Crew 211 GreenHab Report – 20-APR-2019
GreenHab Officer: Chloé Peduzzi
Environmental control: Ambient with the door open
Shade cloth: 80%
Average temperatures:
Low: 14°C
High: 43°C
Hours of supplemental light: 0
Daily water usage for crops: 2 gallons
Water in Blue Tank: 125 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 19:30
Changes to crops: Crew 211 has just arrived today
Narrative: Crew 211 has just arrived today
Harvest: None
Support/supplies needed: None
Crew 211 Operations Report 20-APR-2019
SOL: /
Name of person filing report: Julien Amalaberque
Non-nominal systems: nothing to report
Notes on non-nominal systems: nothing to report
Generator (hours run last night): 12
On (last night): 7 pm
Off (this morning): 7 am
Solar— SOC 79 % at 7 pm
Diesel Reading – 25 %
Propane Reading – 49 %
Ethanol Free Gasoline – 4 gallons.
Water (auxiliary tank) – 0 gallons
Water (static tank) – 475 gallons
Auxiliary to Static tank transfer– no
Gallons transferred: No
Water in GreenHab – 125 gallons
Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – yes
Water Meter: 9 units
Toilet tank emptied: no
Deimos rover used: No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR, yes
Hours: 51.1h
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 100
Currently charging: yes
Spirit rover used: no
Hours: 87.6h
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 100
Currently charging: yes
Opportunity rover used: no
Hours: 56.8h
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 100
Currently charging: yes
Curiosity rover used: no
Hours: 89.1h
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 100
Currently charging: yes
Notes on rovers: Nothing to report
ATV’s Used: (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3) none
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? Yes, the trip from Grand Junction to MDRS
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: No operation, Chloe will send the first GreenHab report today
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: None, thank you.
Crew 211 Sol Summary Report 20-APR-2019
Sol: /
Summary Title: Discovering the MDRS
Author’s name: Eléonore Lieffrig
Mission Status: Nominal
Sol Activity Summary:
Today was a day of traveling and discovering the MDRS. Five members of the crew arrived at the station at about 1:30 pm. As Chloé, Julien and I discovered our new home, Carl-Henrik and Simon went back to Grand Junction in order to take the rest of the crew and give back our rental car. At the moment (7 pm), they are still on their way.
We took our marks here, cleaned a bit the Hab, chose our bedrooms and got to know the place. Shannon gave us a brief tour of the station, but a longer training is planned with the whole crew tomorrow morning at 10 am.
Tonight, we will read the Hab manual, welcome the rest of the team, and cook ourselves our first tasty Martian dinner.
For the crew 211,
Eléonore Lieffrig, astronomer
Anomalies in work: No problems.
Weather: Warm and windy
Crew Physical Status: Good.
EVA: No EVA today.
Reports to be filed: GreenHab Report, Operations report, Sol Summary Report
Support Requested: None
Crew 210 Sol Summary Report 19-APR-2019
Sol: 6
Summary Title: Writing and preparing for crew handover
Author’s name: Paul Sokoloff
Mission Status: Nominal
Sol Activity Summary: Today the crew prepared to depart MDRS and leave it to our successors on Crew 211. We spent the morning cleaning the station, inventorying the food, and getting the spaces ship-shape for handover.
In the afternoon we continued to process plant samples and salinity measurements in the Science Dome, and collaboratively wrote a white paper outlining our multi-year biodiversity program, while Mike Irvine prepared an in-depth outreach proposal.
We will continue to prepare for our imminent departure this evening.
Look Ahead Plan: We plan to leave MDRS at 0800 tomorrow to head to Grand Junction, where we plan on handing over the crew car to Crew 211 by 1200.
Thank you to Mission Support, the Mars Society, and the management of MDRS for a great week in Utah; the five of us really appreciate your support.
Anomalies in work: No problems.
Weather: Hot and sunny.
Crew Physical Status: Good.
EVA: No EVAs today.
Reports to be filed: GreenHab Report, Operations Report, Daily Photo Report, Mission Summary, End of Rotation Food Inventory, End of Rotation Checklist (by tomorrow am).
