Crew Photos – November 15th
Sol Summary – November 15th
Sol: 2
Summary Title: The birthday party
Author’s name: Izabela Shopova
Mission Status: Nominal
Sol Activity Summary: Our first full day in sim started at sunrise. The crew engineer checked the suit batteries’ voltage before breakfast. While retrieving the multimeter from RAM Crew journalist made a mistake and opened the front door, which broke the sim accidentally. Realizing the mistake we closed the door and went out through the rare airlock.
At breakfast, the crew had a serving of the first batch of our homemade yogurt in addition to home-baked biscuits, dry fruits, cheese, and ham, while discussing the plans for the day.
The two EVAs to Marble Ritual went well. The crew tested our EVA checklist and had some good lessons learned. It was very exciting to be on our first non-supervised EVAs. The weather was brilliant – cold and clear. We took millions of great photos and videos, including one taken with a drone.
Between the two EVAs the crew threw a surprise party for our Commander’s birthday with a chocolate cake and a birthday card.
Look Ahead Plan: Plan for tomorrow includes First Aid training, support for Intertribal Space conference, and an afternoon EVA
Anomalies in work: Accidental break of sim by mistake in the morning. One of the headphones is giving us trouble.
Weather: Cold and clear, sub-zero temperatures.
Crew Physical Status: Optimal – High spirits, good health, optimistic, elated.
EVA: Two successful EVAs
Support Requested: pillows, trash bags, cleaning product for helmets and please retrieve the garbage we have left in the rear airlock
Thank you , Mission support
Operations Report – November 15th
SOL: 2
Name of person filing report: Jas Purewal
Non-nominal systems: EVA comms unit 3 headset not working; will test on different channel next time
Notes on non-nominal systems: NA
ROVERS
Spirit rover used: Yes
Hours: (before EVA) 197.5
Beginning charge: (Before EVA) 100%
Ending charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging) 94%
Currently charging: No
Opportunity rover used: Yes
Hours: 103.0
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 93%
Currently charging: No
Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 209.7
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 97%
Currently charging: No
Perseverance rover used: Yes
Hours: 248.7
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 80%
Currently charging: No
General notes on rovers: All working fine
Summary of Hab operations: put notes here
WATER USE: 75 gallons
Water (static tank): 425 gallons
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): off
Static tank heater (On or off) off
Toilet tank emptied: yes
Summary of internet: Good
Summary of suits and radios: EVA comms unit 3 headset not working; will test on different channel next time
Summary of GreenHab operations: None
WATER USE: 4.54 gallons
Heater: On
Supplemental light: Off
Harvest: NA
Summary of ScienceDome operations: None
Dual split: (Heat or AC, On or Off) Heat, On
Summary of RAM operations: (Tools used, work done) multimeter to check voltage on spacesuits before first EVA’s
Summary of any observatory issues: NA
Summary of health and safety issues: Everyone is in good condition; some crew have dry nose and intermittent nosebleeds. Some neck aches from lack of pillow.
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Still waiting on more trash bags please for toilet bins and for general bins; more Clorox cleaning wipes; pillows please.
GreenHab Report – November 15th
Sol 2
GreenHab Officer: Caitlyn Hubric
Environmental control: (heater, fan, door open?) heater on, door closed, 21% humidity
Average temperatures: 43.3ºC/13.5ºC
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 16.2 L ≈ 4.28 gal
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 1 L ≈ 0.26 gal
Water in Blue Tank: ~293 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: twice, morning and night, 9am-7pm
Changes to crops:
-Good growth in the sugar snap peas and beans, most tomatoes beginning to grow true leaves
-Unmarked container of microgreens growing really well
-Mint in big blue planter began to grow, decided not to replant due to this
Narrative:
-Sugar snap peas nearing the height where they require additional support, would you like me to give them wire cages to grab onto in the next few days?
-Set up my mushroom research in closed tubs in the greenhouse. I am testing 2 different substrate methods with hopes of generating food for the crew while decomposing plant waste (that I provided).
-What does the container of microgreens that is unlabeled contain? These are ready to harvest very soon but I am unsure what plant it is and I want to be able to give you the crop type with the mass.
Harvest: (include which crop and mass in grams)
N/A
Support/supplies needed:
N/A
EVA Report – November 15th
EVA # 1
Author: Jenni Hesterman, Elizabeth Balga
Purpose of EVA: Familiarization with spacesuits, communications system, and rovers
Start time: 1000
End time: 1100
Narrative: The crew took overshot Marble Ritual, executed a three point turn without breaking the berm and arrived at the target area. We set off on foot exploring and noted petrified wood and many types of rock in the area.
Destination: Marble Ritual
Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 519000, 4251000
Participants: CDR, COMM, ENGR
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Rd (0110) to Marble Ritual
Mode of travel: Rover, Walking
EVA # 2
Author: Caitlyn Hubric, Elizabeth Balga
Purpose of EVA: Familiarization with spacesuits, communications system, and rovers
Start time: 1430
End time: 1530
Narrative: Attempted to fly our drone today, winds were too high, crash landed but in good condition. Will try again in future EVA. Scouted the area around Marble Ritual for plant life, found 5-6 different plants of interest to sample the dirt/substrate around the roots. Found the presence of an orange organism on the northside of rocks, which looked like a lichen, would like to return to scrape a small amount to look under the microscope.
Destination: Marble Ritual
Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 519000, 4251000
Participants: XO, BIO, HSO
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Rd (0110) to Marble Ritual
Mode of travel: Rover, Walking
Commander Report – November 15th
Sol: 2
Summary Title: Birthday on Mars
Author’s name: Dr. Jenni Hesterman, Commander
Mission Status: Nominal
Commander’s Report: The crew was up this morning for breakfast at 0730, which consisted of homemade yogurt with dehydrated fruit and biscuits with cheese and ham.
The crew of 6 split into 2 groups and accomplished their first Extra Vehicular Activity mission to explore an area called Marble Ritual. The Commander, Crew Engineer and Communications Officer went out in the morning and the XO, Crew Biologist and Health & Safety Officer took the afternoon mission. The crew enjoyed spectacular views and searched for plants, rocks and fossils unique to the area.
When EVA operations were complete, the crew met to discuss lessons learned. After a dinner of homemade soup and rice, we finalized the next day’s schedule. Priorities tonight include completing a video for the Intertribal Space Conference and watching a time-delayed video of the Artemis launch. Work is well underway on several fronts, including the Greenhab and the use of Paro the baby seal, a robotic comfort animal.
Today was my birthday and the crew surprised me with a cake, card and balloons. I am so fortunate to be on this mission with an amazing group of intelligent and kind women.
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