Dear Atila,
These are the pictures for today. Thanks so much for your time!
Best regards,
Mariona
Crew Photos – May 6th
Operations Report – May 6th
Crew 212 Operations Report 06-MAY-2019
SOL: 1
Name of person filing report: Paolo Guardabasso
Non-nominal systems: Lights in the EVA preparation room and crew room; pump in the loft (see previous emails).
Notes on non-nominal systems: The light bulb in the EVA preparation room died and we replaced it with the one on the shelf in the lower floor of HAB. The new one died a few hours later. Yesterday we had a dead light bulb in one of the rooms. This might be due to faulty light bulbs, but it might also be related to surges in the power distribution system.
Generator (hours run last night): 10:00
On (last night): 9:00 PM
Off (this morning): 7:00 AM
Solar— SOC 69% at 7:30PM
Diesel Reading – 99%
Propane Reading – 46%
Ethanol Free Gasoline – 4 gallons
Water (Axillary tank) – 0 gallons
Water (static tank) – ~440 gallons
Axillary to Static tank transfer – no
Gallons transferred: ~80 (last night)
Water in GreenHab – 180 gallons
Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – yes
Water Meter: 1432820
Toilet tank emptied: no
Deimos rover used: no (out of order)
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used: No
Hours: 92.6h
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: No
Opportunity rover used: Yes
Hours: 58.7h
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100%
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 94.1h
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 99%
Currently charging: Yes
Notes on rovers: Rovers Opportunity and Curiosity were used to perform two EVAs (morning and afternoon), and they were charged in the middle. Final values this morning were: Opportunity (58.5h, 99%) and Curiosity (93.8h, 98%).
ATV’s Used: (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3)
Reason for use:
Oil Added?
ATV Fuel Used: Gals
# Hours the ATVs were Used today:
Notes on ATVs: [From Director] Long time mystery solved! I discovered the issue with why the Honda sometimes does not start: the kill switch is activated by pushing it either hard to the left or right and must be in the middle for the engine to turn over. Adding to this confusion, the thing will try to turn over when the kill switch is selected, while with all the Yamahas when the kill switch in on, they won’t even try to start.
HabCar used and why, where? Used last night to collect a load of water in Hanksville
CrewCar used and why, where? Off campus
General notes and comments: Nothing to report
Summary of internet: Connection unstable during CapCom at 08:00 PM
Summary of suits and radios: The issues present mechanical issues (fans tend to get stuck in some models), electrical issues (one battery is apparently not charging), and some of the headsets had to be cleaned. More details in the spacesuit report.
Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report
Summary of GreenHab operations: Watering twice the plants
Summary of ScienceDome operations: The small oven was used to sterilize the headsets covers.
Summary of RAM operations: The experiment rover was reassembled
Summary of any observatory issues: [From Director] The robotic observatory was open this morning. Peter was contacted and he closed it. Skynet had shut down unexpectedly.
Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: The water heater is plugged and the propane valve is open, the number in the display is 075, but we still have not hot water. How should we proceed?
Astronomy Report – May 6th
[title Astronomy Report – May 6th]
[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Mariona Badenas
Crew: 212 (LATAM-III)
Date: 6 May 2019
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: Observations scheduled for NGC4236 (Spiral galaxy in Draco), and IC5067 (Pelican Nebula, in Cygnus)
Images submitted with this report: M51 (Whirpool galaxy, in Canes Venatici) and M81 (spiral galaxy in Ursa Major)
Problems Encountered: None
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Solar Features Observed: Telescope not used today.
Problems Encountered: Telescope not used today.
Sol Summary – May 6th
Hiya, CapCom!
Glad to have you too.
Crew 212 Sol 1 Summary Report 6-MAY-2019
Sol: 1
Summary Title: Exploring martian territory.
Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman
Mission Status: Two EVAs today. That’s tiring!
Sol Activity Summary: Crew 212’s first day on Mars! Commander reports some colon problems (no questions, please, she’ll just need more veggies). EVAs were done. Now we have an idea of how much time takes the pre-EVA process. That’ll help us in the future.
Look Ahead Plan: More science during EVAs.
Anomalies in work: We have lamp issues (check the operations report)
Weather: Sunny at 8 a.m. Kinda fresh at 3 p.m. For the late EVA, it was still sunny and windy.
Crew Physical Status: So far, no accidents.
EVA: 2 EVAs today. Please, find attached the EVAs report for more info.
Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, HSO Report, Daily Photo Report (not zipped), EVA Request, Space Suit Report, Astronomy Report.
