Crew 222 Sol Summary Report 17-02-2020
Sol:1
Summary Title: And so the science begin
Author’s name: Benjamin Auzou
Mission Status: Crew settled and Beginning of the first experiments Sol Activity Summary: In the morning, the crew woke up with a matinal workout session. Then four crewmember went on the first EVA of the mission to install a field experiment.
The afternoon were dedicated to the launch of scientific experiments : Spirulina in the Green Hab, Human factors, preparation of the water consumption monitoring.
Between 8:30am and 5pm, the crew were followed by a journalist for a French TV channel. The journalist were respectful of the place and of our work.
Look Ahead Plan:
Tomorrow, we will go on a similar EVA to this morning, in order to set up an electric field mesure, MegaAres. Also we will continue the activities launched today.
Anomalies in work: none
Weather: cloudy in general, clearer in the afternoon
Crew Physical Status: all members safe and sound
EVA: LOAC and Weather station installation success
Reports to be filed: Journalist report, Mission Plan, Crew bios, GreenHab Report, Astronomy Report, EVA Report, EVA Request, Science report, HSO Pre Mission Checklist
Support Requested: Food Inventory to be reviewed by Shannon
Operations Report – February 16th
Crew 222 Operations Report 02/16/2020
SOL: 0
Name of person filing report: Valentin PRUDHOMME
Non-nominal systems: N/A
Notes on non-nominal systems: N/A
Generator: yes
Hours run: 13
From what time last night: 6 pm
To what time this morning: 7 am
List any additional daytime hours when the generator was run: N/A
Solar—SOC 75% (Before generator is run at night)
Diesel Reading – 80%
Station Propane Reading – 42%
Ethanol Free Gasoline – N/A
Water (loft tank): 43 gallons
Water Meter: 149275.24 units
Water (static tank) – 455 gallons
Static to Loft Pump used – yes
Water in GreenHab – 170 gallons
Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons
Toilet tank emptied: no
Deimos rover used: yes
Hours: 143.6
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 99
Currently charging: yes
Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: N/A
Spirit rover used: yes
Hours: 131.6
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 90
Currently charging: yes
Opportunity rover used: no
Hours: 69.6
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: yes
Curiosity rover used: yes
Hours: 137.7
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 86
Currently charging: yes
Notes on rovers: N/A
ATV’s Used: Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3
Reason for use: training
Oil Added? no
ATV Fuel Used: N/A
Hours the ATVs were Used today: 30 minutes
Notes on ATVs: N/A
HabCar used and why, where? Used this morning for getting water and used by the Station Director to go to town.
CrewCar used and why, where? Return to Grand Junction for crew 221.
General notes and comments: N/A
Summary of internet: wifi set on all computers and working correctly
Summary of suits and radios: 11 radios in the Hab with 9 of them for the outside. There are 4 radios without batteries. The other 7 are operational. Suits tested by 4 crew members.
Summary of Hab operations: N/A
Summary of GreenHab operations: N/A
Summary of ScienceDome operations: N/A
Summary of RAM operations: N/A
Summary of any observatory issues: N/A
Summary of health and safety issues: N/A
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: N/A
Greenhab Report – February 16th
Crew 222 GreenHab Report – 16/02/2020
GreenHab Officer: Bleuenn ROIRON
Today, Greenhab was operated by the station director
Environmental control: NA
Average temperatures: NA
Hours of supplemental light: NA
Daily water usage for crops: NA
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0
Water in blue Tank: 150 Gallons
Time(s) of watering crops: 2
Changes to crops: Tomato plants were separated in different pots
Narrative: Today, Greenhab was operated by the station director
Harvest: 200g of spinach
Support/supplies needed: more water in the blue tank
Crew Photos – February 16th
Photo of the Day: Hab_16Feb202_Crew_Picture.jpeg
Journalist Report – February 16th
Crew 222 Journalist Report 16Feb2020
Author: Marie Bochard, Crew Journalist
Sol 0
Title: Welcome home!
