaves about 203.5
gallons in the tank.

Heater (on or off): On

Supplemental light (on or off): On

Harvest: 2g basil, 37g tomato, 1g green onion

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nominal

Dual split, Heat or AC (on or off): off

Summary of RAM operations: Tools used, work done

A multimeter was used to obtain a voltage reading for the suit that
was malfunctioning. Teflon tape and a wrench were used to fix the
toilet leak.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing new to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: Health status nominal. A minor
incident occurred which has been detailed in the HSO report.

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

There is trash left in the back airlock.

We require additional support on solving the suit and toilet issues.