Operations Report – February 5th

Crew 310 Operations Report 05-02-2025

SOL: 3

Name of person filing report: Helena Arias

Non-nominal systems:

Robotic Observatory

Hab secondary structure

Notes on non-nominal systems: Maintenance of the observatory planned for June. The cause of the thermal system failure has been detected: there are air leaks in the upper deck of the Hab. Guidance has been requested from mission support. There was permission for covering the scratches with temporary patches but not foam or other fix solutions. The solution will be evaluated tonight.

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: no

Hours: –

Beginning charge: –

Ending charge: –

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: –

Beginning charge: –

Ending charge: –

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: yes

Hours: 302,1

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 75 %

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: yes

Hours: 292,8

Beginning charge: 100 %

Ending charge: 77 %

Currently charging: yes

General notes on rovers: last check made on SOL 3 (18:58 PM).

Summary of Hab operations: Sport, meals, EVA preparation and 3d printing activities have been made as usual. The crew has been eating a special meal today. Arias has also been working on temporary solutions for the leaks.

Water Use (please use both methods to estimate water usage)

Time of measurements (collect data for the same time window): 7:00 pm
1) Per formula (see notes): 32.675 gal.
2) Smart Home Dashboard (see notes): 33.04 gal.

Water (static tank, remaining gallons): 416.686 gal.

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): On

Static tank heater (on or off): On

Toilet tank emptied (no or yes): No

Summary of internet: used from 7:00 am to 8:00 am and from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm for personal communication and reports.

Summary of suits and radios:

Suits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10

Radios: nominal

All radio and spacesuit batteries checked before EVA: Yes. All nominal.

Summary of GreenHab operations: plants were watered twice (morning and evening) and some plants were harvested.

WATER USE: 7 gallons

Heater (On or Off): On

Supplemental light (hours of operation): 3

Harvest (name, weight in grams):

14 g rucola

1 beet

1 carrot

61 g radish (3 units)

Summary of Science Dome operations: Marina Martínez, Estel Blay and Ariadna Farres have been working on their experiments.

Dual split: Off

Summary of RAM operations: Monica Roca and Helena Arias have been working on the reflector. RAM was also used as an airlock for the first EVA of the day.

Summary of any observatory issues:

Robotic observatory: Not working. Maintenance planned for June.

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Guidance has been requested in order to assess the air leakage. An EVA will be requested in the next few days to observe the damage from the outside of the structure.

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