Operations Report – December 11th

Crew 305 Operations Report 11-12-2024
SOL:03
Name of person filing report: Spruha Vashi
Non-nominal systems: Power Systems
Notes on non-nominal systems: Lost power from generator at 4:50pm, and power continues to still be out.
ROVERS
Spirit rover used: No
Opportunity rover used: No
Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 290.8
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 70
Currently charging: Yes
Perseverance rover used: Yes
Hours: 294.8
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 63
Currently charging: Yes
General notes on rovers: Curiosity leak on the driver side rear tire was visibly inspected and seen to have no issues. Rovers were driven on EVA04 to Candor Chasma with no issues.
Summary of Hab operations: Power issues were outlined in the non-nominal systems. All other operations were standard.
Water Use (please use both methods to estimate water usage)
Time of measurements:5pm
1) Per formula: 5.865
2) Smart Home Dashboard: 16.58
Water (static tank, remaining gallons): 458.51
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): On
Static tank heater (on or off): On
Toilet tank emptied (no or yes): Yes, emptied on Sol 02 night post comms window.
Summary of internet: No internet issues
Summary of suits and radios: No major issues with suits and radios, the crew forgot to put Suit 2 in charging and multiple radios were left on after EVA03. Any radios that were not fully charged were swapped with charged ones, and Suit 2 was confirmed to be usable by the Crew Engineer as voltage and battery still looked adequate. Crew made a plan for future EVAs, members that stay on Comms are responsible for ensuring all equipment is off and charging.
Summary of GreenHab operations: No major greenhab operations, Hunter spent some time harvesting and checking on the crops.
WATER USE: 3.5 gallons
Heater (On or Off): On
Supplemental light (hours of operation): 5-10pm
Harvest (name, weight in grams):
Summary of ScienceDome operations: No operations.
Dual split (Heat or AC, On or Off): Automatic functions running.
Summary of RAM operations: Spruha continued work on the rover and used allen keys primarily for her mechanical assembly. She switched to electrical work and used some of the soldering tools, such as the flux and copper wick as she had her own iron to use. Monish and Spruha’s work is still out on the tables in the Hab as there will be continued work for the following days.
Summary of any observatory issues: No issues.
Summary of health and safety issues: No issues.
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Main concern is power at this time, we are aware that Mission Support is actively trying to solve the issues.

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