EVA # 6
Author: David Kim
Purpose of EVA: Geologic exploration
Start time: 1030h
End time: 1200h
Narrative: Walked up the hill behind the Hab to Hab View North. Further walked to Hab ridge areas and explored local geology and paleontology. No issues encountered.
Destination: Hab View North
Coordinates: x518000, y4251000
Participants: Amanda Manget (ENG), David Kim (HSO)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: n/a
Mode of travel: Walked
Crew 208 EVA Report 03-04-2019
EVA # 5
Author: David Kim
Purpose of EVA: Geologic exploration
Start time: 1030h
End time: 1300h
Narrative: Drove Curiosity and Spirit to destination through planned route. Arrived at Gray Moon and walked around area collecting Martian soil samples and took pictures. Returned without issues. Noted that Spirit originally drained its battery quickly from 98% to 80% in less than 5 minutes during normal operation. However, this normalized and drained slower after 80%. All normal rules and operations followed (Back Wheel Drive, Normal speed, Normal gear).
Destination: x516500, y4254500
Coordinates: x516500, y4254500
Participants: Amanda Manget (ENG), David Kim (HSO), Erika Rydberg (GHO)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110, to Rd #1572, to Rd #1575
Mode of travel: Spirit and Curiosity
Crew 208 EVA Report 02-APR-2019
EVA #3
Author: Julielynn Wong
Purpose of EVA: Flight testing of traditional versus new drone controller
Start time: 1130
End time: 1330
Narrative: Crew 208 set up pylons to conduct a flight test in a square pattern (60 feet in length) at an altitude of 20 feet to compare the performance of a standard versus new controller. Surveys were completed. Open-ended feedback was also recorded.
Destination: Hab
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): n/a
Participants: Dean Jin (XO), Amanda Manget (ENG), David Kim (HSO)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: n/a
Mode of travel: Walking
EVA #3
Author: Julielynn Wong
Purpose of EVA: Flight testing of traditional versus new drone controller
Start time: 1430
End time: 1630
Narrative: Cancelled due to high winds
Destination: Hab
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): n/a
Participants: Julielynn Wong (COM), Dean Jin (XO), Erika Rydberg (GHO)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: n/a
Mode of travel: Walking
Cheers,
Julielynn Wong, MD, MPH, FACPM
Chief Medical Maker
Crew 208 EVA Report 01-APR-2019
EVA #1
Author: Julielynn Wong
Purpose of EVA: Flight testing of traditional versus new drone controller
Start time: 1100
End time: 1300
Narrative: Crew 208 set up pylons to conduct a flight test in a square pattern (60 feet in length) at an altitude of 20 feet to compare the performance of a standard versus new controller. Crew 208 ENG + HSO did figure-of-8 flight tests with a standard and new drone controller. Crew 208 XO did a hab roof inspection and ENG + HSO flew an exterior hab inspection with a traditional drone controller. Surveys were completed. Open-ended feedback was also recorded.
Destination: Hab
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): n/a
Participants: Dean Jin (XO), Amanda Manget (ENG), David Kim (HSO)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: n/a
Mode of travel: Walking
EVA #2
Author: Julielynn Wong
Purpose of EVA: Flight testing of traditional versus new drone controller
Start time: 1430
End time: 1630
Narrative: Crew 208 COM and GHO conducted flight testing in a square pattern (60 feet in length) at an altitude of 20 feet and figure-of-8 pattern to compare the performance of a standard versus new controller. Flight test pylons were returned to Hab. Data collected will be forwarded to controller manufacturer.
Destination: Hab
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): n/a
Participants: Julielynn Wong (COM), Dean Jin (XO), Erika Rydberg (GHO)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: n/a
Mode of travel: Walking
Crew 207 EVA Report 23-Mar-2019
EVA #6
Author: Diane Rothberg
Purpose of EVA: Drone map areas that will be used to create a 3D printed map of the MDRS Hab area.
Start time: 10:00
End time: 12:00
Narrative: Two Part 107 drone pilots mapped two areas outlined in Drone Deploy software. First one near Hab. Second one climbed the hill near Pooh’s corners and launched the drone from there.