As we woke up on the red planet this morning, it felt like we were finally home. The sun was up before us and shone brightly on the hills. The Hab was hectic as everyone woke up, and the previous crew was getting ready to leave. After saying our goodbyes, we settled into our rooms. It’s hard to believe we are finally here, after a whole year of preparation! It seems so unreal.
To start off the day, the Director gave us a briefing on the station, and then we prepared our first meal. On the menu: rice with dehydrated green peas and sweet potatoes!
A delicious introduction to Martian cuisine.
But before our mission can truly start, there are still some things to be done.
Today is ‘training day’.
Everything has to be ready to start the sim tonight. This means doing the food inventory, ensuring the suits all work, and most importantly (or at least most fun), this means learning how to drive the rovers and ATVs! We went for a drive on both to get the hang of the vehicles. When we will drive on EVA, it will be harder to maneuver with the suits so everyone got to try. Even our seasoned commander took the wheel!
As the day started to wind down, we started working on our reports.
Clicks of keyboards were the only sounds we heard for an hour. The astronomer sent his photos, the commander wrote his Sol Summary, the engineer went on his last non-sim check of all life-support and transportation systems… and I wrote down these very words.
Tonight, the simulation starts. Tonight, our mission begins. Tonight, we dine on Mars!
Sol Summary – February 16th
Crew 222 Sol Summary Report 16-02-2020
Sol: 0 Summary Title: Getting ready to Mars
Author’s name: Benjamin Auzou – Crew Commander
Mission Status: Crew 222 ready to go on Sim
Sol Activity Summary:
At 8 am, the whole crew woke up as the crew 221 was preparing to leave. Just after the departure of the crew 221, we took our first breakfast at the station. At 11 am, we started the briefing with Dr. Rupert, and the crew passed the test! I am proud of everyone.
After lunch, we checked all the suits and started the food inventory. Then the crew trained on both ATVs and rovers.
At the end of the afternoon, we were ready to start the sim and closed the door at 6:57 pm.
We’re finally on Mars!
During the dinner tonight we will discuss all together on the goals of our missions, from personal and crew point of view.
Look Ahead Plan:
Tomorrow will be our first day on sim, we will go on EVA in the morning if the weather allows it in order to set an experiment on the field.
Also, a TV journalist will come to the station to follow and film our activities.
We will launch experiments on the campus in the afternoon, such as GreenHab or human factors experiments.
The mission plan and crew bios will be sent at tomorrow’s COMMS.
Anomalies in work: No anomalies
Weather: Cloudy
Crew Physical Status: All crew members safe and sound
EVA: NA
Reports to be file: Journalist Report, Operations Report, Food
Inventory, EVA Request, Green Hab report, (Mission Plan and Crew Bios will be sent tomorrow)
Support Requested: Add our GreenHab Officer to mission support mailing,
Food supply (see Food Inventory)
Operations Report – February 15
Crew 221 Operations Report 15Feb2020
SOL: 13
Name of person filing report: Luis D. Monge
Non-nominal systems:
Notes on non-nominal systems:
Generator: on (at 6:16 pm)
Hours run: 14:16
From what time last night: 7:16pm
To what time this morning: 5:00am
List any additional daytime hours when the generator was run : 0
Solar— SOC % (Before generator is run at night) 70%
Diesel Reading – 73%
Station Propane Reading – 45%
Ethanol Free Gasoline – N/A
Water (loft tank): 35 gallons
Water Meter: 148 units
Water (static tank) – 75 gals
Static to Loft Pump used – yes
Water in GreenHab – no water left in the greenhab yesterday, tank being refilled at this moment.
Water in ScienceDome: 0 gallons
Toilet tank emptied: yes
Deimos rover used: no
Hours: 142.8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge:
Currently charging: yes
Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: yes
Spirit rover used: no
Hours: (before EVA) : 131.9
Beginning charge: (Before EVA) 100%
Ending charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging)
Currently charging: yes
Opportunity rover used: no
Hours: n/a
Beginning charge: n/a
Ending charge: n/a
Currently charging: yes
Curiosity rover used: no
Hours: 137.2
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge:
Currently charging: yes
Notes on rovers:
ATV’s Used: (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3) not used
Reason for use: not used
Oil Added? not used
ATV Fuel Used: Gals not used
# Hours the ATVs were Used today: not used
Notes on ATVs:
HabCar used and why, where? not used
CrewCar used and why, where? not used
General notes and comments: not used
Summary of internet: operational
Summary of suits and radios: operational
Summary of Hab operations: deep cleaned for crew handover
Summary of GreenHab operations: deep cleaned for crew handover, tank being refilled
Summary of ScienceDome operations: deep cleaned for crew handover Summary of RAM operations: RAM cleaned
Summary of any observatory issues: nominal
Summary of health and safety issues: nothing to report.
