EVA Report – November 10th – Mars Desert Research Station

EVA # 13
Author: Laurène Delsupexhe
Purpose of EVA: Experiment with robot Lazarus + Exploring Sagan Street
Start time: 11:50am
End time: 1:40 pm
Narrative: The crew left the main Hab at 11:50am with the robot and tested 3 times the same straight path of 10m close to the observatory. After that, they left the equipment in the airlock for the team in the Hab to download the data and recharge the battery. Meanwhile, Laurène and Cristina headed towards the North Ridge in order to reach Sagan Street. The Mission Support Crew contacted them to let them know the testing of the robot had not properly worked. As there was still an hour and a half in the EVA and the crew was already halfway to Sagan Street, they decided to continue the exploration part of the EVA. They reached their destination, took some samples to test later on and headed back to the station by the same way they arrived. They ended their EVA as soon as they came back to the station and decided that Paula and Marta will redo the test during their EVA.
Destination: Sagan Street
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): 4251500-516500
Participants: Cristina Vazquez and Laurène Delsupexhe
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Sagan Street, 1103
Mode of travel: Walking
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EVA #: 14
Author: Marta Ferran
Purpose of EVA: Experiment with robot Lazarus + Exploring
Start time: 2:40pm
End time: 5:30pm
Narrative: Paula and Marta left the main Hab at 2:30 PM with Lazarus, the visual odometry robot developed by Dronomy. The crew tested 4 times the same straight path of 12 m close to the MDRS. Once finished, the crew came back to the Hab and left the robot equipment in the airlock. After that, Paula and Marta continued with their exploration around the MDRS. The sky was gorgeous and so, the crew took amazing pictures of the red planet. After almost 3h of EVA, the crew headed back to the Hab and started working on Lazarus’ files.
Destination: Around MDRS
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): 4251000-518000
Participants: Marta Ferran and Paula Peixoto
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: N/A
Mode of travel: Walking

MDRS Field Season #22 (2022-23)

Oct 1-16— Work Party

(Oct 20-23—TMS Conference in Tempe Arizona)

Oct 24-28—Crew 266-- Spaceward Bound High School

Oct 30—Nov 12—Crew 267—WOMARS

Nov 13—26—Crew 268-- Mars Society All women crew

Nov 27—Dec 10— Crew 269--The Aerospace Corporation Team

Dec 11—17 (one week) —Crew 270 -- NASA Spaceward Bound Utah Cohort 4

Dec 18— 31—Crew 271— Mars Society crew

Jan 1—14, 2023— Crew 272-- Purdue

Jan 15—28— Crew 273— Spanish Language Crew

Jan 29--Feb 11—Crew 274— APUS ARG-1M

Feb 12—Mar 11-- Crew 275— Supaero

Mar 12—18 — No Crew (Spring Break)

Mar 19-25 (one week) — Crew 277— Class

Mar 26—Apr 1 (one week) — Crew 278— Class

Apr 2—15— Crew 279— M.A.R.S. UC Louvain

Apr 16—29—Crew 280— Hypatia

Apr 30—May 13—Crew 261— Transatlantic Mars Society

May 14—27— Crew 281— Project Possum Alumni

June 1—3— University Rover Challenge

June 4-10 (one week)— Crew 282— Martian Biology III

June 11-17 - Summer Closeout Crew

About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

Management Team

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EVA Report – November 10th

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