EVA Report – February 24th

EVA # 05

Author: Robin GORIUS, Crew engineer

Purpose of EVA : Atmospheric physics instrument battery change and data retrieval. Candor Chasma exploration and 3D mapping with a drone.

Start time: 09:30 AM

End time: 01:30 PM

Narrative: EVA Crew entered the Airlock at 09:30 AM and left the station with rovers Spirit and Opportunity at 09:35 AM. They drove to Marble Rituals and arrived at 9:40 AM. They walked in the west and arrived at the atmospheric instruments location at 9:43AM. They retrieved the data and changed the battery before going back to the rovers at 10:12 AM. They drove to Candor Chasma on Galileo road 1104 and arrived on site at 10:40 AM. They walked down to the canyon and started exploring and 3D mapping. They came back to the rovers at 12:41 PM and drove back to the station. They arrived at 1:04 PM and entered the airlock at 1:26 PM.

Destination: Marble Rituals and Candor Chasma

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 518250 E, 4250750 N then 520000E, 4251750N

Participants: Meddi Moumouni (greenHab officer) , Quentin Berlemont (Astronomer), Robin Gorius. (Crew engineer and EVA leader)

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110, Galileo road 1104

Mode of travel: Driving to Marble Rituals walking to the experiments site and coming back to the rovers then driving to compass rock and walking again to explore Candor Chasma.

Spirit:

Start battery: 100%

End battery: 71%

Start hours: 277

End hours: 278.2

Opportunity:

Start battery: 100%

End battery: 70%

Start hours: 289

End hours: 290.2

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