Destination: Hab area, and Pooh’s Corners
Coordinates 4255000 x 518000, and 4251000 x 518920
Participants: Dean Jin, Tom Baldwin, Diane Rothberg
Road(s) Route 1103 near the Hab and Pooh’s Corners area
Mode of travel: Walking and Rovers (Opportunity + Curiosity)
Crew 207 EVA Report 20 Mar 2019
EVA #7
Author: Julielynn Wong
Purpose of EVA: Allow novice drone pilots to compare a standard versus novel controller to fly a camera drone in a square test flight pattern.
Start time: 14:40
End time: 16:40
Narrative: The weather was clear and sunny.
Two EVA Team members flew the traditional controller first for a test flight in a square configuration (60 ft for each side) at an altitude of 20 feet. Then the EVA team member flew a novel controller for the same square flight test pattern. XO also use the novel controller to conduct a habitat roof inspection. A post-flight survey was completed by all EVA team members.
Destination: MDRS sign
Coordinates: 4250850 / 518100
EVA Participants: Dean (XO), Diane Rothberg (GHO), Tiffany Ni (SCI)
Roads and routes per MDRS Map: Road 1103
Mode of travel: Walking
Crew 207 EVA Report 22 Mar 2019
EVA #5
Author : Julielynn Wong
Purpose of EVA: Allow novice drone pilots to compare a standard versus novel controller to fly a Mavic Pro drone in a square test flight pattern.
Start time: 14:40
End time: 16:40
Narrative: The weather was clear and sunny. All 3 EVA Team members flew the traditional controller first for a test flight in a square configuration (60 ft for each side) at an altitude of 20 feet. Then each EVA team member flew a novel controller for the same square flight test pattern. A post-flight survey was completed by all EVA team members.
Destination: MDRS sign
Coordinates: 4250850 / 518100
EVA Participants: Dean (XO), Tom Baldwin (ENG), Kevin Ho (HSO)
Roads and routes per MDRS Map: Road 1103
Mode of travel: Walking
Crew 207 EVA Report 22-Mar-2019
EVA #4
Author: Diane Rothberg
Purpose of EVA: Scout specific areas for launching, flying, mapping and landing drones that will be used to create a 3D printed map of the MDRS Hab area.
Start time: 9:45
End time: 11:45
Narrative: Mapped two areas outlined in drone deploy software. Had drone do video inspection of Hab roof. Had Part 107 novice drone pilots practice flying the drone both manually and automatically.
Destination: Hab area
Coordinates 4255000 x 518000
Participants: Dean Jin (XO), Tom Baldwin (ENG), Diane Rothberg (GHO)
Road(s) Route 1103 staying within 1 km of the Hab
Mode of travel: walking
Crew 207 EVA Report 20 Mar 2019
EVA #3
Author : Julielynn Wong
Purpose of EVA: Allow Part 107 novice drone pilots to (1) fly a Mavic Pro drone with a standard controller in a symmetric figure of 8 flight pattern; (2) prepare to conduct an outdoor inspection of the MDRS habitat roof under VLOS in a simulated emergency drill
Start time: 14:40
End time: 16:10
Narrative: Software issues led to the amendment of today’s EVA plan. We modified our plan to move ahead on drone flight testing that was planned for later on this mission.
The weather was clear and sunny. We walked halfway to North Ridge (4251500 N / 518250 W).
A demo flight of VTOL, pitch, yaw, roll, and autonomous landing was piloted by XO using the Mavic Pro in Mode 2 stick configuration. ENG then flew the drone, familiarized himself with the flight controls, and attempted to perform a symmetric figure-of-8 while maintaining altitude, and landed the drone. HSO then flew the drone, familiarized herself with the flight controls, and attempted to perform a symmetric figure-of-8 while maintaining altitude, and landed the drone. The drone remained stable despite high gusting winds present during the entire flight.
ENG and GHO then collected soil samples for analysis using soil sieves 3D printed by SCI and HSO. XO performed a test flight for a bird’s eye view inspection of the MDRS habitat for a planned emergency simulation.
