Crew 296 GreenHab Report 09-04-2024
GreenHab Officer: Hippolyte Hilgers
Environmental control:
Heater on (setup temperature = 75°F)
Fan on (to keep temperature below 94°F)
Average temperatures: 77.4 °F
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 9 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 117 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 6:00 PM
Changes to crops: None
Narrative: Just watered all the crops today, no harvesting
Harvest: None
Support/supplies needed: None
EVA Report – April 9th
EVA #12
Author: Arnaud de Wergifosse (Scientist)
Purpose of EVA: We’ll park the rovers south of Compass Rock and walk to Candor Chasma to fly Louis’ drone to have a few shots of the surroundings. If the landscape allows it, he will also perform automatic flights for his own experiment. Then, if the time isn’t a limiting factor, the crew plans to take back the rovers to ride half the distance between Compass Rock and Somerville Overlook along Galileo Road 1104. The remaining travel towards Somerville Overlook will be performed by foot. From there, a drone flight will be performed. Finally, the crew will come back to the rovers and head back to the station.
Start time: 9:01am
End time: 11:40am
Narrative: We parked our rovers at the foot of the compass rock. We then headed for the Condor Chasma entrance to fly Louis’ drone and take a few more photos. Compared with EVA#9, we covered a longer distance inside Candor Chasma and then rejoined our rovers. We then waited about twenty minutes for Louis to make two automatic flights with the drone to establish a reconnaissance of the area. Finally, we made our way back, stopping at a few viewpoints to take videos and photos.
Destination: Compass Rock, Candor Chasma and then Somerville Overlook initially but we haven’t be able to find the path between Compass Rock and Somerville Overlook
Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84):
4252000 520000 (Compass Rock)
4251150 520400 (Entrance of Candor Chasma)
4253000 522000 (Somerville Overlook)
Participants: Louis Joseph (Engineer), Alba Sánchez Montalvo (Journalist), Hippolyte Hilgers (Green Hab Officer) and Arnaud de Wergifosse (Scientist)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110 and Galileo Road 1104
Mode of travel: Driving 2 rovers (Spirit and Curiosity) and walking
Crew Photos – April 8th
Sol Summary – April 8th
Sol 8
Summary Title: Our sun got eaten by the moon
Author’s name: Alba Sánchez Montalvo
Mission Status: In progress
Sol Activity Summary:
The sol started very early since it was scheduled to be a busy one. Two EVAs were planned for in the morning to continue with Romain’s experiment to do different maneuvers with the drone, followed by the TapStrap test to assess whether this device facilitates communication between crew members. Maxime has become addicted to making bread (and the rest of the crew to devour it). Around 12h, the crew went to the observatory to observe a beautiful solar eclipse which was taking place this sol, which makes it unique for us! After lunch, it was time to record some more videos for our social media and collaborators. There was time for half of the crew and we talked about the goal, methodology and importance of our experiments. We also made some videos to thank all our sponsors for their support on this mission, it would not have been possible without them! Then, some crew members practiced some sports while others were preparing dinner: it’s pizza night! Time flies, we are now more than halfway through the experience. We don’t want to leave Mars, we have made it our new home!
Look Ahead Plan: there are two EVAs planned for tomorrow, one for Louis’ experiment and one for Maxime’s one to check on his weather station and to explore new areas. Also, we will finish recording our videos about our experiments tomorrow.
Anomalies in work: NA
Weather: Mostly clear skies, no wind
Crew Physical Status: Some crew members are little bit tired, but all good in general
EVA:
EVA#10 : We got out at exactly 8 o’clock and directly went to Marble ritual. We didn’t want to waste time since near noon, the eclipse would be at its highest. Once we arrived at the location, we all flew the drone as intended with no problems. We headed back home and finished one of the shortest EVA’s. A quick but really efficient EVA.
EVA#11 : We got out near 9 o’clock and directly went to Marble ritual. Once we arrived at the location, Hippolyte, Alba and Loriane flew the drone without any problems occurring. We came back to encode the data, enjoy a snack before the eclipse.
Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, Journalist’s Report, Greenhab Report, Operations Report, Photos (6-8 pics), EVA Report, EVA Request, Astronomy Report
Support Requested: NA
Operations Report – April 8th
SOL: 8
Name of person filing report: Louis Joseph
Non-nominal systems: Suit 5 (battery connection), Suit 2 (stuck valve) and Suit 9 (broken visor)
Notes on non-nominal systems: After fixing the faulty connection of Suit 5, we check its battery voltage a few times over the course of 2 days. No voltage deficits were noticed. We decided to try Suit 5 on a short EVA (45min) this morning. No problems were noticed until we came back to the station. While in the airlock, the ventilation of Suit 5 turned off. We checked the suit afterwards and the ventilation began to work again after disconnecting and reconnecting internal electric cables to the battery. Further investigation is required before using it again on future EVAs. No solutions found for Suit 2 yet.
