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Operations Report – December 21st

Crew 185
Operations Report Thursday 12/21/2017
SOL: 3
Name of person filing report: A.Passeron
Non-nominal systems:
-Spacesuit N°3 :
The ventilation system stopped once again during the engineering EVA. I opened the backpack at 3:00pm and tried to find a faulty connection with the ohmmeter. All the wires are well connected. The faulty connection may thus be in the outlet itself. Still, the backpack can be charged by slightly moving the plug. The ventilation system is operational. Tomorrow, I will check the running time of the fully-charged spacesuit to test whether or not the battery is defective.
– Outer window of front airlock and central window of living area:
Windows covered with bubblewrap to insulate against cold.
– Water heater :
The water heater is plugged. The front screen displays 061 to 063. We haven’t touched anything except the plug yet.
At 8:20am, I went to the shower and turned the hot water on all the way for 1 minute but water remained cold.
In the living area, water does not flow into the sink when hot is turned on.
– Shower-head :
Shower-head leaks when turned on.
Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off at 8:00 am (SOC at 78%)
Generator turned on at 8:55am because of snowy weather (SOC at 69%)
Solar— SOC @ 5:05pm : 100%
Diesel – 80%
Propane – 56%
Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 3.5 Gallons
Water (trailer) – 50 gallons
Water (static) – 320 gallons
Trailer to Static Pump used – No
Static to Loft Pump used – Yes
Water Meter: 50 gallons
Toilet tank emptied: Yes
ATVs Used: No
Oil Added? No
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.
Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used:  No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
HabCar used and why, where?  No
Summary of internet: All Nominal
Summary of suits and radios: The outlet of spacesuit N°3 has a faulty connection. Checking the battery lifespan tomorrow.
Summary of Hab operations: Front airlock and living area windows are covered with bubblewrap. Shower-head leaks when turned on. Still trying to operate the water heater.
Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal
Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal
Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational
Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:
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Operations Report – December 20th

Crew 185
Operations Report Wednesday 12/20/2017
SOL: 2
Name of person filing report: A.Passeron
Non-nominal systems:
– Spacesuit 3 : The ventilation system of spacesuit N°3 (mine) stopped during the engineering EVA. Back to the EVA room at 11:36am, I plugged the backpack but the DEL of the charger was still turned off. I meticulously moved the plug of the charger and the red DEL of the charger switched on.  At 2:30pm, I turned the ventilation system on and it was working properly. There is thus a faulty connection. I will open the backpack this evening to see whether or not a wire is badly connected to the outlet of the spacesuit.
– Spacesuit 4 : Back from the EVA at 1:25pm, while undressing her spacesuit, Ilaria pulled out the right ventilation tube of her backpack. I just had to plug it back into the spacesuit.
– Hot water circuit of the sink : There is not hot water circulating in the sink.
Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off at 8:30 am.
Generator turned on at 5:15pm.
Solar— SOC @ 5:15pm : 78%
Diesel – 80%
Propane – 58 percent volume
Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 3.5 Gallons
Water (trailer) – 50 gallons
Water (static) – 350 gallons
Trailer to Static Pump used – Yes
Static to Loft Pump used – Yes
Water Meter: 50 gallons
Toilet tank emptied: No
ATVs Used: No
Oil Added? No
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 00:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.
Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used:  No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
HabCar used and why, where?  No
Summary of internet: All Nominal
Summary of suits and radios: Spacesuit N°4 repaired. The outlet of spacesuit N°3 has a faulty connection.
Summary of Hab operations:  There is not hot water circulating in the sink
Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal
Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal
Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational
Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:
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Operations Report – December 19th

