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Greenhab Report – May 3rd

Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 3-MAY-2019

GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi

Environmental control: Ambient with door open + fan turned up to 3

Shade cloth: 80%

Average temperatures:

Low: 11°C

High: 40°C

Hours of supplemental light: 0

Daily water usage for crops: 4 gallons

Water in Blue Tank: 60 gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 11:30

Changes to crops: All plants look healthy. The tomato plant of the GreenHab still seems a little stressed. There are more flowers on the radish plants. Mixed salad green grows very well.

Narrative: We have harvested tomatoes and lettuce leafs for the dinner.

Harvest: 90g tomatoes + 24g lettuce leafs

Support/supplies needed: None

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Astronomy Report – May 3rd

Astronomy Report

Name: Lieffrig Eléonore

Crew: 211
Date: 03rd May 2019

MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY

Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-14

Objects to be Imaged this Evening: M13

Images submitted with this report: 3C237 quasar

Problems Encountered: The telescope didn’t take the pictures of M13 last night.

MUSK OBSERVATORY

Solar Features Observed: Granules, prominences at the surface of the sun.

The tracking issue is eventually solved.

Problems Encountered: None

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Sol Summary – May 3th

Crew 211 Sol 12 Summary Report 3-May-2019

Sol: 12

Summary Title: Last day on Mars

Author’s name: Carl-Henrik Dahlqvist

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: The commander and vice-commander left the Hab at 7:00 am for an engineering EVA to get back the cubelanders and the UWB antennas. We had then a nice breakfast altogether before the morning EVA to North Ridge. Part of the team started to pack their cases until noon. The GreenHab officer and the crew journalist finalized their experiment early in the afternoon while the rest of the team started to clean the different modules. Half of the crew left at 4:00 pm for the last EVA to North Ridge looking at a beautiful sunset over the MDRS campus.

Look Ahead Plan: We plan to leave at 7:00 am with the crew car to get part of the crew 212 at Grand Junction. We should get back to the MDRS around noon and have a lunch altogether. The afternoon will be devoted to the handover.

Anomalies in work: No issues.

Weather: Sunny, almost no wind

Crew Physical Status: Good

EVA: The two EVAs of today allowed us to further explore the area to look for potential places to set-up a temporary antennas system for geolocation and information transmission. Kissing Camel, North Ridge and the Hab Ridge are definitely interesting places for such a project.

Reports to be filed: Journalist Report, GreenHab Report, Operations Report, Science Report, EVA Report Summary report, Daily Photo Report

Support Requested: None

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Sol Summary- May 02nd

Crew 211 Sol 11 Summary Report 2-May-2019

Sol: 11

Summary Title: Sunset on Mars

Author’s name: Carl-Henrik Dahlqvist

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: The commander and vice-commander began the day with a nice morning EVA along the Hab Ridge Road. After the breakfast, the commander and vice-commander deployed their respective experiment during an engineering EVA while the rest of the team finalized their own experiments. The deployment was postponed to this morning as different minor bugs prevented us to do it yesterday evening.The GreenHab officer harvested the Spirulina that was growing since more than a week and started to dry it. Part of the crew left at 5 pm for an EVA to Grey Moon. Tonight we will all observe the stars, enjoying the clear sky that the Utah offers.

Look Ahead Plan: We planned two EVAs for tomorrow as it is our last day on Mars.

Part of the crew will go to North Ridge in the morning. The rest of the team will end their experiment and start writing the summary report. We will get back the antennas and the cubelanders, in the morning during an engineering EVA. In the afternoon, we will do a second EVA, again to North Ridge. The rest of the afternoon will be devoted to packing our cases.

Anomalies in work: No issues.

Weather: Sunny, almost no wind

Crew Physical Status: Good

EVA: The morning EVA along Hab Ridge Road was shortened by the presence of steam in our helmets due to the low temperature at this time of the day. We didn’t manage to find the sinkhole but we had nevertheless the occasion to take nice pictures with the morning light. The second EVA to Grey moon started at 5 pm. The EVA team saw breathtaking panoramas.

Reports to be filed: Journalist Report, GreenHab Report, Operations Report, Science Report, EVA Request, EVA Report, Daily Photo Report

Support Requested: None

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Operations Report – May 2nd

Crew 211 Operations Report 02-MAY-2019

SOL: 11

Name of person filing report: Julien Amalaberque

Non-nominal systems: The pump from the loft

Notes on non-nominal systems: * Loft pump: Still some weird noises but it holds. The leak is still present, nothing changed with that.

Generator (hours run last night): 11:00

On (last night): 8:00 pm

Off (this morning): 7:00 am

Solar— SOC 79 % at 19:30 pm

Diesel Reading – 100 %

Propane Reading – 49 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 4 gallons

Water (auxillary tank) – 0 gallons

Water (static tank) – ~190 gallons

Auxillary to Static tank transfer– no

Gallons transferred: No

Water in GreenHab – 65 gallons

Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Water Meter: 15 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: no

Deimos rover used: no (out of order)

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR, no

Hours:

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Spirit rover used: yes

Hours: 92.1h

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 66

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: no

Hours: 58h

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging: no

Curiosity rover used: yes

Hours: 93.3h

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 71

Currently charging: yes

Notes on rovers: Nothing to report

Reason for use:

ATV Fuel Used: 0 Gals

# Hours the ATVs were Used today: 0

Notes on ATVs: nothing to report

HabCar used and why, where? No

CrewCar used and why, where? No

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Summary of internet: Nothing to report

Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report

Summary of Hab operations: Nothing to report

Summary of GreenHab operations: Some chards and carrots were harvested

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: As we started the food inventory, we noted that a large majority of the food is expired.

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

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EVA Report – May 1st

EVA report #11

Date: 01st May from 4:30 pm to 6:45.

The purpose of EVA was to explore Candor Chasma and gather soil samples.

Destination: Latitude: 4251000, longitude: 52000 (UTM NAD27 CONUS)

EVA Participants: Nathan Pechon (commander), Benjamin Flasse (Medic), Chloé Peduzzi, Eléonore Lieffrig

Roads and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110 (one mile towards the North), then Galileo Road 1104 (0,8 mile towards East), then Cactus Road 1104 (1 mile towards the South). Eventually we walked towards to East to Candor Chasma.

Mode of travel: Driving and hiking with Curiosity and Spirit

Narrative : After about 10 minutes driving, we arrived at Candor Chasma. We walked in the canyon for about 25 minutes. It was really beautiful, but there were a lot of trees, which is not really martian.

We saw beautiful rocks of surprising colors, such as pink, deep red or even green. Then we went back to the rovers and drove home.

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EVA Report – May 1st

EVA report #10

Date: 30 April 2019 from 1pm to 3pm.

Purpose of EVA: We wanted to explore Kissing Camel since it offers an amazing point of view of all the surroundings of the station. We wanted to gather some soil samples regarding the great diversity of the local geology.

Destination: Latitude: 4249500, longitude: 518500 (UTM NAD27 CONUS)

EVA Participants: Carl-Henrik Dahlqvist(Commander), Simon Collignon(Medic), Maxime Bernard, Julien Amalaberque

Roads and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110 (towards south) and we will stop between Kissing Camel Ridge West and Kissing Camel Ridge West.

Mode of travel: Driving and hiking with Spirit, Curiosity and Opportunity.

Narrative : The first challenge of this EVA was to take the rover Opportunity to Kissing Camel. It went very well since Oppy didn’t show any sign of weakness in the whole round trip. However, it was only use in "Max Range" mode and was driven very gently. I would not recommend any kind of excess regarding this rover.

Once arrived on the site, we decided to climb carefully the Kissing Camel’s hills and reach the top of one of them. We’ve received an instant reward regarding our efforts with the lovely landscapes Kissing Camel had to offer.

This point of view could also have a scientific purpose. It could be a perfect place to set up an antenna and thus reach a very large area without interfering with mountainous terrains.

After a few drone footages and a deeper exploration of the place, we took the rovers and headed back to the Hab.

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