Journalist Report – February 17th

Sol 1: « It’s a small step for me, a bigger one for Quentin » –

Author – Isolde Louzier-Ricalens

6:30AM: First awakening in the station. After getting out of bed, the crew already get busy, checking their daily morning tasks. We measure our physiological data for the Core Data experiment, that will allow us to transfer data to the researchers needing them. After that, it’s time to follow our first sport session, animated by Célyan. No time to lose for Crew 311: as soon as finished, we clean ourselves (but with wipes, like in the ISS!), we dress up, and we finally close the door of the station. Let’s go for a busy day!

11:19AM: I just came back from my first EVA, an ExtraVehicular Activity. Meddi, Quentin, Robin and I did our first training. We found the perfect place for the atmospheric instruments: Marble Rituals. We will set them up later during the week. The analog Martian desert looked very vast, such as the sky that overlooked it. I had the honour to step on its ground first, and to pronounce our first words: « it’s a small step for me, a bigger one for Quentin ».

During this time, the rest of the crew did our food inventory.

3:00PM: During the beginning of the afternoon, every crew member goes to their business. Meddi waters the plants, Robin takes inventory of the RAM, whereas Somaya takes the Science Dome’s one, and Quentin takes charge of the solar observatory. Everyone got together then, to setup Somaya, Erin and Célyan for their EVA training.

6:50PM: The afternoon was productive. While some of us were preparing Orbital Architecture experiment, some other were managing the building of supports for our atmospheric instruments. The communication window is approaching, and now the whole crew answer their daily questionnaires.

GreenHab Report – February 17th

Crew 311 GreenHab Report 17-02-2025
GreenHab Officer: Meddi MOUMOUNI
Environmental control (fan & heater): Yes
Average temperatures (last 24h): 83°F
Maximum temperature (last 24h): 95°F
Minimum temperature (last 24h): 70°F
Hours of supplemental light: 5 hours
Daily water usage for crops: 4 & ½ gallon
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0
Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 174 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 2 p.m & 6 p.m
Changes to crops: None
Narrative: Watering the crops and environmental data gathering. Finishing my simple map of the greenhab and its crops which will help me out during the whole mission. Starting of the setup of the microgreens experiment. Looking out for things to harvest, might harvest tomorrow.
Harvest: (include which crop and mass in grams) None
Support/supplies needed: None

EVA Report – February 17th

Crew 311 EVA Report 17-02-2025

EVA # 01
Author: Meddi MOUMOUNI (GreenHab Officer)
Purpose of EVA: EVA Training exploring west for a spot for atmospheric instrument
Start time: 10:00 a.m
End time: 11:00 a.m
Narrative: We took our first step on martian land after our arrival, we then hopped on Spirit & Curiosity rovers to go to Marble rituals. No issues during travel, we successfully arrived at the spot. The crew then started exploring the surroundings and found a satisfactory spot for the experiments. We then came back to the MDRS and re-entered the base on time.
Destination: Marble Rituals
Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 518250 E, 4250750 N
Participants: Meddi MOUMOUNI (GreenHab Officer & EVA Leader), Robin GORIUS (Crew Engineer), Isolde LOUZIER-RICALENS (Crew Journalist), Quentin BERLEMONT
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110
Mode of travel: Driving then Walking a few Hundred meters West (More info on rovers in operational report)

Operations Report – February 17th

Crew 311 Operations Report 17/02/2025
SOL: 1
Name of person filing report: Robin GORIUS
Non-nominal systems: Robotic observatory, toilet alarm, suits 1 voltmeter.
Notes on non-nominal systems: Maintenance of the observatory planned for June
ROVERS
Spirit rover used: Yes
Hours: 2674
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 94%
Currently charging: ?
Opportunity rover used: Yes
Hours: 204.8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 97%
Currently charging: ?
Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 296.6
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 93%
Currently charging: ?
Perseverance rover used: Yes
Hours: 305.5
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 95%
Currently charging: ?
General notes on rovers: Working as expected
Summary of Hab operations: Sport, EVA support, Experiment unpacking and preparation, 3D printing
Water Use (please use both methods to estimate water usage)
Time of measurements (collect data for the same time window): 6:30 pm
1) Per formula (see notes): 21gl
2) Smart Home Dashboard (see notes):16.25gl
Water (static tank, remaining gallons): 544gl
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 pm to 9 pm for reports
Summary of suits and radios:
Suits :
1 -> voltmeter not working, not used
2 -> Battery drops quickly to 43% when turned on, not used
3 -> 100% , used
4 -> 99%, used
5 -> 100%, not used
6 -> 100%, not used
7 -> 100%
8 -> 99%, not used
9 -> 97%, used
10 -> 100%, used
Radios : radios are all ok except for radio 5 which had com issues on EVA.
Summary of GreenHab operations: Plants were watered
WATER USE: 4.5 gallons
Heater (On or Off): Off
Supplemental light (hours of operation): 5 to 10 pm
Harvest (name, weight in grams): None
Summary of ScienceDome operations: None
Dual split (Heat or AC, On or Off): On Heat
Summary of RAM operations: (Tools used, work done): None
Summary of any observatory issues: None
Summary of health and safety issues: None
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None

