EVA Report – January 06th – Mars Desert Research Station

Crew 219 EVA Report 06-01-2020
EVA #1
Author: Dave Masaitis
Purpose of EVA: Terrain familiarization and sample collection
Start time: 1254 hrs
End time: 1327 hrs
Narrative: EVA #1 initated a 5-minute decompression at 1249 hours, and moved out to Curiosity and Spirit by 1254 hours. We reported our SOC and hours, then lined up to make movement. After a short trip north along Cow Dung Road, we dismounted the rovers and moved east on foot to confirm the location of Marble Ritual. Once complete, we marked Marble Ritual with a high-visibility VS-17 signal panel for EVA #2, and then moved within 1m to begin core sample collection. We extracted and stored a core sample and took a location marking. We then moved back to the rovers, and returned southward to the HAB. We parked the rovers, reported SOC and hours, and then moved to the airlock by 1327 hours.
Destination: Marble Ritual
Coordinates: 0518700/4250700
Participants: D. Masaitis (CO), K. Crisman (HSO), A. Perez (ENG), R. Raphael (ASTRO)
Roads and routes per MDRS Map: North on Cow Dung Road via rovers until adjacent to Marble Ritual, east on foot to Marble Ritual
Mode of travel: Rovers (Spirit and Curiosity) and foot travel

EVA #2

Author: Nathan Hadland

Purpose of EVA: Terrain familiarization and sample collection

Start time: 1500 hrs

End time: 1545 hrs

Narrative: EVA #2 initiated a 5-minute decompression at 1500 hours, and moved out to Curiosity and Spirit. After reporting SOC and hours, we progressed north along Cow Dung Road. We dismounted the rovers and moved east on foot to the VS-17 signal panel placed by EVA #1. We then moved slightly farther eastward to the ridge with minimal snow cover for sample collection. We collected 3 samples at different stratifications on the ridge and recorded GPS locations. After sample collection, we returned to the rovers and proceeded back to the Hab and successfully pressurized in the air lock.

Destination: Marble Ritual

Coordinates: 0518700/4250700

Participants: Nathan Hadland (XO), Hannah Blackburn (LSO), Cynthia Montanez (GHO), Abdul Elnajdi (GEO)

Roads and routes per MDRS Map: North on Cow Dung Road via rovers until adjacent to Marble Ritual, east on foot to Marble Ritual

Mode of travel: Rovers (Spirit and Curiosity) and foot travel

About The MDRS

The Mars Desert Research Station in the Utah desert was established by the Mars Society in 2001 to better educate researchers, students and the general public about how humans can survive on the Red Planet. It is the second Mars analogue habitat after the Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station was established in 2000.

Over 200 crews of six-person teams have lived in 1-2 week field visits at MDRS to simulate life on the Martian surface. Researchers and students alike have explored the Mars-like terrain in the area surrounding the station in full “spacesuits”, maintained the station’s systems, grown plants in the GreenHab to support themselves and even recycled their waste water.

Our activities at MDRS are not only about informing the public, but also conducting real research to bring humanity that much closer to the reality of human exploration on the planet Mars.

Annual field seasons at MDRS run approx. October through May. Anybody can apply to be on a crew, and we also need volunteers to help with the project.

Management Team

Mission Support

EVA Report – January 06th

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