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February 27, 2020February 27, 2020

Astronomy Report – February 26th

Astronomy Report

Name: Eishi Kim
Crew: 222
Date: 2/26/2020

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF

Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M34, M43 and M51 will be imaged as part of the astrophotography project.

Images submitted with this report: You will find the final images of M45 and NGC 281 as attachments.

Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Solar Features Observed: Visual observation was done today with crewmates, but no interesting feature is to be reported.

Images submitted with this report: None

Problems Encountered: None

February 27, 2020February 27, 2020

Journalist Report – February 26th

Crew 222 Journalist Report 26Feb2020
Author: Marie Bochard, Crew Journalist
Sol 10
Title: Pale white dot

Today’s EVA team headed North to the Ridge by foot. They found a way up the hill and had a long walk back to the Hab. It was fun seeing them in the distance from a Hab window! They looked like tiny ants walking along the edge. Seeing the white Hab from far away was impressive: it’s the only man-made building in the visible region around us. It feels like we are alone in the universe. During the climb, what struck them the most was the red, unfertile sand that really looks like Martian soil. There are no animals to be seen, and the few plants that grow don’t look like a sustainable life form.

After lunch, Eishi showed us his solar observatory. He calibrated the telescope, and we could see clearly the Sun in the visor! Unluckily, we are right in the middle of the “low activity” period of the sun, so all we saw was a giant red ball. The red comes from the filters that allow us to look directly at the Sun, without them it would burn our retina instantly. In a few years, Astronomers will be able to see prominences, sun spots, or even flares and filaments! Judging from the photos on the manual, it looks impressive. We might come back in 5 years to see it with our own eyes!

Valentin and I almost finished working on his LCVG on his afternoon. We finished joining together and waterproofing the tubes through which the cold water will run. The whole system works well, and we found no leak! Tomorrow, we will test it out and see if the suit truly makes a difference when outside on EVA.

We only have a few days left here, and we really feel like we have grown up during our time here. Our organization improved, we all get along great, and we have created a routine that suits all. It will be very strange to face the real world again.

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020

Operations Report

Crew 222 Operations Report 02/24/2020

SOL: 8

Name of person filing report: Valentin PRUDHOMME

Non-nominal systems: N/A

Notes on non-nominal systems: N/A

Sunday generator:
Off at 6:30am
On at 9:00pm SOC was 83%

Monday generator:
Off at 6:00am
On at 9:00 pm SOC was XX%

Diesel Reading – 74%

Station Propane Reading – 29% (refill asked)

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 0.5 gallons

Water (loft tank): 48 gallons

Water Meter: 149453.58 units

Water (static tank) – 304 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 72 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: no

Deimos rover used: no
Hours: 146.2
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: N/A

Spirit rover: no
Hours: 132.4
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no
Hours: 69.9
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: yes
Hours: 138.5
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 94%
Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: N/A

ATV’s Used: yes
Reason for use: Run during the engineer EVA for the battery.
Oil Added? no
ATV Fuel Used: N/A
Hours the ATVs were Used today: 10 minutes
Notes on ATVs: The second one from the Hab doesn’t have anymore battery.
The red one was very difficult to start but I manage to do it.

HabCar used and why, where? The habcar is now in the shop awaiting repairs.

CrewCar used and why, where? N/A

General notes and comments: N/A

Summary of internet: All ok.

Summary of suits and radios: Suits 8 and 9 used and radio tested for the
EVA. all ok.

Summary of Hab operations: N/A

Summary of GreenHab operations: N/A

Summary of ScienceDome operations: N/A

Summary of RAM operations: After the rain of yesturday, the RAM wasn’t
waterproof and leaked on our electronics.

Summary of any observatory issues: N/A

Summary of health and safety issues: N/A

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: N/A

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020

Operations Report

Crew 222 Operations Report 02/23/2020

SOL: 7

Name of person filing report: Valentin PRUDHOMME

Non-nominal systems: N/A

Notes on non-nominal systems: N/A

Saturday generator:
Off at 5:30am
On at 5:00pm SOC was 80%

Sunday generator:
Off at 6:30am
On at 9:00pm SOC was XX%

Diesel Reading – 74%

Station Propane Reading – 30% (refill asked)

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 0.5 gallons

Water (loft tank): 47 gallons

Water Meter: 149426.79 units

Water (static tank) – 319 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 80 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: no

Deimos rover used: no
Hours: 146.2
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: N/A

Spirit rover: no
Hours: 132.4
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no
Hours: 69.9
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: yes
Hours: 138.4
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 90%
Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: N/A

HabCar used and why, where? The habcar broke down on 02/18/2020. It’s
parked at Bull Mountain Market.

CrewCar used and why, where? N/A

General notes and comments: N/A

Summary of internet: All was fixed yesterday evening. All ok now.

Summary of suits and radios: Suits 8 and 9 used and radio tested for the
EVA. all ok.

Summary of Hab operations: N/A

Summary of GreenHab operations: N/A

Summary of ScienceDome operations: N/A

Summary of RAM operations: N/A

Summary of any observatory issues: N/A

Summary of health and safety issues: N/A

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: N/A

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020

Operations Report

Crew 222 Operations Report 02/22/2020

SOL: 6

Name of person filing report: Valentin PRUDHOMME

Non-nominal systems: N/A

Notes on non-nominal systems: N/A

Friday generator:
Off at 6:30am
On at 9:00pm SOC was 80%

Saturday generator:
Off at 5:30am
On at 5:00pm SOC was 81%

Diesel Reading – 74%

Station Propane Reading – 31% (refill asked)

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 0.5 gallons

Water (loft tank): 50 gallons

Water Meter: 149408.46 units

Water (static tank) – 339 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 89 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: no

Deimos rover used: no
Hours: 146.2
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: N/A

Spirit rover: no
Hours: 132.4
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no
Hours: 69.9
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: yes
Hours: 138.3
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 94%
Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: N/A

ATV’s Used: yes
Reason for use: Run during the engineer EVA for the battery.
Oil Added? no
ATV Fuel Used: N/A
Hours the ATVs were Used today: 5 minutes
Notes on ATVs: The second one from the Hab doesn’t have anymore battery.
It’s planned to be fixed by Dr Rupert on Sunday.

HabCar used and why, where? The habcar broke down on 02/18/2020. It’s
parked at Bull Mountain Market.

CrewCar used and why, where? N/A

General notes and comments: N/A

Summary of internet: Since 10am this morning, we can connect to the wifi
but it directly opens an internet page saying : "you failed to access to
the web page that you want to view." no matter the page we want to load.

Summary of suits and radios: Suits 7 and 9 used and radio tested for the
EVA.

Summary of Hab operations: N/A

Summary of GreenHab operations: N/A

Summary of ScienceDome operations: N/A

Summary of RAM operations: N/A

Summary of any observatory issues: N/A

Summary of health and safety issues: N/A

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: N/A

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020

Crew Photos – February 25

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020

Operations Report – February 25

Crew 222 Operations Report 02/25/2020

SOL: 9

Name of person filing report: Valentin PRUDHOMME

Non-nominal systems: N/A

Notes on non-nominal systems: N/A

Monday generator:
Off at 6:00am
On at 9:00pm SOC was 85%

Tuesday generator:
Off at 5:30am
On at 8:30pm SOC was XX%

Diesel Reading – 72%

Station Propane Reading – 27% (refill asked)

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 0.5 gallons

Water (loft tank): 47 gallons

Water Meter: 149478.07 units

Water (static tank) – 280 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water in GreenHab – 58.5 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: yes

Deimos rover used: no
Hours: 146.2
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: N/A

Spirit rover: yes
Hours: 132.8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 58%
Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no
Hours: 69.9
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: yes
Hours: 138.8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 58%
Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: N/A

ATV’s Used: yes
Reason for use: Run during the engineer EVA for the battery.
Oil Added? no
ATV Fuel Used: N/A
Hours the ATVs were Used today: 10 minutes
Notes on ATVs: The second one and the red one don’t have anymore battery.

