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Operations Report – March 12th

Crew 206 Operations Report 12 – MAR – 2019

SOL: 16

Name of person filing report: Gaspard Thieulin

Non-nominal systems: Generator

Notes on non-nominal systems: Radiator hoses and
alternator need replacement on generator. A contractor has
been arranged to make these repairs within a few days.

Generator (hours run): 13 hours

Solar— SOC % – Turned off at 100%, Still off around 80% (1930)

Diesel Reading – 60%
Propane Reading – 75%

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 2 gallons

Water (Auxillary tank) – Not in use

Water (Static tank) – 340 gallons

Water differential (static tank) – 12 gallons

Gallons transferred: Not Applicable

Water in GreenHab – 213 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 0141745,8 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

Deimos rover used: No, still not functional

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours: Not Applicable

Beginning charge: Not Applicable

Ending charge: Not Applicable

Currently charging: Not Applicable

Opportunity rover used: Breaking system being repared.

Hours: 53,1 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: No

Curiosity rover used: Used

Hours: 80,5 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 76%

Currently charging: Yes

Spirit rover used: Used

Hours: 81,9 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 44%

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: Opportunity’s brake fluid is empty, it looks like the pipeline has a leak. Atila is working on it, more informations will follow.
Curiosity showed an engine issue light during this morning’s EVA, stopping it from functioning. Restarting the rover seems to have overcome the issue for the end of the EVA.
Curiosity has been left turned on after this morning’s EVA on mistake, but it was plugged in.

ATV’s Used: N/A

Reason for use: Not used

Oil Added? N/A

ATV Fuel Used: N/A

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: None

Notes on ATVs: None

Hab Car used and why, where? Not Used.

Staff Crew Car used and why, where? Off Campus

General notes and comments: Nothing to report.

Summary of internet: Nothing to report.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report.

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Green Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Science Dome operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Nothing more to report.

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EVA Report – March 12th

Crew 206 EVA Report 12-MAR-2019
EVA #12

Author: Gaspard Thieulin

Purpose of EVA:
After the wind of past days, the LOAC is back in the Hab for inside measurements but we need to redeploy it outside for the last week. We updated the water protection for these rainy days.

Start time: 09:25 am

End time: 11:14 am

Narrative:
This EVA was quite rich in goals, and we successfully fulfilled every one of them. First we headed up to the LOAC and the weather station, using Spirit to drive Norbert and me, and Curiosity with Benjamin and Aurelien and all our heavy stuff. We had to switch the battery of the LOAC and check on the weather station.
To perform the battery switch, I used our "EVA tracking" app, and its new protocol mode. Following simple vocal instructions, we were able to replace the battery without depending on HabCom giving us instructions. While doing so, I noticed the hygrometry sensor of the station was out of batteries, which we will change on the next EVA.
After the first step of the morning, we took back the rovers to go to White Rock Canyon at 0943. We had to use Spirit, knowing its batteries are weaker than the others, so we were very careful about our driving all the way there. In the end, we were able to stop at our planned location with 74% left on spirit and more than 80% on Curiosity at 0958.
We went for a little walk inside and around the Canyon, fulfilling the second goal of the EVA : taking footage for the after-mission movie. While doing so, we had a funny incident with Norbert who found a deep water pound by mistake : his foot went down 50cm according to his words ! Using the "EVA tracking" app, I was even able to note this happened at precisely 1028.
We ended both the walking and the fiming with rovers shots at 1053. We then headed back to the Hab, again being extremly careful to our driving to save some Spirit’s battery, especially knowing it goes down much faster after 70%. Indeed, Spirit arrived to the bar of 60% at 1102, still far from the Hab. On the road, we also had a little issue with Curiosity, stopping for what appeared to be an engine issue, at 1107. Restarting the rover allowed us to safely arrive back to the MDRS at 1110.
In the end, I’m able to say the last purpose of the EVA, proving an "EVA tracking" app can work and be useful, is a success, providing me with detailed data on our EVA.

Destination: LOAC and Weather Station location, White Rock Canyon

Coordinates: 518500/425700 (LOAC and Weather Station), 52200/4247400 (White Rock Canyon)

EVA Participants: Gaspard Thieulin (NG, leader), Benjamin Auzou (COMMS), Aurélien Mure (XO), Norbert Pouzin (GHO)

Roads and routs per MDRS Map: Entrance Road, Cow Dung Road (South)

Mode of travel: Rovers and Walking

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Operations Report – March 11th

Cerise, Crew 206 HSO.

