April 5, 2022 – Page 2 – Mars Desert Research Station

April 5, 2022April 20, 2022

Operations Report – April 4th

Crew 227 Operations Report 04-04-2022

SOL: 8

Name of person filing report: Julien Meert

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Notes on non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: Not use

Opportunity rover used: Not use

Curiosity rover used: Not use

Perseverance rover used: Not use

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations : Nothing to report

WATER USE:

Water (static tank): 312 gallons

Water (loft tank): 27 gallons

Water Meter: 157260,1 units

Static to Loft Pump used : 38 gallons

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): Off

Static tank heater Off

Toilet tank emptied: Yes

Summary of internet: It was not working today but Shannon is moving the Starlink antenna between our habitation, so when you will receive this it will mean that it’s repaired

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing new

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing new

WATER USE: 0 gallons

Heater: Off

Supplemental light: Off

Harvest: 0

Summary of ScienceDome operations: We will let the incubator ON during the night for an experimentation

Dual split: Off

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 special, have a good evening !

April 5, 2022April 20, 2022

Eva Report – April 4th

Crew 227 EVA Report 04/04/2022
SOL: 8
Name of person filing report: Jean Jacobs
Author: Jean Jacobs

Hello capcom,

Thank you for reading us!

Purpose of EVA: Experiment of broken leg fixator on EVA and exploration of the area North near to the HAB.
Start time: 9:00
End time: 12:00
Narrative: After walking to Schubert pass, the EVA team set up for Julie’s experiment. 2 broken legs were brought with us. Cyril and Jean were able to fix their respective leg. The team then walked to Hab view North as well as towards the North to take pictures.
Destination: Schubert Pass and HAB Ridge Rd
Coordinates: 4251500 N; 517900 E
Participants: Jean, Cyril, Sirga, Julie, Ignacio
Roads and routes per MDRS map: Path 1103
Mode of travel: by foot

Sincerely,
Jean Jacobs

April 5, 2022April 20, 2022

Sol Summary – April 4th

Crew 227 Sol Summary Report 04/04/22
Sol: 8

Hello Capcom,

Thank you for reading us!

Summary Title: First of 3 leg repairing EVA proved to be tricky, good food for the morale.

Author’s name: Jean Jacobs (XO)

Mission Status: Wonderful news coming from the drone images. Good management of food reserves means a comfortable end of tour.

Sol activity summary:
08:00 Breakfast
09:00 EVA with fractured leg repairing session
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Data analysis and Julie’s experiment fixing legs for Audrey and Cyril
16:00 Team gathering around a banana bread
18:00 Report redaction
19:00 Capcom

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny morning and windy afternoon

Crew Physical Status: Crew is in shape

EVA: First leg repairing EVA proved to be tricky, beautiful panorama on HAB Ridge Rd

Reports to be filed:
– Crew commander
– HSO
– Operation report
– Astronomer
– GreenHab officer
– Journalist
– Picture of the day
– Some pictures
– EVA request
– EVA summary

Support Requested: None at this time

Sincerely,
Jean Jacobs

MDRS Field Season #22 (2022-23)

Oct 1-16— Work Party

(Oct 20-23—TMS Conference in Tempe Arizona)

Oct 24-28—Crew 266-- Spaceward Bound High School

Oct 30—Nov 12—Crew 267—WOMARS

Nov 13—26—Crew 268-- Mars Society All women crew

Nov 27—Dec 10— Crew 269--The Aerospace Corporation Team

Dec 11—17 (one week) —Crew 270 -- NASA Spaceward Bound Utah Cohort 4

Dec 18— 31—Crew 271— Mars Society crew

Jan 1—14, 2023— Crew 272-- Purdue

Jan 15—28— Crew 273— Spanish Language Crew

Jan 29--Feb 11—Crew 274— APUS ARG-1M

Feb 12—Mar 11-- Crew 275— Supaero

Mar 12—18 — No Crew (Spring Break)

Mar 19-25 (one week) — Crew 277— Class

Mar 26—Apr 1 (one week) — Crew 278— Class

Apr 2—15— Crew 279— M.A.R.S. UC Louvain

Apr 16—29—Crew 280— Hypatia

Apr 30—May 13—Crew 261— Transatlantic Mars Society

May 14—27— Crew 281— Project Possum Alumni

June 1—3— University Rover Challenge

June 4-10 (one week)— Crew 282— Martian Biology III

June 11-17 - Summer Closeout Crew

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