SOL 25: The End of the Mission is Approaching
03:17 PM: Over the past few days, everyone was supposed to perform teleoperation of a rover via a virtual reality headset for the HUMANISE experiment, but it turned out there were persistent issues. The start of this activity kept getting postponed until today, which was the deadline by which we could carry it out. It won’t be possible for Crew 311 to pilot a rover in this way, but to gather as much data as possible anyway, the researcher in charge of the experiment allowed us to try the headset by playing racing games. He collects data such as our heart rate during these short sessions, allowing him to analyze our reactions. Everyone takes turns participating in this new activity alongside other tasks. These racing sessions disrupt the inner ear, and many of us had a spinning sensation when we took off the headset!
Robin finalizes his program for managing “Core Data.” Core Data is an experiment by the MDRS crews of ISAE-Supaero that collects physiological data on crew members. This allows the researchers we work with to use it to achieve results. Meanwhile, Erin writes a detailed document explaining all aspects of the experiment, to execute it better and more easily in the coming years.
The end of the mission is approaching, and with it come many questions. We received questions from students at the French Lycée in New York with whom we had conducted science outreach sessions. Célyan and Erin are taking care of answering them via video!
The end of the mission is approaching, but the astronomy project has already concluded! Quentin worked hard over the past few days, and he finally finished it. There are still a few details to refine, but it’s excellent news to know the project was completed during the mission. It can serve as a tool for astronomers on future crews, as Quentin’s program allows measuring the movement of solar spots from images of the Sun.
The end of the mission is approaching: this afternoon, Robin and Célyan disassembled the lamps from the LättaLL experiment, took apart the 3D printers, unplugged some of our extension cords… The evening is quite ordinary in appearance; we work on our reports in the HAB with music playing on the speaker, as if we were going to stay here for months more. No one quite realizes yet that the end of the mission is approaching.