Category: EVA Report

Crew 293 EVA Report 04Mar2024

EVA #011

Author: Yves Bejach (EVA Leader)

Purpose of EVA: Changing the batteries of the atmospheric instruments + retrieval of data, creation of a 3D map by photogrammetry, choosing checkpoints to be reached during the next EVAs.

Start time: 13:30

End time: 12:32

Narrative: The EVA objectives were to first reinstall the instruments we brought back to the station because of the weather, then retrieve data from the atmospheric instruments that remained on site, change the batteries, then go to Candor Chasma to create a 3D map of the area and choose checkpoints.

Suit 8 – 13,78V

Suit 6 – 13,68V 2,6 LPM

Suit 1 – 13,70V – 2,5 LPM

Radio 4 – 7,98V

Radio 7 – 8,16V

Radio 5 – 8,17V

Radio 3 – 8,16V

13:25 – start depressurization.

13:30 Depressurization over

13:32 Rovers loaded.

13:36 Resupply in airlock – airlock door closed – start of pressurization.

13:37

Opportunity hours 165.1 H

Opportunity battery 100%

Curiosity hours 269.7H

Curiosity battery 100%

13:39 Leaving site.

13:41 Arrived at atmospheric instrument site.

13:53 Mega Ares copying, LOAC back on, Unwrapping field mill.

13:56 Field mill unwrapped.

14:02 Data retrieved.

14:12 Instruments all on, going back to rovers.

14:13 Leaving site.

14:18 Rovers parked near North Ridge

14:22 Still at rovers

14:23 Leaving site.

14:34 Following river’s bed

14:43 Getting near

14:47 At the start of Candor Chasma

15:06 No response

15:11 At Candor Chasma – chose the first checkpoints, photogrammetry started.

15:33 Everything great, still doing photogrammetry.

15:45 Doing great – 2nd battery for the drone.

16:01 Everything great

16:13 everything ok

16:29 everything ok, nearly done.

16:51 Leaving site.

16:58 Out of Candor chasma, on the way back to the rovers

17:08 Still walking

17:14 Arrived at rovers

17:16 Leaving rovers parking

17:18 Switched back to channel 2

17:22

Curiosity 56%

Opportunity 60%

17:24 Pressurization starting

17:29 Pressurization over

Suit 8 12,22

Suit 6 12,65. 2,2

Suit 1 12,81. 2,2

Destination: Atmospheric site: between the Hab and Marble Ritual and then Candor Chasma

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): Atmospheric Site: 518500,4251000 ; Candor Chasma: 502500,4251000

Participants: Yves Bejach, Leo Tokaryev, Mathurin Franck

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road, North direction by rover then walking through Gateway to Candor.

Modes of travel: Curiosity Rover and Opportunity Rover and walking

Crew 293 EVA Report 02Mar2024

EVA #010

Author: Erin Pougheon (Leader)

Purpose of EVA: Changing batteries of the atmospheric instruments and protecting them from the wind

Start time: 7:58

End time: 09:23

Narrative: The goal for this EVA was to change batteries of the atmospheric instruments near Marble Ritual. We had difficulties retrieving some data from the instruments but in the end, we succeeded. We turned off LOAC to bring it back to the station due to the weather. We turned off and protected the field mill with protective foams. The wind started to blow hard when we decided to go back to the station because our goals were achieved.