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Full cleaning of habitats carried out, food inventory carried out.
GreenHab Report – February 15th
Crew 221 GreenHab Report 15FEB2020
GreenHab Officer: Jessica Todd
Environmental control: Heating. GreenHab door shade cloth (40%) (30%) on. Door opened today from 10:30 am to 3:48 pm.
Average temperatures: 18.25°C
Hours of supplemental light: 19:30 to 00:00
Daily water usage for crops: 16.4 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 0 gallon
Water in Blue Tank: empty (using static tank), being refilled tomorrow
Time(s) of watering for crops: 2
Changes to crops: The cucumber plant has a new cucumber, ready for harvesting in a few days. Harvested all the spinach chard, rocket and spinach from the grey pot by the door and reseeded. Harvested all icicle radish and reseeded with fresh radish. Should sprout in the next 2-3 weeks.
Narrative: This is my last report as GreenHab officer for Crew 221. It’s been a wonderful experience being entrusted with the care of these plants for the last two weeks. I don’t consider myself much of a gardener, but I’ve developed a real love for watching plants grow and harvesting my own greens from a garden I’ve helped to keep alive in the harsh environment of Mars! In preparation for the arrival of crew 222, today was GreenHab clean up! The whole GreenHab was swept and cleaned, all plants watered, and the remnants of our mungbeans and corn experiments packed up. Shannon came by and we discussed some final harvesting, so for the next few hours I harvested a huge pot of greens and a planter of radishes, and replanted them all. I went through and relabeled a few of the pots, including the chamomile and mint I planted a few days ago (enjoy some lovely fresh brew tea Crew 222!). This evening it was time for my final watering of the GreenHab. I introduced Crew 222’s GreenHab Officer Bleuenn to the ways of the GreenHab and tried to impart as much Mark Watney knowledge as I could. I hope she finds the job as rewarding as I have! Good luck my little Martian botany friends, you’re in safe hands xx
Harvest: 60g chard, 12g rocket, 26g radish greens.
Support/supplies needed: NA
Other Notes: The bottom row of pots on the central shelves behind the benches have not sprouted in two weeks and I can’t find any evidence of roots/shoots/seeds. I cleaned out the pots, removed the labls, and left the soil there for replanting. The GreenHab tank was empty this morning, so on Shannon’s instructions we used water from the tap outside the GreenHab that is fed by the static tank. Crew 222 started refilling the GreenHab tank today so hopefully tomorrow they will start their sim with a full 300 gallon tank.
Crew Photos – February 15th
EVA Report – February 14th
Crew 221 EVA Report 14FEB-2020
EVA #14
Author: Rawan Alshammari (Health and Safety Officer)
Purpose of EVA: Taking out robot for further testing and deployment of the crew engineer’s antenna to see how both systems perform in the field. Looking for geological rocks if applicable as secondary purpose.
Start time: 10:55am
End time: 1:20 pm
Narrative: Today we wanted to further test our robot and antenna to see how they perform on different terrain. We were able to set up the antenna successfully, and MOUSIE was ready for deployment. We were headed to the Moons, to send MOUSIE to collect some new samples. The moons were a perfect site to re-test MOUSIE. MOUSIE was able to access rock samples using her little robotic arm again.
Destination: White Moon, Beige Moon.
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): 4254800/515700
Participants: Rawan Alshammari (Health and Safety Officer), Maria Grulich (Commander).
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Drove along Cow Dung Road (0110) and parked to walk Brahe Highway (1572) and Brahe Highway (1575)
Mode of travel: Driving and Walking
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