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Supplemental Operations Report – March 3rd

Date: 3/3/2024
Name of person filing report: Ben Stanley
Reason for Report: Routine
Non-Nominal Systems: Hab wall heater, solar observatory, perseverance parking brake, tunnel to science dome

Power system:
Solar: Nominal.
SOC Last 24 hours: Max 100%; Min 68%; Avg 80.7%.
VDC Last 24 hours: Max 59.27V; Min 44.12; Avg 50.21V.
Generator run time: 5278.3. Serviced on 2/28/2024, oil changed and air filter changed

Propane Readings:
Station Tank: 81%
Director Tank: 80%
Intern Tank: 82%
Generator Tank: 72%

Water:
Hab Static Tank – 421.8 gallons
GreenHab – 101.9 gallons
Outpost tank – 420 gallons
Science Dome – 0 gallons
Septic Tanks emptied: No

Rovers:
Sojourner rover used: Yes, for exploration.
Hours: 197.2
Beginning Charge: 100 %
Ending Charge: 100 %
Currently Charging: Yes
Notes on Rovers: Perseverance parking brake non-functional

ATV: ATV’s Used: None. Nothing to report.

Cars:
Hab Car used and why, where: To Hanksville for supplies.
Crew Car used and why, where: Not used
General notes and comments: N/A

Summary of Internet: All nominal.

EVA suits and radios:
Suits: Batteries in suits 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 to be replaced
Comms: All nominal

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why: High winds damaged the tunnel system close to the science dome. Metal mesh is bent and stakes are loose. Will conduct partial repair soon.

Summary of Hab Operations: Wall heater is not functioning. Diagnostic is pending.
Summary of GreenHab Operations: All nominal
Summary of SciDome Operations: All nominal

Summary of Observatories Operations: Solar observatory telescope diagonal has two snapped screws. Repairs pending.

Summary of RAM Operations: All nominal
Summary of Outpost Operations: All nominal.
Summary of Health and Safety Issues: All nominal.

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EVA Report – March 1st

Crew 293 EVA Report 01Mar2024

EVA #009

Author: Lise Lefauconnier (Leader)

Purpose of EVA: Searching for checkpoints at NorthRidge with a 2D map generated by photogrammetry.

Start time: 8:58

End time: 11:45

Narrative: The goal for this EVA was for a team (Lise and Marie), supervised by Mathurin, to search for checkpoints at North Ridge with a 2D map. The goal was to do it under 3h00, they were done in 1h40. They spent some time taking pictures at the end, and stopped near the atmospheric instruments’ site to put back up the sign that had fallen because of the wind. The wind was higher than expected during the EVA but conditions were still stable to go on with the EVA.

8 :58 start of EVA

9 :03 End of depressurization

SPIRIT hours 246.8

SPIRIT battery 98%

OPPORTUNITY hours 164.8

OPPORTUNITY battery 100%

9 :07 switch on channel 1 for LISE and Habcom (Léa)

9 :08 Leaving campus

9 :09 Sign of atmospheric instruments is down, going to fix it at the end of the EVA if the team has time.

9 : 14 Parking the rovers, arrived at North Ridge

9:16 Starting to search for checkpoints

9 :26 Lot of wind, a map flew away but was caught up quickly a few meters away

Checkups with Habcom every 15 minutes to make sure everything was okay.

10 : 57 Search finished

11 : 00 All good, Taking pictures

11 : 20 Leaving site with the rovers, plan on putting the sign back up at Marble Ritual.

11 : 26 Stopping at marble ritual

11 : 28 Switching on channel 2 for Lise and Léa

11 :32 Sign is up. Coming back to campus.