07:53 Beginning pressurization

07:58 End pressurization

Perseverance: 284.7h, 75%

Curiosity: 269.6h, 100%

08:00 Rovers loaded

08:03 Leaving campus

08:05 Arriving on site

08:07 Beginning data retrieval

08:11 LOAC data and LOAC itself retrieved

08:15 Issues with Mega Ares not recognizing USB

08:21 Turning Mega Ares ON/OFF: no result

08:30 Retrieving Windmill data

08:36 Windmill data dumped, safely turned off

08:40 Protecting the instruments

08:43 Changing the batteries

08:44 Mega Ares working again

08:45 Retrieving data, second try

08:46 Data dump is working

08:47 Protecting the instrument

09:01 Mega Ares data successfully downloaded and measuring again

09:12 Rovers loaded

09:14 Leaving site

09:17 Back on campus

Perseverance: 55%

Curiosity: 76%

09:18 Pressurization starting

09:23 Everyone is back safely. End of EVA

Destination: Between Marble ritual and the HAB

Coordinates (use UTM WSG 84): 518500,4251000

Participants: Erin Pougheon (EVA leader), Marie Delaroche, Lise Lefauconnier

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road, North direction

Modes of travel: Curiosity Rover and Perseverance Rover and walking

Additional notes: None

Crew 293 EVA Report 28Feb2024

EVA #007

Author: Lise Lefauconnier (Habcom)

Purpose of EVA: Changing the batteries of the atmospheric instruments, searching for checkpoints at NorthRidge with a 3D map generated by photogrammetry. Taking pictures with a drone controlled by a Crew member in the Science Dome for our “Proximars” experiment.

Start time: 8:59

End time: 12:52

Narrative: The EVA team first retrieved data from the atmospheric instruments and changed the batteries. They discovered problems on the atmospheric instruments that they will try to solve in the following EVA. Then they went to North Ridge where the team had to try and find checkpoints with a 3D map generated by photogrammetry, thanks to the previous EVA. The EVA team also set down a drone in front of the Science Dome, it was piloted during the first 30 min of the EVA by a Crew member inside the Science Dome.

8:59 Depressurization starts.

9:04 Depressurization over

9:06 Drone set down.

9:07 Drone taking off

9:09 Rovers loaded

Spirit hours : 246.1H

Spirit battery: 82%

Perseverance: 73% battery, too low, changed (Next time, we will either not take Perseverance or check battery before loading the rovers)

Curiosity hours: 269.2H

Curiosity battery: 100%

9:15 Rovers leave campus.

9:18 Arrived on atmospheric instruments site.

9:25 Drone update: Pictures for Proximars ok – Now taking pictures of EVA Crew

9:30 Data retrieved from all instruments.

9:33 Leaving atmospheric instruments site.

9:33 Drone has landed

9:37 Rovers leaving site, heading to North Ridge

9:42 Arrived at North Ridge

9:45 Leaving rovers, starting to search for checkpoints.

9:58 Exploring North ridge, searching for checkpoints.

Check up every 15min, everything went right

12:31 Walking back to rover – problem with Erin’s radio: weird sounds and red light instead of green

12:34 Yves’s radio switched to channel 1 in case Erin’s one dies

12:35 Rovers leaving site

12:44 Rovers parked

Curiosity battery 49%

Spirit battery 36%

Rovers plugged

12:47 Entering airlock, Erin’s radio dies

12:52 Pressurization over, entering HAB

Destination: Atmospheric site: between the Hab and Marble Ritual and then East flank of North Ridge

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): Atmospheric Site: 518500,4251000 ; North Ridge: 518750,4251750

Participants: Erin Pougheon (EVA leader), Yves Bejach, Léa Bourgély

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road, North direction

Modes of travel: Curiosity Rover and Opportunity Rover and walking

Additional notes: Perseverance’s battery was again low so we decided not to take it. Spirit was not at 100% either. Erin’s radio (number 2) died at the end of the EVA (in the airlock). We will check it to see if there is a problem with the radio or if it was just a charging mistake on our side. The team came back at 12:45 and it was sunny outside, so we decided to plug the rovers.

Crew 293 EVA Report 29-02-2024

EVA #008

Author: Léa Bourgély (EVA Leader)

Purpose of EVA: Fixing Atmospheric Instruments

Start time: 8:55

End time: 10:30

Narrative: The EVA objectives were to fix some issues with the atmospheric instruments, and retrieve data from them.