Support Requested: None.
Additional notes: Hope you’re drinking something nice today! Maybe water or lemonade?
Operations Report – May 5th
Crew 212 Operations Report 05-MAY-2019
SOL: 0
Name of person filing report: Paolo Guardabasso
Non-nominal systems: Loft pump
Notes on non-nominal systems: The loft pump in the Hab is leaking
badly, and water penetrated the wooden floor down in the commander’s
room. The leaking is due to parts of the pump not being completely
fixed to each other and is triggered mainly by vibrations during
activity; water both drops on the wooden floor but also sprays upwards
close to electrical connections.
Generator (hours run last night): 12:20
On (last night): 6:40 PM
Off (this morning): 7:00 AM
Solar— SOC 85% at 7:10 PM
Diesel Reading – 99%
Propane Reading – 49%
Ethanol Free Gasoline – 4 gallons
Water (Axillary tank) – 0 gallons
Water (static tank) – 370 gallons
Axillary to Static tank transfer – no
Gallons transferred: 100 gallons
Water in GreenHab – 190 gallons
Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – yes
Water Meter: 1432449
Toilet tank emptied: No
Deimos rover used: no (out of order)
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used: Yes
Hours: 92.6h
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 83%
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used: Yes
Hours: 58.5h
Beginning charge: 99%
Ending charge: 88%
Currently charging: No
Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 93.8h
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 90
Currently charging: Yes
Notes on rovers: Opportunity’s battery overheat alarm was on and the
rover stopped functioning on the way back from the short EVA training
with the Director. Opportunity will be moved and plugged for charging
by the Director tonight, before sim begins tomorrow.
ATV’s Used: –
Reason for use: –
Oil Added? –
ATV Fuel Used: –
# Hours the ATVs were Used today: –
Notes on ATVs: –
HabCar used and why, where? A trip to Hanksville was done to collect
100 gallons of water, and another one will be done later tonight with
the same objective.
CrewCar used and why, where? Nothing to report
General notes and comments: Today we had the pre-mission briefing with
the Director
Summary of internet: Nothing to report
Summary of suits and radios: Tested and ready for EVA
Summary of Hab operations: A major cleaning of the Hab was done today,
and also a food inventory
Summary of GreenHab operations: We calculated the correct total volume
of the water tank (250 gallons) and an inventory was prepared
Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report
Summary of RAM operations: Nothing to report
Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report
Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: The loft pump
probably has to be detached from the main system, disassembled and
checked in case it has to be substituted.
Journalist Report – May 5th
Good Evening,
Today was our second day at MDRS. Our day today consisted of training and settling into the HAB station.
Our crew deep cleaned the HAB and took full inventory of the food and also the Greenhab produce. Here we saw that there are numerous plants ready to be harvested, we hope to use the carrots over the next couple of days.
Afterwards we did a water run in Hanksville, we will return tonight for the second water run.
Finally we undertook Rover training and went out with Shannon to URC North Site, all crew members drove and turned the rovers.
Tonight we will eat a final meal at Hankville before entering SIM tomorrow.
We look forward to the start of the simulation.
Regards,
Sol Summary – May 5th
Hi, CapCom!
Gotta go fast!
Crew 212 Sol Summary Report 5-MAY-2019
Sol: 0
Summary Title: Mars being Mars
Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman
Mission Status: Tired after scrubing, brooming and washing. Excited after using rovers.
Sol Activity Summary: Crew 212 passed their first night in the hab. So far, nothing interesting happened during the night. We cleaned all the Hab, from the kitchen to downstairs to the toilet… It was hard work. We also had our training using the rovers. Surely a hard day.
Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow, we’ll wake up in Mars!
Anomalies in work: Opportunity was having its overheating problem during the training.
Weather: Cloudy and quite windy at 3-4 p.m.
Crew Physical Status:So far, no accidents.
EVA: No EVAs today!
Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, HSO Report, Daily Photo Report (both these photos and the photos from yesterday with the fixed name-file), EVA Request.
Support Requested: None.
Additional notes: Hope you have a nice night, CapCom!
Science Report – May 07th
Science Report 7 May 2018
Crew 212 – LATAM III
Submitted by GreenHab Officer Hector Palomeque
1. Solar Observation/Astrophotography/Stellar Clusters: The procedure of turning on the MUSK telescope and the dome has been successfully tested. Observations of a galaxy were made with the deep sky objects robotic telescope.
