Category: Operations Report

Crew 185

Operations Report Saturday 12/30/2017

SOL: 12

Name of person filing report: A.Passeron

Non-nominal systems:

Generator (hours run): 15h00min
Generator turned off at 8:00am
Start charging battery at 8:00am
Generator turned on at 5:50pm

Solar— SOC
@ 8:00am : 85%
@ 5:50pm : 45%

Diesel – 75%

Propane – 45%

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 0.5 Gallon

Water (trailer) – 20 gallons

Water (static) – 500 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – Yes

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: Yes

ATVs Used: All of them
Oil Added? No
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 01:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.

Deimos rover used: Yes
Number of hours: 96.4
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 99%
Currently charging: Yes

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Number of hours: 4.4
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: No

Spirit rover used: Yes
Number of hours: 6.7
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 63%
Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No
Number of hours: 4.3
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: No

Curiosity rover used: Yes
Number of hours: 2.0
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 99%
Currently charging: Has been fully charged during the day, not charging now.

HabCar used and why, where? Yes, to bring water to the next crew 186.

Summary of internet: All nominal

Summary of suits and radios: All nominal

Summary of Hab operations: All nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

Crew 185

Operations Report Friday 12/29/2017

SOL: 11

Name of person filing report: A.Passeron

Non-nominal systems: None

Generator (hours run): 15h00min
Generator turned off at 8:40am
Start charging battery at 8:40am
Generator turned on at 5:00pm

Solar— SOC
@ 8:40am : 68%
@ 5:00pm : 86%
@ 7:45pm : 86%

Diesel – 76%

Propane – 45%

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 1 Gallon

Water (trailer) – 20 gallons

Water (static) – 230 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

ATVs Used: Yamaha blue #2 and #3
Oil Added? Yes
ATV Fuel Used: 0.25 gallons per ATV
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 01:30 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.

Deimos rover used: No
Number of hours: 95.2
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Number of hours: 4.4
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: No

Spirit rover used: No
Number of hours: 5.3
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No
Number of hours: 4.3
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: No

Curiosity rover used: No
Number of hours: 1.7
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: No

HabCar used and why, where? No

Summary of internet: All nominal

Summary of suits and radios: All nominal

Summary of Hab operations: All nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

SOL: 9

Name of person filing report: A.Passeron

Non-nominal systems:

– Helmet :

At 12:17pm, one of our crew accidentally tripped over a rock and fell forward during the EVA, scratching his helmet and our camera. This is not a crack. No medical injury, as determined by HSO.

Generator (hours run):

Generator turned off at 8:00am

Start charging battery at 8:00am

Battery charge is 80% at 5:25pm

Generator turned on at 5:25pm

Solar— SOC

@ 8:00am : 100%

@ 9:40am : 89%

@ 2:50pm : 100%

@ 5:25pm : 85%

@ 7:00pm : 85%

Diesel – 76%

Propane – 46%

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 2.5 Gallons (1 container remaining)

Water (trailer) – 20 gallons

Water (static) – 250 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

ATVs Used: No

Oil Added?

ATV Fuel Used:

# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:00 hours

Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.

Deimos rover used: No

Number of hours: 95.2

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging: Yes

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.

Number of hours: 4.4

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Spirit rover used: No

Number of hours: 5.2

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Number of hours: 4.3

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

Curiosity rover used: No

Number of hours: 1.7

Beginning charge:

Ending charge:

Currently charging:

HabCar used and why, where? No

Summary of internet: All nominal

Summary of suits and radios: One of our crew accidentally tripped over a rock and fell forward during today’s EVA, scratching his helmet. This is not a crack.

Summary of Hab operations: All nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

SOL: 8

Name of person filing report: A.Passeron

Non-nominal systems:

– Helmet :
I noticed a 8cm-long superficial scratch on one of the helmets. This is not a crack, as I can’t feel the scratch from the inside.

– Generator :
The generator worked properly during the whole night.

Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off at 8:10am
Start charging battery at 8:10am
Battery charge is 80% at 3:20pm
Generator turned on at 3:20pm (low SOC, weather was cloudy)

Solar— SOC
@ 8:10am : 86%
@ 3:20pm : 37%
@ 4:30pm : 36%
@ 5:50pm : 100%
@ 6:15pm : 100%

Diesel – 76%

Propane – 48%

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 2.5 Gallons (1 container remaining)

Water (trailer) – 20 gallons

Water (static) – 270 gallons (estimated, we don’t use the ruler anymore)

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

ATVs Used: No
Oil Added?
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.