HabCar used and why, where? The habcar is now in the shop awaiting repairs.

CrewCar used and why, where? N/A

General notes and comments: N/A

Summary of internet: All ok.

Summary of suits and radios: Suits 8, 9, 2 and 10 used and radio tested
for the EVA. The ventilation of the suit number 7 wasn’t working. The
light was ON but no air was flowing. Radio number 1 is very noisy, we
can’t hear what the person say.

Summary of Hab operations: N/A

Summary of GreenHab operations: N/A

Summary of ScienceDome operations: N/A

Summary of RAM operations: N/A

Summary of any observatory issues: N/A

Summary of health and safety issues: N/A

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: N/A

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020

Astronomy Report – February 25

Astronomy Report

Name: Eishi Kim
Crew: 222
Date: 2/25/2020

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF

Objects to be Imaged this Evening: The double cluster NGC 884/869 and
M45 join the observation queue. The 3 missing Halpha frames of NGC 281
from Sol 4 should also be imaged.

Images submitted with this report: None

Problems Encountered: None

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Solar Features Observed: N/A

Images submitted with this report: N/A

Problems Encountered: N/A

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020

Journalist Report – February 25

Crew 222 Journalist Report 25Feb2020

Author: Marie Bochard, Crew Journalist

Sol 9

Title: More exploration!

This morning, Valentin, Nicolas, Benjamin and I went on EVA to Reservoir Dam up North and Cowboy Corner. After the rain on Saturday night, we wanted to see if there was any damage done to the terrain. We took the rovers Curiosity and Spirit up the path, after re-installing the LOAC experiment close to the Hab. We stopped near the reservoir and discovered that there was barely any water left. This reservoir was man-made to help animals nearby find water, as we deducted from the regularity of the hill. But it hadn’t rained enough to fill it up at all, so we decided to explore the other side of the road. We went down into a small canyon, a tiny replica of the Grand Canyon we visited before coming here. There was a small lake there, with water redder than the sand around it! We found traces of life: there were some antelope footprints on the ground that had dried up after the rain, and leftovers of a cow’s passage (as a reminder, the main road here is call Cow Dung Road… for a reason). My camera’s battery died on me during the EVA, but thankfully we had brought a GoPro to film the landscape, so we got beautiful videos of the exploration.

It felt great being able to leave the Hab again to go exploring. These past few days, we have all been stuck inside because of the mud, only leaving the Hab to change MegaARES’ battery. Tomorrow, it’s Eishi, Nina and Bleuenn’s turn to head out!

For lunch, we had our most anticipated meal: the only pasta we have for the whole mission. We always try to satisfy everyone’s culinary taste, and pasta with pesto was one of the easiest meals we cooked. It brought a taste of home! Now, back to baking bread.

Bleuenn and Benjamin planted new seeds in the GreenHab, and harvested another batch of tiny carrots! The menu keeps improving day after day.

February 25, 2020February 26, 2020

EVA Report – February 25

Crew 222 EVA Report 25-02-2020
EVA #10
Author: Valentin Prudhomme (Engineer)
Purpose of EVA: Replacement of the battery of MegaAres, Setting up the
LOAC and exploration of the reservoir.
Start time: 10:00am
End time: 12:12pm

Narrative: Everything went just fine. We rapidly changed the battery and
assured the waterproofness of the experiment. We installed the LOAC. We
went to the Reservoir Dam. There was very little water. After this we
went to the Cowboy Corner. We found a canyon and went along it.

Destination: Experiments Site and Reservoir Dam.
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): 12S 0518494-4250679 and 12S
0518500-4252800
Participants: Valentin Prudhomme (Engineer, EVA Leader), Benjamin Auzou
(Commander), Marie Bochard (Journalist) and Nicolas Bourdeaud (HSO)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Entrance road – Cow Dung Road
Mode of travel: Rover – Curiosity and Spirit