Support Requested: None
GreenHab Officer: David Murray
Environmental control: Ambient with fan 0930-1900
Shade Cloth: 80%
Low Temperature: 15 C
High Temperature: 37 C
Relative humidity: 15%
Hours of Supplemental Light: 0
Daily Water Usage for Crops: 34 L total, 8 L fertilizer
Water in Blue Tank: refilled with about 85 gallons of water
Time(s) of Watering: 1100 and 1850
Changes to Crops: Tomatoes are stressed by the heat (curling, drooping, yellowing of basal foliage)
Narrative: It was very hot out today and the tomatoes didn’t like that. The other plants look healthy. I fertilized again because not everything was fertilized the first time and the first application was light. The fan was on from 0930 to 1900 but was turned off while filming a GreenHab video.
Tonight was my last night as the GreenHab officer because Crew 210 departs for Grand Junction at 0800 tomorrow morning.
Harvest: None
Photo of the day: Transect_PSokoloff_Sol6.jpg
Crew 210 Operations Report 19-APR-2019
SOL: 7
Name of person filing report: Shannon Rupert
Non-nominal systems: nothing to report
Notes on non-nominal systems: nothing to report
Generator (hours run last night): 12
On (last night): 7 pm
Off (this morning): 7 am
Solar— SOC 75 % at 7 pm (so turned generator on)
Diesel Reading – 34 %
Propane Reading – 49%
Ethanol Free Gasoline – 4 gallons.
Water (auxiliary tank) – 0 gallons
Water (static tank) – 425 gallons
Auxiliary to Static tank transfer– no
Gallons transferred: No
Water in GreenHab – 150 gallons
Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – yes
Water Meter: not read
Toilet tank emptied: no
Deimos rover used: Still non-operational
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:
Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR, no
Hours: Did not record
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 100
Currently charging: yes
Spirit rover used: no
Hours: did not check
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 100
Currently charging: yes
Opportunity rover used: no
Hours: not recorded
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 100
Currently charging: yes
Curiosity rover used: no
Hours: did not record
Beginning charge: 100
Ending charge: 100
Currently charging: yes
Notes on rovers: Nothing to report
ATV’s Used: (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3) all
Reason for use: moving them back over to Shannon’s house
Oil Added? No
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? Yes, a trip to town
General notes and comments: Submersible pump in the transfer water tank is working
Summary of internet: Nothing to report
Summary of suits and radios: Nothing to report
Summary of Hab operations: Cleaning
Summary of GreenHab operations: David will send a full report today.
Summary of ScienceDome operations: Finishing up lab work and cleaning
Summary of RAM operations: Cleaning
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 tonight,
thank you.
Photo of the day: moonrise_PSokoloff_Sol6.jpg
Science Report 18 April 2019
Crew 210
Submitted by Paul Sokoloff
Today we continued to process the soil samples taken at each of the 12 transects we conducted over the last few days. In the Science Dome, we measured the pH and salinity and characterized the texture of the soil samples. These data will be used to characterize the ecotones of the deserts around MDRS in an upcoming paper.
We continued to collect new plant specimens opportunistically, including an annual invasive grass, (Annual Wheatgrass – Eremopyrum triticeum) newly recorded for MDRS.
We plan on continuing our lab work and wrapping up data recording for the plant project tomorrow.
GreenHab Officer: David Murray
Environmental control: Ambient, fan on from 0930 to 1900; the door closed.
Shade Cloth: 80%
Low Temperature: 24 C
High Temperature: 33 C
Relative humidity: 15%
Hours of Supplemental Light: 0
Daily Water Usage for Crops: 38 L
Water in Blue Tank: Refilling tank in about one hour
Time(s) of Watering: 1030
Changes to Crops: The tomatoes didn’t like the heat today but they’re alright. Tomato starts haven’t shown much growth but everything else is responding very well to the fertilizer.
Narrative: The door was left closed with the fan on high from 0930 to 1900 with passive exhaust as part of an experiment. The internal temperature stayed warm but fluctuated less drastically than it usually does with the door open.
Although the high was above 30 degrees C, I think the average temperature was right around perfect for all of the crops but the tomatoes (and possibly the beans).
Harvested basil, sage, carrot, and parsley.
Harvest: 7 g basil, 7 g parsley, 15 g carrot, 1 g sage
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