8:55 Depressurization starts

9:00 End of depressurization

Curiosity hours 269.5H

Curiosity battery 100%

Perseverance hours 284.6H

Perseverance battery 78%

9:04 Leaving site

9:09 Arrived at atmospheric instruments site

9:20 Loac and Field Mill data retrieved

9:23 Data being retrieved from MegaAres

9:30 First fix : Settings of voltage on relaying device

9:34 Instruments turning on

9:37 All data good

9:50 Instruments turned off

9:51 relaying device at 12.5V with instruments off

9:55 Turning on MegaAres, boitier relais at 12,8V, Field Mill and LOAC.

10:09 All instruments on and working

10:09 Drone videos taken

10:15 Leaving site

10:18 81% curiosity, perseverance 56%

10:20 Pressurization starts

10:26 Pressurization over

Destination: Location between the Hab and Marble Ritual

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 518500, 4251000

Participants : Léa Bourgély, Leo Tokaryev, Mathurin Franck

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road, North direction

Modes of travel : Curiosity Rover and Perseverance Rover, and walk

Crew 293 EVA Report 01Mar2024

EVA #009

Author: Lise Lefauconnier (Leader)

Purpose of EVA: Searching for checkpoints at NorthRidge with a 2D map generated by photogrammetry.

Start time: 8:58

End time: 11:45

Narrative: The goal for this EVA was for a team (Lise and Marie), supervised by Mathurin, to search for checkpoints at North Ridge with a 2D map. The goal was to do it under 3h00, they were done in 1h40. They spent some time taking pictures at the end, and stopped near the atmospheric instruments’ site to put back up the sign that had fallen because of the wind. The wind was higher than expected during the EVA but conditions were still stable to go on with the EVA.

8 :58 start of EVA

9 :03 End of depressurization

SPIRIT hours 246.8

SPIRIT battery 98%

OPPORTUNITY hours 164.8

OPPORTUNITY battery 100%

9 :07 switch on channel 1 for LISE and Habcom (Léa)

9 :08 Leaving campus

9 :09 Sign of atmospheric instruments is down, going to fix it at the end of the EVA if the team has time.

9 : 14 Parking the rovers, arrived at North Ridge

9:16 Starting to search for checkpoints

9 :26 Lot of wind, a map flew away but was caught up quickly a few meters away

Checkups with Habcom every 15 minutes to make sure everything was okay.

10 : 57 Search finished

11 : 00 All good, Taking pictures

11 : 20 Leaving site with the rovers, plan on putting the sign back up at Marble Ritual.

11 : 26 Stopping at marble ritual

11 : 28 Switching on channel 2 for Lise and Léa

11 :32 Sign is up. Coming back to campus.

11 : 36

OPPORTUNITY battery 60%

SPIRIT battery 48%

11: 40 Airlock

11 :45 END OF EVA

Destination: East flank of North Ridge

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 518750,4251750

Participants: Lise Lefauconnier (EVA leader), Marie Delaroche, Mathurin Franck

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road, North direction

Modes of travel: Spirit Rover and Opportunity Rover and walking

Additional notes: None

Crew 293 EVA Report 24-02-2024

EVA #005

Author: Lise Lefauconnier (EVA Leader)

Purpose of EVA: Data retrieval from Atmospheric Instruments

Start time: 8:52

End time: 10:38

Narrative: The EVA objectives were to retrieve data from the atmospheric instruments, fix a problem on the third instrument, plant a sign to signal tourists not to approach the site, and film some images with a drone.

Depressurization until 8 :57

8 :58 : Drone ready to fly. Not managed by the EVA team during the EVA but by another member in the Science Dome. This was allowed by Mission Support on the radio, before the EVA.

9 :00 : Rovers loaded

Curiosity hours : 268.8h

Curiosity batteries: 98%

Spirit hours : 246.0h

Spirit batteries: 86%

9:06 : Leaving campus

9:09 : Arrived on site.

9:17 : Data retrieved from the 1st atmospheric instrument.