Crew 185
Operations Report Tuesday 12/19/2017
SOL: 1
Name of person filing report: A.Passeron
Non-nominal systems:
-Generator :
The generator runned properly for the whole night.
Today, Shannon called a mechanic to definitely clean the oil circuit and fix the generator.
– Spacesuit 2 : After the engineering EVA at 12:40pm, we noticed that the ventilation systems of spacesuits N°2 and N°3 were not working. At 3:00pm, Thibault and I opened the backpack of spacesuit N°2 to repair the ventilation system. The backpack of spacesuit N°2 was full of dust. We removed the dust and the fans are now operationnal.
– Spacesuit 3 : At 3:20pm, Thibault and I opened the backpack of spacesuit N°3 to repair the ventilation system. The left fan in the backpack of spacesuit N°3 was blocked. We carefully unjammed the fan and cleaned it with blow-off canned air. It is now operationnal.
Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off by Shannon at 8:50 am.
Generator turned on by Shannon at 3:10pm.
Solar— SOC @ 7:40pm : 100%
Diesel – 80%
Propane – 58 percent volume
Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 3.5 Gallons
Water (trailer) – 150 gallons
Water (static) – 270 gallons
Trailer to Static Pump used – No
Static to Loft Pump used – Yes
Water Meter: 50 gallons
Toilet tank emptied: Yes
ATVs Used: No
Oil Added? Yes, all the ATVs have been filled with ethanol free gasoline and are full (Except the blue Yamaha 300 without a battery)
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.
Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used:  No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
HabCar used and why, where?  No
Summary of internet: All Nominal
Summary of suits and radios: Ventilation systems of spacesuits N°2 and N°3 repaired.
Summary of Hab operations: All nominal
Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal
Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal
Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational
Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:
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Operations Report – December 19th

Crew 185
Operations Report 12/19/2017
SOL: 1
Name of person filing report: A.Passeron
Non-nominal systems:
– Heater :
The heater was not working properly on Sunday, even after reseting it. Shannon adviced us to change the air filter. On Monday morning, Thibault and I removed the air filter. It had not been changed since April 2016. At 10am, Ilaria and David went to city to buy a battery for the generator and a pack of air filters. We replaced the filter at 3:00pm. The heater is now working well.
– Generator :
On Sunday, the generator had a failure at 8:00pm, Fault message reading “Low battery”. Jump-start from Shannon’s Shuttle battery did not solve the issue. Generator had a second failure at 9:00pm on sunday, so we definitely turned it off for the night.
On Monday, Shannon helped us to change the battery at 3:00pm. We then drained oil from the radiator by pouring clean cooling liquid. The oil of the generator was also very dirty. It was so sticky that we had to start the generator for a few minutes to heat the oil and thin it. We thus were able to remove the oil filter, but only a fraction of dirty oil came out of the generator. We tried to remove as much dirty oil as possible by filling the motor with clean oil, but a valve seemed to block the oil circulation. After pouring as much clean oil as we could, we replaced the oil filter. The generator was finally turned on at 5:00pm and runned properly for the whole night.
Today, Shannon called a mechanic to definitely clean the oil circuit and fix the generator.
– Spacesuit 2 : After the engineering EVA at 12:40pm, we noticed that the ventilation systems of spacesuits N°2 and N°3 were not working. At 3:00pm, Thibault and I opened the backpack of spacesuit N°2 to repair the ventilation system. The backpack of spacesuit N°2 was full of dust. We removed the dust and the fans are now operationnal.
– Spacesuit 3 : At 3:20pm, Thibault and I opened the backpack of spacesuit N°3 to repair the ventilation system. The left fan in the backpack of spacesuit N°3 was blocked. We carefully unjammed the fan and cleaned it with blow-off canned air. It is now operationnal.
Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off by Shannon at 8:50 am.
Generator turned on by Shannon at 3:10pm.
Solar— SOC @ 7:40pm : 100%
Diesel – 80%
Propane – 58 percent volume
Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 3.5 Gallons
Water (trailer) – 150 gallons
Water (static) – 270 gallons
Trailer to Static Pump used – No
Static to Loft Pump used – Yes
Water Meter: 50 gallons
Toilet tank emptied: Yes
ATVs Used: No
Oil Added? Yes, all the ATVs have been filled with ethanol free gasoline and are full (Except the blue Yamaha 300 without a battery)
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 00:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.
Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used:  No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
HabCar used and why, where?  No
Summary of internet: All Nominal
Summary of suits and radios: Ventilation systems of spacesuits N°2 and N°3 repaired.
Summary of Hab operations: All nominal
Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal
Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal
Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational
Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:
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Operations Report – December 18th