GreenHab Report – February 20th

Crew 311 GreenHab Report 20-02-2025
GreenHab Officer: MOUMOUNI Meddi
Environmental control (fan & heater): Yes
Average temperatures (last 24h): 77 F
Maximum temperature (last 24h): 93,5 F
Minimum temperature (last 24h): 71,5 F
Hours of supplemental light: 5hrs
Daily water usage for crops: 5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 75mL
Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 159 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 8:45am & 5pm
Changes to crops: Attached some plants to help them grow in a better way
Narrative: Took care of the plants and my experiment. It was a pretty cold day.
Harvest:
Support/supplies needed:

Sol Summary – February 20th

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 20-02-2025
Sol: 4
Summary Title: The wind blows in the sails of Crew 311
Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander
Mission Status: Nominal
Sol Activity Summary: Sol 4 allowed Crew 311 to continue installing some experiments, and to start some sessions of the HUMANISE experiment. Crew Engineer started teaching 3D printing to other crew members. We tried to debug AMAIA, our AI assistant, and it works but not perfectly. We also launched for the first time all the measurements for the Orbital Architecture experiment (heart rate sensor, location tracking,…).
Crew Astronomer and GreenHab Officer thought about how to organize the EVA that will take place during Sol 6. The objective will be to take some drone pictures for the stratigraphy experiment.
During the afternoon, Crew continued their activities and finished installing the lights in the Lower Deck for the Lattal experiment.
Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will be dedicated to the installation of some experiments. Some crew members will create a sign to place near the atmospheric instruments during the next EVA and other features to monitor the battery. We’ll also start to count the water used and for which usage. GreenHab Officer will also train some other crew members on how to use the drone.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Cloudy, Temperature 35 F / 45 F
Crew Physical Status: Nominal
EVA: None
Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Astronomy Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.
Support Requested: None

Operations Report – February 20th

Crew 311 Operations Report 20/02/2025
SOL: 4
Name of person filing report: Robin GORIUS
Non-nominal systems: Robotic observatory, toilet alarm
Notes on non-nominal systems: Maintenance of the observatory planned for June
ROVERS
Spirit rover used: No
Opportunity rover used: No
Curiosity rover used: No
Perseverance rover used: No
General notes on rovers: None
Summary of Hab operations: Sport, Experiments, 3D printing
Water Use (please use both methods to estimate water usage)
Time of measurements (collect data for the same time window): 6:00 pm
1) Per formula (see notes): 15.43gl
2) Smart Home Dashboard (see notes):13.18gl
Water (static tank, remaining gallons): 439gl
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 pm to 9 pm for reports
Summary of suits and radios:
Suits :
1 -> 100%, not used
2 -> 100%, not used
3 -> 100% ,not used
4 -> 100%, not used
5 -> 100%, not used
6 -> 100%, not used
7 -> 100%, not used
8 -> 100%, not used
9 -> 100%, not used
10 -> 100%, not used
Radios : All good
Summary of GreenHab operations: plants were watered
WATER USE: 5 gallons
Heater (On or Off): Off
Supplemental light (hours of operation): 5 to 10 pm
Harvest (name, weight in grams): None
Summary of ScienceDome operations: Humanise and microgreens experiments
Dual split (Heat or AC, On or Off): On Heat
Summary of RAM operations: (Tools used, work done): None
Summary of any observatory issues: None
Summary of health and safety issues: None
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:
A non-burnable trash has been placed in the RAM Airlock

GreenHab Report – February 19th

Crew 311 GreenHab Report 19-02-2025
GreenHab Officer: MOUMOUNI Meddi
Environmental control (fan & heater): Yes
Average temperatures (last 24h): 79 F
Maximum temperature (last 24h): 93 F
Minimum temperature (last 24h): 71.2 F
Hours of supplemental light: 5hrs
Daily water usage for crops: 5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 75mL
Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 164 gallon
Time(s) of watering for crops: 10 am / 4:30pm
Changes to crops: Extracted some soil from a sunflower (I think) pot where nothing was growing for my microgreens experiment
Narrative: Was able to start the microgreens experiment in the afternoon, the day was a little bit cloudy
Harvest: 7g mint
Support/supplies needed:

Sol Summary – February 19th

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 19-02-2025
Sol: 3
Summary Title: A break to freshly restart the day!
Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander
Mission Status: Nominal
Sol Activity Summary: This morning, three crew members went on EVA to install 4 atmospheric instruments: LOAC, which analyze the atmosphere and aerosols, MegaAres and the Field Mill, which analyze the electric field and a weather station. The EVA went very well, and they even finished earlier than planned. While the EVA was going on, Crew Scientist started the HUMANISE experiment by teleoperating a rover.
After a delicious lunch prepared by Crew HSO and Crew Scientist, the whole crew took a well-deserved break. The afternoon was quite calm but productive: GreenHab Officer finished planting the micropouss and took photos for our outreach activities!
As every day, the end of the afternoon is fully dedicated to filling in questionnaires and preparing the communication window!
Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will be dedicated to continuing the installation of the experiments we started, such as testing that all the data from the Orbital Architecture experiment is well collected. We also want to start working on new experiments, such as for example the building of a rover from scratch with a 3D printer.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Cloudy, Temperature 30 F / 50 F
Crew Physical Status: Nominal
EVA: None
Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #03, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.
Support Requested: None

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