Deimos rover used: No
Number of hours: 92
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Number of hours: 4.2
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Spirit rover used: No
Number of hours: 4.0
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No
Number of hours: 4.3
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Curiosity rover used: No
Number of hours: 1.7
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

HabCar used and why, where? No

Summary of internet: All nominal

Summary of suits and radios: There is a 8cm-long superficial scratch on one of the helmets.

Summary of Hab operations: All nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

Operations Report

SOL: 7

Name of person filing report: A.Passeron

Non-nominal systems:

– Generator :
The generator worked properly during the night. It had a low battery failure at about 5am, which is normal since we charged the battery for only two hours yesterday. We keep going with the idea of charging the battery during the day to run the generator during the night. We started charging the battery at 8:40am. At 4:50pm, the charge of the battery was 75% while the SOC was 89%. We thus decided to connect the battery to the generator and it is working properly since then. At 7:20pm, the charge of the battery is still 12V.

Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off at roughtly 5:00am (failure)
Start charging battery at 8:40am
Battery charge is 75% at 4:50pm
Generator turned on at 4:50pm

Solar— SOC
@ 8:40am : 17%
@ 10:35am : 22%
@ 11:55am : 91%
@ 1:20pm : 87%
@ 1:45pm : 83%
@ 4:50pm : 89%
@ 7:20pm : 89%

Diesel – 76%

Propane – 50%

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 2.5 Gallons (1 container remaining)

Water (trailer) – 20 gallons

Water (static) – 280 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: Yes

ATVs Used: No
Oil Added?
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.

Deimos rover used: No
Number of hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Number of hours: 4.0
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Spirit rover used: No
Number of hours: 5.0
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No
Number of hours: 4.3
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Curiosity rover used: No
Number of hours: 1.7
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

HabCar used and why, where? No

Summary of internet: All nominal

Summary of suits and radios: All nominal

Summary of Hab operations: All nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None

Crew 185
Operations Report Saturday 12/24/2017

SOL: 6

Name of person filing report: A.Passeron

Non-nominal systems:
– Generator :
We had the same problem over and over again with the generator. The battery is not charging while generator is on. At about 9:00pm, we unplugged the cable which connect the generator to the solar panel central unit, we jump started the battery and we turned the generator on. But the charge of the battery dropped and the generator had a second failure at rougthly 9:20pm. So the problem comes from the generator, not the central unit. At 8:10am, we jump started the generator again and turned it on.
At 9:10am, just before third failure, settings were :
+ Oil pressure : 47 psi
+ Speed : 1815 rpm
+ Battery charge : 6.4V
The generator had then a third failure at 9:20am.
Shannon and us agree with the idea of charging the battery during the day to run the generator during the night. Shannon brought two battery chargers at 4:35pm. We disconnected the battery from the generator and charged the battery at 4:50pm. We let the battery charge for two hours after the sunset. At 7:15pm, the charge of the battery was 60% while the SOC was 54%. We thus decided to connect the battery to the generator and it is working properly since then.

– Water shortage :
Crew aware of concern about water shortage. We use the shallow water from trailer tanks to water the plants of the GreenLab. Shannon brought an extra 100-gallon water tank to ease the water shortage. We pumped roughtly 60 gallons into the static water tank during the engineering check at 11:45am.

Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off at roughtly 8:00pm yesterday (first failure)
Jump-start done at rougthly 9:00pm yesterday
Generator turned on at rougthly 9:00pm yesterday
Generator turned off at roughtly 9:20pm yesterday (second failure)
Jump-start done at 8:10am
Generator turned on at 8:10am
Generator turned off at 9:20am (third failure)
Start charging battery at 4:50pm
Battery charge is 60% at 7:15pm
Generator turned on at 7:15pm

Solar— SOC
@ 7:15am : 0%
@ 8:10am : 0%
@ 9:10am : 1%
@ 9:20am : 2%
@ 10:00am : 3%
@ 11:06am : 8%
@ 12:57pm : 18%
@ 1:39pm : 100%
@ 2:55pm : 97%
@ 3:45pm : 92%
@ 4:38pm : 84%
@ 5:05pm : 78%
@ 6:05pm : 68%
@ 7:15pm : 54%

Diesel – 78%
Propane – 50%

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 2.5 Gallons (1 container remaining)

Water (trailer) – 20 gallons

Water (static) – 310 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – Yes (roughtly 60 gallons from the 100-gallon tank brought by Shannon)

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

ATVs Used: Yamaha blue Grizzly 350 #3
Oil Added? Yes
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 03:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.

Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Spirit rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 03:00 Hours
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 86%
Currently charging: Yes

HabCar used and why, where? No
Summary of internet: All nominal

Summary of suits and radios: All nominal

Summary of Hab operations: Water shortage prevention.

Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

Crew 185

Operations Report Saturday 12/23/2017

SOL: 5

Name of person filing report: A.Passeron

Non-nominal systems:

– Generator :
The generator had a failure during the night, Fault message reading "Low battery". Jump-start from Shannon’s Shuttle battery at did not solve the issue. Generator had a second failure at rougthly 12:00pm. Second jump-start done and generator turned on at 5:30pm. The generator is currently running.
At 6:20pm, settings are :
+ Oil pressure : 45 psi
+ Speed : 1815 rpm
+ Battery charge : Fluctuating between 8.7V and 9.0V
At 6:40pm, settings are :
+ Oil pressure : 45 psi
+ Speed : 1815 rpm
+ Battery charge : Fluctuating between 7.8V and 8.0V
The charge of the battery is thus plummeting. The battery of the generator is not recharged while generator is on.

– Water heater tests :
I went to the shower and did the following tests.

@8:42am first trial with nominal settings (right dial on the second top black bar) :
hot water turned on all the way for 2 minutes, initial temperature 51F, final temperature 64F.
@9:33am second trial with max temperature (right dial turned to the top black bar, but I can go further) :
hot water turned on all the way for 4 minutes, initial temperature 55F, final temperature 64F.

– Water shortage :
Crew aware of concern about water shortage. We are now using jerrycans for drinking water. We tried to pump as much water as possible from the trailer tanks into the static tank. We use the shallow water of trailer tanks to water the plants of the GreenLab.

Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off at unknown time (failure during the night)
Jump-start done at 8:10am
Generator turned on at 8:10am
Generator turned off at roughtly 12:00pm (second failure during the EVA)
Jump-start done at 5:30pm
Generator turned on at 5:30pm

Solar— SOC
@ 8:00am : 57%
@ 9:20am : 60%
@ 10:00am : 64%
@ 11:00am : In EVA
@ 12:00pm : In EVA
@ 1:00pm : In EVA
@ 2:00pm : 100%
@ 3:00pm : 98%
@ 4:50pm : 90%
@ 5:00pm : 88%
@ 5:30pm : 84%
@ 6:40pm : 82%

Diesel – 78%

Propane – 52%

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 2.8 Gallons

Water (trailer) – 20 gallons

Water (static) – 280 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – Yes

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: Yes

ATVs Used: Yamaha blue Grizzly 350 #3
Oil Added? Yes
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 02:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.

Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

Spirit rover used: Yes
Hours: 02:00 Hours
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 60%
Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Curiosity rover used: No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

HabCar used and why, where? No

Summary of internet: All nominal

Summary of suits and radios: All nominal

Summary of Hab operations: Water shortage prevention. Water heater doesn’t seem to work properly.

Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

Crew 185

Operations Report Friday 12/22/2017

SOL: 4

Name of person filing report: A.Passeron

Non-nominal systems:

-Spacesuit N°3 :
The ventilation system worked properly during the whole EVA. The running time of the fully charged battery is thus more than 1h20min.

– Shower-head :
Shower-head leak was fixed at 9:10am.

– Water shortage :
Crew aware of concern about water shortage. We are now using jerrycans for drinking water.

Generator (hours run):
Generator turned off at 8:10 am (SOC at 100%)
Generator turned on at 5:00pm (SOC at 90%)

Solar— SOC
@ 8:10am : 100%
@ 9:06am : 95%
@ 10:00am : 100%
@ 11:00am : did not check because of EVA
@ 12:00pm : 100%
@ 1:05pm : 100%
@ 2:35pm : 100%
@ 3:30pm : 99%
@ 5:00pm : 90%
@ 5:40pm : 90%

Diesel – 80%

Propane – 54%

Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 3.5 Gallons

Water (trailer) – 50 gallons

Water (static) – 280 gallons

Trailer to Static Pump used – No

Static to Loft Pump used – Yes

Water Meter: 50 gallons

Toilet tank emptied: No

ATVs Used: No
Oil Added? No
ATV Fuel Used:
# Hours the ATVs were used today: 00:00 hours
Notes on ATVs: ATVs were nominal.

Deimos rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Sojourner rover used: Assigned to director only.
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

Spirit rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No
Hours: 00:00 Hours
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No
Hours:
Beginning charge:
Ending charge:
Currently charging:

HabCar used and why, where? No

Summary of internet: All nominal

Summary of suits and radios: All nominal

Summary of Hab operations: Shower-head leak is fixed. Water shortage prevention.

Summary of GreenHab operations: All nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: All nominal

Summary of RAMM operations: Not Operational

Summary of health and safety issues: Crew is Healthy

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: