Crew 306 EVA Report 30-12-2024
EVA # 09
Author: Elizabeth Howard
Purpose of EVA: The first purpose of this EVA was to make it back to the base of Eos Chasma to allow Crew Commander Jesus to assess the base for soils and rocks that may be especially relevant to his project, and to log more data on Crew Commander Elizabeth Howard’s EMF meter from a location deeper into the chasma compared to yesterday’s EVA. Additionally, the EVA team performed a “search and rescue” mission for Crew Commander Elizabeth Howard’s phone, which was lost during yesterday’s EVA.
Start time: 10:00 AM
End time: 14:13 PM
Narrative: After arriving at the entrance to the chasma, the EVA crew kept a steady pace as they headed towards the base of the chasma, since it had taken the full four and a half hours to make the same trip yesterday. Although the crew kept an eye out and collected a few rocks during the walk to the base of the chasm, no additional soil samples were taken for Crew Commander Jesus Meza’s project. Additionally, although the crew did not stop along the way, there was not enough time for the EVA crew to both take EMF data at the chasma base and still make it back on time. After making it to the base of Eos Chasma to check for any possible soils to collect and finding the lost phone, the EVA crew headed back along the same route.
Destination: Eos Chasma
Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 521750E, 4256000N
Participants: Jesus Meza, Adriana Sanchez, Elizabeth Howard
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: From MDRS, the crew drove north up Cow Dung Road to coordinates (518250, 4253750). The rovers were parked there along the side of the road. EVA crew then walked east along the creek bed that feeds into the entrance of Eos Chasma at (519500, 4254000). They walked along the inside of the canyon, reaching the base of the chasma (521750, 4256000) before heading back along the same route.
Mode of travel: Driving and walking