Crew 306 EVA Report 26-12-2024
EVA # 05
Author: Elizabeth Howard
Purpose of EVA: The primary purpose of this EVA was to collect samples for Crew Commander Jesus Meza’s in-situ resource utilization project and take magnetic readings for Crew Geologist Elizabeth Howard’s project. Samples were collected from Hab Ridge, and the EVA crew also looked for locations with possible hematite to collect.
Start time: 10:46 AM
End time: 14:19 PM
Narrative: When the EVA crew left for Hab Ridge, the weather was overcast; they stopped at a few locations along the way to collect a couple of samples for Crew Commander Jesus Meza’s research. Once getting onto the collapsed road leading to Hab Ridge, Crew Geologist Elizabeth Howard chose a spot to leave her EMF meter to the side of the trail after digging a spot approximately three inches down and collecting a sample of the soil the meter would be taking readings from. Once the EVA crew reached the location near Hab Ridge that is suspected to have hematite, they surveyed the area for it and collected some rocks from the area that matched the description of hematite. As the sky cleared and became sunny, the EVA crew headed back, picking up the EMF meter and turning onto Sagan Street instead of going directly back. They traveled about a third of the way to the base of Skyline Ridge; Crew Commander Jesus Meza collected a couple more samples before the crew headed back. Crew Health and Safety Officer (HSO) Ryan Villarreal and Crew Engineer Keegan Chavez acted as CAPCOMs.
Destination: Hab Ridge
Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 4250250E, 518000N
Participants: Jesus Meza, Adriana Sanchez, Elizabeth Howard
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: The EVA team left the HAB and traveled on foot towards North Ridge, then took the collapsed road upwards to Hab Ridge (4251500, 517750). The team then traveled south along the top of the ridge towards an area marked on the geology guide as having “Hematite Concretions” at (4250250, 518000). The team then traveled back north to Sagan Street. The EVA team had time to travel west along Sagan Street towards Skyline Ridge (4251500, 515000), making it about a third of the way to the base of the ridge to take samples before returning to MDRS along the same routes.
Mode of travel: Walking