11 : 36

OPPORTUNITY battery 60%

SPIRIT battery 48%

11: 40 Airlock

11 :45 END OF EVA

Destination: East flank of North Ridge

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 518750,4251750

Participants: Lise Lefauconnier (EVA leader), Marie Delaroche, Mathurin Franck

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road, North direction

Modes of travel: Spirit Rover and Opportunity Rover and walking

Additional notes: None

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Operations Report – March 1st

Crew 293 Operations Report 01-03-2024

SOL: 12

Name of person filing report: Leo Tokaryev

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems:

ROVERS

Spirit rover used:Yes

Hours:246.8

Beginning charge: 98

Ending charge: 48

Currently charging:Yes

Opportunity rover used:Yes

Hours:164.8

Beginning charge:100

Ending charge:60

Currently charging:yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 269.2H

Beginning charge:100

Ending charge:49

Currently charging:yes

Perseverance rover used

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

General notes on rovers:

Summary of Hab operations: put notes here

WATER USE: 12.5 gallons

Water (static tank): 320.6 gallons

Static tank pipe heater (on or off):On

Static tank heater (On or off)On

Toilet tank emptied: no

Summary of internet: none

Summary of suits and radios:

Summary of GreenHab operations: put notes here

WATER USE: 6 gallons

Heater: On

Supplemental light: 22h-2h automatic

Harvest: none

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:

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Journalist Report – March 1st

SOL 12: A Sol in March

“How do I guess at the future? Based on the omens of the present. The secret is here in the present. If you pay attention to the present, you can improve upon it. And, if you improve on the present, what comes later will also be better.” – The Alchemist, Paulo Coelho

This morning, Lise and Marie went out on an EVA to North Ridge, with Mathurin. Their goal was to find checkpoints with the help of a map they drew yesterday, based on a 2D map of the site. Léa was HabCom during the EVA, simultaneously processing some astrophotography taken by the robotic observatory during the night. Listening in with an EVA radio, Léa could know how many checkpoints the girls had found in real time. Léa and I were the 3D map team during the last EVA, so we were carefully following their performance! And we must admit that they did a much better job than us… They found all the checkpoints in record time! They had a lot of fun finding checkpoints chosen by Yves, Mathurin and Leo at the beginning of the week. They came back to the Hab very happy with their performance and with the will to do it again next week. And wouldn’t you know it, the three boys will perform another EVA Monday at Candor Chasma, a different site, and start another iteration of the experiment. This time, Léa and I will have the 2D map and Lise and Marie the 3D one. This will enable us to compare gaps in performance, and to know if they come from the team constitution or from the different maps!

The afternoon was productive for the entire Crew! Yves and Mathurin processed data from the photogrammetry EVA of the morning. Meanwhile, Leo did some video editing for the mid-rotation video. As the name indicates, this video may be posted in the following days, because we are close to the mission’s mid-point! Marie and Léa performed an EchoFinder session. They consolidated what we fixed yesterday, in order to get all the devices connected well together, and so the software could work better. After that, Léa worked on an outreach article about the effect life in space can have on the human body, which she nearly finished! During the afternoon, I was busy sorting the pictures of the EVA, and following each member of the Crew in their activities to take pictures, and to know what they’re doing, so I can account for the day in this report!

Sols are passing quickly, and we are close to the mission’s midpoint. On the one hand, we feel like we have been living in the station for a long time, but on the other hand, time flies, because we’re working on a great many experiments and studies! Today, we also noticed that we spent the first day of March on Mars!

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Sol Summary – March 1st

Crew 293 Sol Summary Report 01-03-2024

Sol: 12

Summary Title: A Sol in March

Author’s name: Marie Delaroche, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary:

The HSO and I had high hopes for this morning’s EVA, and rightfully so! We came back from North Ridge, all checkpoints reached, our GreenHab Officer treading in our wake and making note of our progress. The data gathered (number of steps, GPS tracking, time intervals) will be used by Earth-based researchers to determine the added value of a 3D map compared to a 2D map to prepare for an exploration EVA. Today’s results are bound to be interesting, as we (the 2D team) did better than the 3D team!

I spent the afternoon in the Science Dome, as a subject for EchoFinder, TILT and Orbital Architecture. Now that most experiments are running nominally, all Crew members follow a very specific schedule coordinating all of the studies. During the occasional unoccupied time slot, we have all found productive things to do: the Crew Engineer is currently editing an amazing mid-rotation video, and the Crew Astronomer is writing scientific outreach articles for our website.