ROVERS
Spirit rover used:
Hours: 250,3
Beginning charge: 90%
Ending charge: 70%
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used:
Hours: 177,8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 90%
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used:
Hours:
EVA#10 : 276
EVA#11 : 271,6
Beginning charge:
EVA#10 : 100%
EVA#11 : 84%
Ending charge:
EVA#10 : 84%
EVA#11 : 74%
Currently charging: Yes
Perseverance rover used:
Hours: 290
Beginning charge: 89%
Ending charge: 76%
Currently charging: Yes
General notes on rovers: NA
Summary of Hab operations:
WATER USE: 26.14 gallons
Water (static tank): 358.85 gallons
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): OFF
Static tank heater (On or off): OFF
Toilet tank emptied: yes
Summary of internet: Used for music playing, mails, research for experiments, learning languages.
Summary of suits and radios:
All radios were used.
Light Suits 1,3,4,5 and 6 were used.
Summary of GreenHab operations: I watered all the crops, and harvested some basil and tomatoes for pizzas tonight
WATER USE: 7.5 gallons
Heater: On
Supplemental light: N/A
Harvest:
Tomatoes (16 pcs) : 62 g
Basil (~20 leaves) : 5 g
Summary of ScienceDome operations: Used to film rushes for future sponsoring videos
Dual split: Off
Summary of RAM operations: Used to film rushes for future sponsoring videos
Summary of any observatory issues: The sun was eaten by the moon
Summary of health and safety issues: Everyone was given an anti-lices shampoo
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: NA
Journalist Report – April 8th
Crew 296 Journalist – Alba Sánchez Montalvo
The sol started very early since it was scheduled to be a busy one. Two EVAs were planned for in the morning to continue with Romain’s experiment to do different maneuvers with the drone, followed by the TapStrap test to assess whether this device facilitates communication between crew members. Maxime has become addicted to making bread (and the rest of the crew to devour it). Around 12h, the crew went to the observatory to observe a beautiful solar eclipse which was taking place this sol, which makes it unique for us! After lunch, it was time to record some more videos for our social media and collaborators. There was time for half of the crew and we talked about the goal, methodology and importance of our experiments. We also made some videos to thank all our sponsors for their support on this mission, it would not have been possible without them! Then, some crew members practiced some sports while others were preparing dinner: it’s pizza night! Time flies, we are now more than halfway through the experience. We don’t want to leave Mars (except Louis, who counts the hours waiting to go for ribs and beers), we have made it our new home!
GreenHab Report – April 8th
GreenHab Officer: Hippolyte Hilgers
Environmental control:
Heater on (setup temperature = 75°F)
Fan on (to keep temperature below 94°F)
Average temperatures: 77.4 °F
Hours of supplemental light: None
Daily water usage for crops: 7.5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallons
Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 126 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 6:30 PM
Changes to crops: None
Narrative: I watered all the crops, and harvested some basil and tomatoes for the pizzas tonight
Harvest:
Tomatoes (16 pcs) : 62 g
Basil (~20 leaves) : 5 g
Support/supplies needed: None
EVA Report – April 8th
EVA #10
Author: Arnaud de Wergifosse (Scientist)
Purpose of EVA: This EVA will be focused on Romain Maddox’s experiment. On Sol 1, he took the baseline for his experiment, this time, he will do the second data collection and will continue on SOL11 and 12. The 5 crew members will continue the experiment by controlling a drone (Parrot Anafi) and doing 8 maneuvers with an estimate of 7 minutes per flight and per person and the same place that they did last time, Marble Ritual. Crew members will stay in a radius of about 60m around the rover. They should only go at around 20 meters but as we experienced last time, if the drone has a malfunction and crashes, we might need the 60 meter radius. Anyway, we will contact the Main Hab before exceeding 20 meters.
Start time: 8:06am
End time: 8:50am
Narrative: We got out at exactly 8 o’clock and directly went to Marble ritual. We didn’t want to waste time since near noon, the eclipse would be at its highest. Once we arrived at the location, we all flew the drone as intended with no problems. We headed back home and finished one of the shortest EVA’s. A quick but really efficient EVA.
Destination: Marble Ritual
Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 4251000 518750
Participants: Romain Maddox (Commander), Maxime Foucart (Astronomer), Louis Joseph (Engineer), Imane El Bakkali (Health and Safety Officer) and Arnaud de Wergifosse (Scientist)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110
Mode of travel: Driving 3 vehicles (Spirit, Curiosity and Perseverance) and walking
Astronomy Report – April 8th
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Name: Maxime Foucart
Crew: 296
Date: 08-04-2024
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M100
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: The website still shows Camera error
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: Eclipse, Prominences, Filament, Granules, Sunspots.
Images submitted with this report: Sun 240408 Eclipse and Sunspot,
Problems Encountered: A lot of clouds during the eclipse, so it was tricky to select the correct exposure as it was always changing. More pictures to come once I will have the time to process them all.
Crew Photos – April 7th
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