Crew 185
Operations Report Monday 12/18/2017
SOL: -1
Name of person filing report: A.Passeron
Non-nominal systems:
– Heater :
On Monday morning, Thibault and I removed the air filter. It had not been changed since April 2016. At 10:00am, Ilaria and David went to city to buy a battery for the generator and a pack of air filters. We replaced the filter at 3:00pm. The heater is now working well.
-Generator :
Shannon helped us to change the battery at 3:00pm. We then drained oil from the radiator by pouring clean cooling liquid. The oil of the generator was also very dirty. It was so sticky that we had to start the generator for a few minutes to heat the oil and thin it. We thus were able to remove the oil filter, but only a fraction of dirty oil came out of the generator. We tried to remove as much dirty oil as possible by filling the motor with clean oil, but a valve seemed to block the oil circulation. After pouring as much clean oil as we could, we replaced the oil filter. The generator was finally turned on at 5:00pm.
Generator (hours run):
Generator turned on at 5:00pm.
Solar— SOC @ 6:00pm : 98%
Diesel – 80%
Propane – 60 percent volume
Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 5 Gallons (Full)
Water (trailer) – 150 gallons
Water (static) – 300 gallons
Trailer to Static Pump used – Yes
Static to Loft Pump used – Yes
Water Meter: 45 gallons
Toilet tank emptied: No
ATV’s Used: No
Oil Added? No
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.
Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used:  No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used:  No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
HabCar used and why, where?  No
Summary of internet: All Nominal
Summary of suits and radios: All Nominal
Summary of Hab operations: All nominal
Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal
Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal
Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational
Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:
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Operations Report – December 17th

Crew 185
Operations Report Sunday 12/17/2017
SOL: SOL -2
Name of person filing report: A.Passeron
Non-nominal systems:
– Heater :
The heater was not working properly, even after reseting it. Shannon adviced us to change the air filter.
– Generator :
The generator had a failure at 8:00pm, Fault message reading “Low battery”. Jump-start from Shannon’s Shuttle battery did not solve the issue. Generator had a second failure at 9:00pm, so we definitely turned it off for the night.
Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off at 9:00am.
Generator turned on at 5:00pm.
Generator had a failure at 8:00pm.
Jump-start done at 8:00pm.
Generator turned off at 9:00pm after a second failure.
Solar— SOC @ 5:00pm : 95%
Diesel – 80%
Propane – 62 percent volume
Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 5 Gallons (Full)
Water (trailer) – 300 gallons
Water (static) – 230 gallons
Trailer to Static Pump used – No
Static to Loft Pump used – Yes
Water Meter: 50 gallons
Toilet tank emptied: Yes
ATV’s Used: Yes
Oil Added? No
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:40 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.
Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used:  Yes
Hours: 00:40 Hours
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 90%
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used:  Yes
Hours: 00:40 Hours
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 88%
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used:  No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
HabCar used and why, where?  No
Summary of internet: All Nominal
Summary of suits and radios: All Nominal
Summary of Hab operations: All nominal
Summary of GreenHab operations: Greenhab report is nominal and cleaned!
Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal
Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational
Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:
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Operations Report – December 16th

Crew 185
Operations Report Saturday 12/16/2017
SOL: -3
Name of person filing report: APasseron
Non-nominal systems: None
Notes on non-nominal systems:
Generator (hours run): Generator is running and nominal.
Solar— SOC @ 9:00pm : 100%
Diesel – 85%
Propane – 62 percent volume
Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 5 Gallons (Full)
Water (trailer) – 400 gallons
Water (static) – 250 gallons
Trailer to Static Pump used – No
Static to Loft Pump used – Yes
Water Meter: 50 gallons
Toilet tank emptied: No
ATV’s Used: None
Oil Added? No
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.
Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used:  Yes
Hours: 00:30 Hours
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 80%
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used:  Yes
Hours: 00:30 Hours
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 80%
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used:  No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
HabCar used and why, where?  No
Summary of internet: All Nominal
Summary of suits and radios: All Nominal
Summary of Hab operations: All nominal
Summary of GreenHab operations: Greenhab report is nominal and cleaned!
Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal
Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational
Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:
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Operations Report – December 15th

Crew 184 Operations Report 12/15/2017

SOL: SOL 14

Name of person filing report: JHunt

Non-nominal systems: Generator

Notes on non-nominal systems:  Generator was found turned off at crew
wake. Status light was red and Fault Message read “Underspeed Fault”.
Last time generator was confirmed ON was around 7:00am. It is unknown
what caused the sudden power-down, but the solution was a jumpstart
from the Shuttle battery (Shannon’s Truck). That happened around
3:00pm and generator is running nominally at this time.

Generator (hours run): Generator turned off at Unknown time (failure).

Generator turned on at 3:00pm.

Solar— SOC @ 12:00pm : 100%

SOC @ 3:00 pm: 100%

Diesel – 85%

Propane – 64 percent volume

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 5 Gallons (Full)

Water (trailer) – 400 gallons

Water (static) – 250 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 46 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

ATV’s Used: None

Oil Added? No (Checked oil. All was nominal)

ATV Fuel Used:

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 00:00 hours

Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal except, of course, the Yamaha 350
with the bad battery. Battery was actually removed from ATV today and
disposed of.

Deimos rover used: No

Hours: 00:00 hours

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:Yes

Sojourner rover used:  ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Spirit rover used:  No

Hours: 00:00 Hours

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used:  No

Hours: 00:00 Hours

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used:  Not Used

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging: Yes

HabCar used and why, where?  No

Summary of internet: Internet is out. Unsure what caused the absolute drop.

Summary of suits and radios: All Nominal

Summary of Hab operations: All nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations: Greenhab report is nominal and cleaned!

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

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Operations Report – December 14th

Crew 184 Operations Report 12/14/2017

SOL: SOL 13

Name of person filing report: JHunt

Non-nominal systems: 

Notes on non-nominal systems:

Generator (hours run): Generator turned off at 10:00am.

                                     Generator turned on at  5:20pm.

Solar— SOC @ 10:00 am : 100%

              SOC @ 5:20 pm: 77%

Diesel – 87%

Propane –  65 percent volume

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 0 Gallons

Water (trailer) – 400 gallons

Water (static) – 300 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 46 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

ATV’s Used: Yamaha 300 #3 Used.

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: 0.5 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 01:00 hours

Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal

Deimos rover used: Yes

Hours: 01:00 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 40%

Currently charging:Yes

Sojourner rover used:  ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Spirit rover used:  No

Hours: 00:00 Hours

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used:  No

Hours: 00:00 Hours

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used:  Not Used

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging: Yes

HabCar used and why, where?  No 

Summary of internet: Functional

Summary of suits and radios: All Nominal 

Summary of Hab operations: All nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:  See Greenhab Report

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

  1. ATV Fuel – we have none remaining at this time.
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Operations Report – December 13th

Crew 184 Operations Report 12/13/2017

SOL: SOL 12

Name of person filing report: JHunt

Non-nominal systems: None

Notes on non-nominal systems:  N/A

Generator (hours run): Generator turned off at 10:00am.

                                     Generator turned on at  5:10pm.

Solar— SOC @ 10:00 am : 100%

              SOC @ 5:10 pm: 68%

Diesel – 90%

Propane –  75 percent volume

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 0.5 Gallons

Water (trailer) – 400 gallons

Water (static) – 340 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 46 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

ATV’s Used: No ATVs used.

Oil Added? No

ATV Fuel Used: 0 Gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 00:00 hours

Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal

Deimos rover used: No

Hours: 00:00 hours

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:Yes

Sojourner rover used:  ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Spirit rover used:  Yes

Hours: 01:00 Hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 55% 

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used:  Yes

Hours: 01:00 Hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 34%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used:  Not Used

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

HabCar used and why, where?  No 

Summary of internet: Still 1.0 GB of Bandwidth

Summary of suits and radios:

EVA Suit #6 – Is missing one of the back black straps that secure the collar piece for the helmet.

Summary of Hab operations: All nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:  See Greenhab Report

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

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