It’s great to witness this crew at work. After only 12 Sols, it already feels like we have made the station both our workplace and our home.

Look Ahead Plan:

Tomorrow will officially mark the mid-rotation point, at which we hope to submit our video. In the morning, I will interview each Crew member individually, to check that everyone is feeling in shape, and ready to forge through the second half of our mission. An atmospheric instruments EVA is also planned in the afternoon to change the instruments’ battery (if the weather and wind conditions permit it).

Anomalies in work: EVA suits 3,4,5,7,9, Solar Observatory offline

Weather: Sunny, Low -5°C, High 20°C

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: Photogrammetry, North Ridge

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, Journalist’s Report, GreenHab Report, Operations Report, Photos (6-8 pics), EVA Report, EVA Request

Support Requested: NA

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GreenHab Report – February 29th

Crew 293 GreenHab Report 29-02-2024

GreenHab Officer: Mathurin FRANCK

Environmental control: (heater, fan, door open?) Heater/fan turning on automatically

Average temperatures: between 70°F- 90°F

Hours of supplemental light: 10pm-2am

Daily water usage for crops: 6G

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: None

Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 115.9 gallons –

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:30am 6:30pm

Changes to crops:

None

Narrative: /

Harvest: (include which crop and mass in grams) : /

Support/supplies needed: /

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Operations Report – February 29th

Crew 293 Operations Report 29-02-2024

SOL: 11

Name of person filing report: Leo Tokaryev

Non-nominal systems:

Notes on non-nominal systems:

ROVERS

Spirit rover used:no

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Opportunity rover used:no

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 269,5

Beginning charge:100

Ending charge:81

Currently charging:yes

Perseverance rover used:yes

Hours:284,6

Beginning charge:78

Ending charge:56

Currently charging:yes

General notes on rovers:

Summary of Hab operations: put notes here

WATER USE: 17,2 gallons

Water (static tank): 333 gallons

Static tank pipe heater (on or off):On

Static tank heater (On or off)On

Toilet tank emptied: no

Summary of internet: none

Summary of suits and radios: none

Summary of GreenHab operations: put notes here

WATER USE: 8 gallons

Heater: On

Supplemental light: 22h-2h automatic

Harvest: none

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:

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Sol Summary – February 29th

Crew 293 Sol Summary Report 29-02-2024

Sol: 11

Summary Title: It’s not a problem if there’s a solution

Author’s name: Marie Delaroche, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary:

At morning’s close, the entire crew could breathe a little better: the source of the atmospheric instruments issue was found by the Crew Engineer and Crew Astronomer, and after analyzing the data gathered during the troubleshooting EVA, they concluded that all instruments were finally up and running!

An eventful morning gave way, as always, to a studious afternoon: the HSO and I have maybe found a solution to the technical issue that has been plaguing our EchoFinder sessions. This solution may or may not include tape and cardboard… Spirits lifted by our ingenious find, both of us started preparing tomorrow’s photogrammetry EVA using a 2D map, during which we will only have access to our notes and a few sketches of the checkpoints’ locations.

In anticipation of a potential final fix of the Solar Observatory next week, the Crew Astronomer was given access to the facility in order to start familiarizing herself with the instruments.

Look Ahead Plan:

We are looking to perform our third and final EVA at North Ridge on Sol 12, to test the effectiveness of a 2D map in preparing for an exploration EVA. On Sol 13 is scheduled a short EVA to change the atmospheric instruments’ battery, which will be paired with a food resupply. We are aiming to send the food inventory tomorrow during the Coms Window.

Anomalies in work: EVA suits 3,4,5,7,9

Weather: Sunny, Low -8°C, High 13°C

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: Atmospheric instruments troubleshooting

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, Journalist’s Report, GreenHab Report, Operations Report, Photos (6-8 pics), EVA Report, EVA Request

Support Requested: See incoming email from GreenHab Officer

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