2. X-5: Drones were disassembling for transportation to MDRS: 2 on 3 drones already assembled. Calibration performed. Manual test of 2 on 3 drones scheduled for SOL-3.
3. VESTA: Performing a repair in the landing gear of the drone. First flight test scheduled for May, 09 (SOL 4).
4. Observation Rover: The EVA for today May, 7 (SOL 2) was canceled due to the weather.. A part of the Rover got missing in transit from Grand Junction to MDRS. Critical Component. Solution needed ASAP: Stablish contact with UK.
5. Space Farming: Experiment in standby due to the lack of an operational autoclave. Solution: Dr. Shannon Rupert has explained how to sterilize using a hotplate, alcohol, and bleach.
6. Keep Talking: First round already performed. Subsequent rounds already scheduled.
7. Ethnography study: First observation started yesterday (SOL-1). Waiting for sending audio-information to receive the feedback from the Colombian team project.
8. Pulse Oximeter Measurement: First measurement made yesterday. Data recorded.
9. Software for macroscopic characterization: Code for detecting counts in progress. There is an issue with detecting the petri dish. Solution: process more photographs needed (soil bacteria growing in plates).
Operations Report – May 07th
Crew 212 Operations Report 07-MAY-2019
SOL: 2
Name of person filing report: Paolo Guardabasso
Non-nominal systems: Pump in loft
Notes on non-nominal systems: The pump is leaking (see previous reports) and today it started turning on automatically every 7 seconds. The Director informed me that this is because the pump tries to compensate the losses due to the leaking.
Generator (hours run last night): 11:15
On (last night): 8:00 PM
Off (this morning): 7:15 AM
Solar— SOC 74% at 6:30 PM
Diesel Reading – 97%
Propane Reading – 46%
Ethanol Free Gasoline – 4 gallons
Water (Axillary tank) – 0 gallons
Water (static tank) – 320 gallons
Axillary to Static tank transfer – no
Gallons transferred: No
Water in GreenHab – 170 gallons
Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – yes
Water Meter: 143310
Toilet tank emptied: No
Deimos rover used: no (out of order)
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Spirit rover used: No
Hours: 92.6h
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used: No
Hours: 58.7h
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: No
Curiosity rover used: No
Hours: 94.1h
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes
Notes on rovers: Performed an Engineering EVA this morning to unplug Opportunity and plug Spirit in preparation for the afternoon EVA (that got cancelled because of the weather).
ATV’s Used: (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3)
Reason for use:
Oil Added?
ATV Fuel Used: Gals
# Hours the ATVs were Used today:
Notes on ATVs:
HabCar used and why, where? Nothing to report
CrewCar used and why, where? Off Campus
General notes and comments: an EVA was cancelled because of the weather.
Summary of internet: Download of astronomy images required a high amount of data.
Summary of suits and radios: 4 radios don’t work and suit 1 and 6 have only one functioning fan.
Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report
Summary of GreenHab operations: Nothing to report
Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nothing to report
Summary of RAM operations: Repair and assembling of drones for tomorrow’s EVA.
Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing to report
Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Nothing to report
Science Report – May 07th
Science Report 7 May 2018
Crew 212 – LATAM III
Submitted by GreenHab Officer Hector Palomeque
1. Solar Observation/Astrophotography/Stellar Clusters: The procedure of turning on the MUSK telescope and the dome has been successfully tested. Observations of a galaxy were made with the deep sky objects robotic telescope.
2. X-5: Drones were disassembling for transportation to MDRS: 2 on 3 drones already assembled. Calibration performed. Manual test of 2 on 3 drones scheduled for SOL-3.
3. VESTA: Performing a repair in the landing gear of the drone. First flight test scheduled for May, 09 (SOL 4).
4. Observation Rover: Termo-shielding in Mars terrain tested today during EVA. A part of the Rover got missing in transit from Grand Junction to MDRS. Critical Component. Solution needed ASAP: Stablish contact with UK.
5. Space Farming: Experiment in standby due to the lack of an operational autoclave. Solution: Dr. Shannon Rupert has explained how to sterilize using a hotplate, alcohol, and bleach.
6. Keep Talking: First round already performed. Subsequent rounds already scheduled.
7. Ethnography study: First observation started yesterday (SOL-1). Waiting for sending audio-information to receive the feedback from the Colombian team project.
8. Pulse Oximeter Measurement: First measurement made yesterday. Data recorded.
9. Software for macroscopic characterization: Code for detecting counts in progress. There is an issue with detecting the petri dish. Solution: process more photographs needed (soil bacteria growing in plates).
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