Crew 206 Operations Report 11 – MAR – 2019

SOL: 15

Name of person filing report: Gaspard Thieulin

Non-nominal systems: Generator

Notes on non-nominal systems: Radiator hoses and
alternator need replacement on generator. A contractor has
been arranged to make these repairs within a few days.

Generator (hours run): 12,5 hours

Solar— SOC % – Turned off at 100%, Turned on at 78% (2000)

Diesel Reading – 60% Propane
Reading – 76%

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 2 gallons

Water (Auxillary tank) – Not in use

Water (Static tank) – 350 gallons

Water differential (static tank) – 13 gallons

Gallons transferred: Not Applicable

Water in GreenHab – 216 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 0141734,1 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: Yes

Deimos rover used: No, still not functional

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours: Not Applicable

Beginning charge: Not Applicable

Ending charge: Not Applicable

Currently charging: Not Applicable

Opportunity rover used: Breaking system being repared.

Hours: 53,1 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: No

Curiosity rover used: Used

Hours: 78.2 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 97%

Currently charging: Yes

Spirit rover used: Used

Hours: 81,3 hours

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 93%

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: Opportunity’s brake fluid is empty, it looks like the
pipeline has a leak. Atila is working on it, more informations will follow.

ATV’s Used: N/A

Reason for use: Not used

Oil Added? N/A

ATV Fuel Used: N/A

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: None

Notes on ATVs: None

Hab Car used and why, where? Used by Staff.

Staff Crew Car used and why, where? Off Campus

General notes and comments: Nothing to report.

Summary of internet: Nothing to report.

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report.

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Green Hab operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of Science Dome operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Nothing more to report.

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Journalist Report – March 11th

Cerise, Crew 206 HSO.

Crew 206 – 03/11/2019

Sol 15

Author : Benjamin Auzou, Journalist

"Trial and Error"

We installed the LOAC back to its location, with the weather station,
and a strongest attach method. The EVA was a remake of the second EVA of
the mission : same team, same goal.
After an afternoon in the Hab, the VR experiment took me to wonderful
landscapes and mountains of China. That was a visual refresh for me !
Today, Aurélien also received his first astronomy results since a few
days thanks to the end of the wind episode : a nice picture of the Pleiads.

This mission confirms that in space, long preparation is needed, but
that it’s impossible to predict all the events. The road to space is
full of difficulties, of obstacles, of errors. And problems are always
easier to solve when they’re detected before leaving the Earth.
We faced issues with the Teleop experiment, which wasn’t lucky at all
this year : a lost (or stolen) eye tracker at the airport, connection
issues on the rover, a broken computer charger. The weather was hard
with our outside experiments (LOAC and Weather station).
We prepared ourselves during one year for this mission but reality is
very different from what we thought. We had to adapt everything in order
to continue the mission and get results for science. We repaired the
weather station to put it back in place, we make changes on protocols to
save the physic version of Teleop. And in the end, no experiment has
been canceled !

The first step on Mars will be the result of years of work of peoples :
researchers, engineers, scientists who dedicated their life to improve
science and technology and help humanity to reach another planet. These
persons are the one that faced fails and that tried the most to make
discoveries, while the rest of the world will only see the final result
and success. Errors are not the end, but more steps to find the truth.

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EVA Report – March 11th

Crew 206 EVA Report 11-MAR-2019
EVA #11

Author: Benjamin Auzou

Purpose of EVA:
After the wind of past days, the LOAC is back in the Hab for inside
measurements but we need to redeploy it outside for the last week. We
updated the water protection for these rainy days.

Start time: 09:59 am

End time: 11:04 am

Narrative:
This EVA was , a replay of our EVA#2 of 25th February. The same team and
the same goal.
After our engineering checks (water and rovers), we took Spirit and
Curiosity to drive to the LOAC location. The sky was blue and the sun
was shining on the martian landscape, so the EVA was quiet on the side
of weather.
We managed to install the station and attach it to the ground with pegs
and rocks. It took less time than on EVA#2 and in less than 45 minutes
the weather station and the LOAC were ready to restart their science.
We arrived at the station and entered the airlock at 1059. A successful
one our long EVA !

Destination: LOAC and Weather Station location

Coordinates: 518500/425700 (LOAC and Weather Station)

EVA Participants: Benjamin Auzou (COMMS, EVA leader), Gaspard Thieulin
(ENG), Cerise Cuny (HSO), Jérémy Auclair (CMD).

