Crew 293 Operations Report 26-02-2024
SOL: 8
Name of person filing report: Leo Tokaryev
Non-nominal systems: Suits 4 and 5
Notes on non-nominal systems:
ROVERS
Spirit rover used:No
Hours:
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Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Opportunity rover used:Yes
Hours:164.4
Beginning charge:100
Ending charge:60
Currently charging:Yes
Curiosity rover used: yes
Hours: 268
Beginning charge:100
Ending charge:57
Currently charging:Yes
Perseverance rover used:No
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General notes on rovers:we first wanted to use perseverance instead of curiosity, but it was only 75% charged, so we went with perseverance instead.
Summary of Hab operations: put notes here
WATER USE: 8.13 gallons
Water (static tank): 380 gallons
Static tank pipe heater (on or off):On
Static tank heater (On or off)On
Toilet tank emptied: yes
Summary of internet: none
Summary of suits and radios: the batteries of the suits 4,5 and 6 were replaced, we did the same 4h test with air flow and voltage, see details in the “suit test” sheet(page 3, "SOL8 NEW TEST"). We do not recommend and won’t use the suits 4 and 5 even though the batteries were changed, but the suit 6 functions really well.
Summary of GreenHab operations: put notes here
WATER USE: 8 gallons
Heater: On
Supplemental light: 22h-2h automatic
Harvest: 104 g of radish
Summary of ScienceDome operations: none
Dual split: Heat or AC, On
Summary of RAM operations: none
Summary of any observatory issues: none
Summary of health and safety issues: none
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: we had the same issue with the smell, but the sensor showed “E” as “Empty”. So it is clearly not functioning. Thus, we decided to empty the tank every 3 days(we noticed that the smell was coming back every 4 days) no matter what the indicator shows, is that ok?
About the suits, as mentioned before, we changed the batteries, but the suits 4 and 5 are still not functioning well. If you could order some new batteries, we could fix the suits and run the tests for the next crews.