Crew 289 Operations Report 12-29-2023
SOL: 5
Name of person filing report: Nathan Bitner
Non-nominal systems: None
Notes on non-nominal systems: None
ROVERS
Spirit rover used: No
Hours: (Before EVA)
Beginning Charge: (Before EVA)
Ending Charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging)
Currently Charging:
Opportunity Rover used: No
Hours: (Before EVA)
Beginning Charge: (Before EVA)
Ending Charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging)
Currently Charging:
Curiosity Rover used: No
Hours: (Before EVA)
Beginning Charge: (Before EVA)
Ending Charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging)
Currently Charging:
Perseverance Rover used: No
Hours: (Before EVA)
Beginning Charge: (Before EVA)
Ending Charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging)
Currently Charging:
General notes on rovers: Rovers are functioning properly.
Summary of Hab operations:
WATER USE: 13
Water (static tank): 409
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on
Static tank heater (on or off): on
Toilet tank emptied: no
Summary of internet: Internet is nominal
Summary of suits and radios: Suits and radios nominal. The batteries we switched yesterday were both charged by this morning, the original problem was probably caused by a loose connection.
Summary of Greenhab operations:
WATER USE: 5.3 gallons
Heater: on
Supplemental light: off
Harvest:
Dill – 4g
Cilantro – 8g
Summary of ScienceDome operations: Dissolved sediments from EVAs using HCL, weighpaper, glass stirring rod, 50mL beakers x 3, a scale, small plastic bags, latex gloves, deionized water, a spatula.
Changed lights and set up sensors in the hydroponics project.
Dual split: Heat or AC: On
Summary of RAM operations: (Tools used, work done): Used soldering iron for robot construction project inside RAM.
Summary of any observatory issues: All systems nominal
Summary of health and safety issues: No health or safety issues
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: We are planning two EVAs tomorrow and were wondering if the suits had enough charge to last four and a half hours of total use. We would be checking the charges between one 2 hour and one 2.5 hour EVA.