9:25 : Data retrieved from 2nd instrument

9:27 : Batteries OFF

9:44 : Cables from 3rd instrument fixed

9:46: Batteries ON

9:57 : 3rd instrument is not starting again.

9:58: Batteries OFF

9:59 : Unplugged two cables from 3rd instrument

10:03 : Sign installed successfully by Yves

10:05 : Cables from 3rd instrument plugged back in

10:10 : 1st and 2nd instruments back ON

10:18: 3rd instrument still not working. Shutting down and not starting again.

10:26 : Leaving site

Curiosity batteries: 64%

Spirit batteries: 59%

10:29 : Opening Airlock to load it

10:38 : Back in the Hab

Destination: Location between the Hab and Marble Ritual

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 518500, 4251000

Participants : Lise Lefauconnier, Yves Bejach, Marie Delaroche

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road, North direction

Modes of travel :Curiosity Rover and Spirit Rover, and walk

Additional notes: A car passed by at some point during the EVA and someone went out of it to take pictures of us from approximately 50 meters. It bothered us a bit.

Crew 293 EVA Report 26Feb2024

EVA #006

Author: Yves Bejach (EVA Leader)

Purpose of EVA: Changing the batteries of the atmospheric instruments, creation of a 3D map by photogrammetry, choosing checkpoints to be reached during the next EVAs.

Start time: 9:14

End time: 12:32

Narrative: The EVA objectives were to first retrieve data from the atmospheric instruments, change the batteries and hopefully start the third instrument that was silent until then, then go to North Ridge to create a 3D map of the area and choose checkpoints.

9:14: Depressurization started

9:19: Out on Mars

9:21: Rovers are loaded

9:22: Opportunity: 164.4h, 100%

9:23: Perseverance: 284.6h, 75% -> change rover to Curiosity

9:25: Curiosity: 269.0h, 100%

9:27: Leaving the station

9:30: Arrived to atmospheric instruments’ site

9:43: Data collected, change batteries and try to troubleshoot the field mill

9:45: Field mill started measurements

9:52: Back to the rovers

9:54: Leaving the atmospheric site

9:59: Arrived at North Ridge, leaving the rovers

10:04: Setting up the drone

10:20: Start Scan Photogrammetry, mark checkpoints

10:33: Drone has landed, go to another hill

10:40: Drone flight again

11:04: Drone landed, change battery and will fly one more time

11:13: Moving to final destination

11:20: Beginning of the last flight of the drone

11:31: End of checkpoints, waiting for the end of photogrammetry

11:47: Drone has landed, going back to the rovers and taking pictures

11:58: Leave North Ridge with the rovers

12:02: Stop to take photos

12:13: Going back to the rovers

12:16: Leave the photo site with the rovers

12:22: Curiosity end charge: 57%, Opportunity end charge: 50%

12:23: Rovers plugged, unloading them

12:27: Pressurization started in the airlock

12:32: Pressurization over, Crew members back in the Hab

Destination: Atmospheric site: between the Hab and Marble Ritual and then East flank of North Ridge

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): Atmospheric Site: 518500,4251000 ; North Ridge: 518750,4251750

Participants: Yves Bejach, Leo Tokaryev, Mathurin Franck

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road, North direction

Modes of travel: Curiosity Rover and Opportunity Rover and walking

Additional notes: A car parked near our rovers at some point during the EVA and someone went out of it to take pictures of North Ridge. He was quite far and left before we came back to the rovers so not a problem.

Crew 293 EVA Report 21-02-2024

EVA #003

Author: Léa Bourgély

Purpose of EVA: Deployment of the first set of Atmospheric Instruments

Start time: 9:30

End time: 11:56

Narrative: The EVA objectives were to deploy the atmospheric instruments at the chosen site.