Roads and routs per MDRS Map: Entrance Road, Cow Dung Road

Mode of travel: Walking and Driving

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Report Astronomy- March 11th

Astronomy Report, Sol 15

Name: Aurélien Mure
Crew: 206
Date: 03/11/2019

MUSK OBSERVARORY

Features observed : None

Problem encountered : I did two sessions of solar observation this
morning, no feature visible, even with the solar storm hitting us today.

ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Object observed : M45, the pleiades

Problems encountered : MaxImDL has severe bugs so I try to do image
processing with the other softwares, I plan various observations for
tonight to finish the plan I had for my mission. I attach the
astrophotography I did of M45.

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GreenHab Report – March 11th

Crew 206 Green Hab Report – 11-MAR-2019

GreenHab Officer: Norbert Pouzin

Environmental control: Heating and Cooling w/ ambient air (8 hrs 20 min)

Shade Cloth (40%)

Average temperatures:

Low: 17.8°C

High: 30.3°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0 Hours

Daily water usage for crops: 5.6 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 216.0 gallons

Crops watered at 0910 hours (2.2 gallons) and 1830 hours (3.2 gallons):

TIME NOTED TEMPERATURE(° C ) / HUMIDITY(%)

1) 09.10 AM 22.4° C / 29 %
2) 11.30 AM 24.6° C / 20 %
3) 15.20 PM 25.5° C / 20 %
4) 18.30 PM 19.5° C / 23 %

Changes to crops: Some lettuces and savory mix, planted on March 08, are
starting to sprout.

Narrative: This morning I harvested the last Savory mix that were in the
gardener, for lunch. In the afternoon, I continued my experiment, and
there are real signs of the influence of music, as a resistance
mechanism to radiations !
I opened the door from 9h10 to 17h30.
I harvested peas (12 peas), and soaked some pea seeds.

Harvest: 53 g of Savory mix, 2 g of peas

Support/supplies needed: None.

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Sol Summary – March 11th

Crew 206 March 11th 2019
Sol 15

Summary Title : Weather Station round 2

Author : Jeremy Auclair

Mission Status : All nominal

Sol Activity Summary : We woke up still tired this morning, but
motivated to finish the mission as best we could. We continued filming a
lot of different scenes all day, this kind of changes our everyday
experience. This morning’s EVA was a success : we installed the weather
station and the LOAC again, but we anchored the base much more strongly
to the ground, it seems perfectly aligned, and we are getting the data.
This has also ended the 4 days of interior measurements, we are eager to
see the results of air quality we are breathing. This afternoon we
continued the TELEOP sessions, everything is running fine and we are not
encountering issues anymore. It feels good to finally have a working
set-sup after so much work. It’s also our last VR week, we are seeing
some pretty footage for the last time.

Look ahead plan : Tomorrow we will change the LOAC battery to make sure
it doesn’t turn off, we will try to visit white rock canyon and we will
pursue our experiments.

Anomalies in work : None

Weather : Quite sunny until 4:30 pm, Cloudy after that

Crew physical status : Fine

EVA : LOAC and weather station installation

Reports to be filed : GreenHab, Journalist, Operation, EVA Request, EVA
Report

Support Requested : None

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Journalist Report – March 10th

Crew 206 – 03/10/2019

Sol 14

Author : Benjamin Auzou, Journalist

"A different day"

Since the beginning of our mission, the days are busy, and follow a
heavy routine. Today it was a pleasure to live and think differently and
we needed that to prepare the last week of the mission. However it’s
harder to find inspiration in those days.

The daylight savings time spoiled a part of the day. We woke up between
0900 and 1000, we had lunch at 1400 : a perturbed day. We had a big
breakfast with a new pancake recipe and spent more time speaking at the
table than on week days. Then while Norbert was baking bread, we watched
a movie, debated on the place of humour in societies, played VR games
and cards.

In days-off, time is different. Indeed we are not under a planning, our
tasks aren’t planned. And so we are taking more time to cook, more time
to speak, more time to play, more time for everything, more time for us.
Time is a precious value, especially on Mars, where Earth is at around
15 minutes of light speed communication, at months of space travel. Also
on Mars the question of day duration is important : Will the settlers
live on 24 hours cycle or will they adapt their way of life to the
martian 24 hours and 40 minutes cycle?