We identified the following useful items to 3D print for an EVA at MDRS:
Headset ear piece
Destination: Halfway to North Ridge
Coordinates: Halfway to 44251500 N / 518250 W (North Ridge); our GPS device ran out of batteries and will be replaced by XO
EVA Participants: Dean (XO), Tom Baldwin (ENG), Diane Rothberg (GHO)
Roads and routes per MDRS Map: Road 1103
Mode of travel: Walking
Crew 207 EVA Report 19-Mar-2019
EVA #2
Author: Tiffany Ni
Purpose of EVA: The goal of this EVA was to reach the highest point near Cow Dung Road that directly leads into MDRS from the highway turnoff to help us conduct drone mapping and 3D printing a
high-resolution map.
Start time: 1410h
End time: 1600h
Narrative: After a 5 minute depressurization, our EVA team (Julielynn, Kevin, and Tiffany) checked the state of the rovers – they were charged and ready. Kevin and Tiffany drove Curiosity while Julielynn drove Spirit. Our departure from the Hab was at 1410h. We unplugged our rovers and headed out along Entrance Road and turned onto Cow Dung Road. We continued along Cow Dung Road, passing Kissing Camel Ridge and Zubrin’s Head. We parked the rovers along the right side of Cow Dung Road – 100m away from the Cattle Guard – and began our hike. The hills around Cattle Guard did not appear safe for a hike on foot so we decided to walk to the fence instead. Here, we used the GPS device to determine the exact coordinates for our flight planning software for drone mapping (0520349, 4247084). This is far more precise than the approximated coordinates we initially determined from the map of MDRS. Next, we turned the rovers around and drove along Cow Dung Road. We stopped at Zubrin’s Head and again, using our GPS device, we determined the exact coordinates (0519362, 4248196). We arrived back at the Hab at 1600h with 97% battery for Curiosity (84.4h) and 66% battery for Spirit (85.1h).
Destination: Cattle Guard
Coordinates: Cattle Guard (0520349, 4247084), Zubrin’s Head (0519362, 4248196)
Participants: Julielynn Wong (Comms, EVA Leader), Kevin Ho (HSO), Tiffany Ni (SCI)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road
Mode of travel: Driving and Walking
Crew 206 EVA Report 14 Mar 2019
EVA #14
Author : Jérémy Auclair
Purpose of EVA: The EVA has three purposes :
– Maintenance of the LOAC, replacement of the battery
– Final tests of the simulation space suit on a long EVA
– Exploration and photography of Galileo road and the beginin of Chandor
Chasma
Start time: 9:22 am
End time: 11:25 am
Narrative: This morning the weather conditions looked perfect : a very
low wind, sunny with some clouds and a higher temperature than
yesterday. After the engineering checks we went straight to the LOAC,
changing the battery took us about 10 minutes. We then took the rovers
to drive to the east end of galileo road. We parked the rovers at 09:55
am at the end of galileo road and started walking down cactus road. We
continued walking for 45 minutes, making small pauses to take pictures
and investigate plants and rocks. Benjamin, who wore the space suit, was
feeling fine event an hour after the begining if the EVA. We arrived at
a relatively big canyon (compared to White Rock Canyon), we went down
and walked down into it. We continued walking for 10 minutes, talking
pictures, and at 10:40 am we decided to head back to the rovers in case
Benjamin started to feel tired or hurt quickly. We took half of the time
to arrive at the rovers. At 11:00 am we got it the rovers and started
driving back to the Hab. On the way back to the rovers I noticed some
nasty rain clouds north of our position, so I decided to make a final
stop at the LOAC position on our drive back to make sure the rain
protection was well attached. I just made a few changes and we drove
back to the Hab. We entered the airlock at 11:20 am and finished the EVA
at 11:25 am.
Destination: LOAC and Weather Station location, Galieo Road and begining
of Chandor Chasma
Coordinates: 518500/425700 (LOAC and Weather Station), 519700/4251900
(East end of Galileo Road)
EVA Participants: Jeremy Auclair (CMD, EVA leader), Benjamin Auzou
(COMMS), Cerise Cuny (HSO)
Roads and routs per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road, Galileo Road
Mode of travel: Driving and Walking