9:30am entered the RAM

Curiosity : 268.7h, 100%

Perseverance : 284.3 93%

9:55am arrived at the closest point of the site, unloading the atmospheric instruments from the rovers

9:57am arrived at the atmospheric instrument site

11:28am Mega-Ares end, turn to LOAC

11:31am LOAC leds are checked + MegaAres uploading data

11:35am packing up

11:40am taking pictures

11:45am

57% perseverance

68% curiosity

Before 12:00pm rovers have been plug back

11:51am come back to the RAM

Destination: Location between the Hab and Marble Ritual

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 518300, 4251000

Participants: Léa Bourgély, Erin Pougheon, Leo Tokaryev

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Exited the Hab through the RAM Air Lock, drove the driveway to Cow Dung Road 0110 to the north until the crew reached Marble Ritual.

Modes of travel : Curiosity Rover and Perseverance Rover, and walk within a radius of 500m .

Crew 293 EVA Report 22-02-2024

EVA # 4

Author: Marie Delaroche (HabCom)

Purpose of EVA: Deployment of two Atmospheric Instruments, the Field Mill and a weather station.

Start time: 9:16

End time: 12:25

Narrative:

9 :11 : Begin depressurization

9:16 : Exiting airlock

Opportunity Hours : 164.2

Opportunity Battery : 100%

Perseverance Hours : 284.4

Perseverance Battery : 95%

9:20 : Moving rovers, loading field mill support system into Opportunity, securing it with tethers.

9:27 : Testing robustness of tether setup

9:30 : Loading Perseverance

9:34 : Rovers loaded, leaving Hab

9:36 : Arrived at weather station site

9:47 : Securing weather station mast into the ground

9:49 : Call from Mission Support reminding the crew to close the RAM Airlock when going out on EVA. This was acknowledged and understood.

9:59: Weather station operational, synchronized with in-Hab tablet

10:01 : Leaving weather station site, returning to rovers

10:05 : Rovers in route

10:09: Arrived at atmospheric instruments EVA site

10:38 : Securing Field Mill mast; dealing with electrical issue.

10:51 : Field Mill secured, moving to MegaAres to perform tests and finish securing the instrument.

11:03: First screw secure, three screws left

11:19 : Starting data collection from LOAC

11:24 : LOAC data retrieved, switching to Mega Ares

11 :34 : Mega Ares fully deployed

11: 50 : Potential issue with Field Mill, performing checks.

12:08 : Decision to leave EVA site. The issue will be fixed during a future EVA.

12:19 : Rovers back at Hab

Perseverance : 61%

Opportunity :72%

Crew 293 EVA Report 19/02/2024

EVA # 1

Author: Mathurin FRANCK

Purpose of EVA: EVA training

Start time: 9:38 am

End time: 10:39 am

Narrative:

Objectif of the EVA : EVA training.

TEAM Alpha : Mathurin, Erin

TEAM Beta : Léo, Léa

TEAM Beta stopped by the potential atmospheric instrument location to check it up and then regrouped with TEAM Alpha. TEAM Alpha went directly to Marble ritual to collect samples

9:38 Depressurization start

9:44 Airlock exited, first step on Mars

9:48 Crew leaving the Hab and leaves with the rovers

9:52 TEAM BETA arrived close to the potential atmospheric instrument location (between the hab and Marble ritual), walking

9:53 TEAM ALPHA arrived at Marble Ritual

9:54 TEAM BETA arrived at atmospheric instrument location

9:57 TEAM ALPHA looking for different sample location

10:00 TEAM ALPHA First sample collected

10:02 TEAM BETA Deciding where to place atmospheric instruments

10:04 TEAM BETA taking rover to regroup with Team Alpha. TEAM ALPHA collected 2nd sample

10:09 Team regrouped, curiosity parked

10:14 selecting 4th sample

10:19 Bringing sample to rovers

10:22 Training (writing, communicating)

10:27 Heading back to rovers

10:30 Both rovers on their way back

10:33 Rovers back at the Hab

10:36 Crew in airlock depress started

Destination: Marble Ritual

Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): 518750,4251000

Participants: Mathurin, Erin, Leo, Léa

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110

Mode of travel: Rover and walking