Crew 219 Sol Summary Report 06-01-2020 Sol: 1 Summary Title: "I have 5 high-def pictures of a toilet. Awesome!" Author's name: Dave Masaitis Mission Status: Nominal Sol Activity Summary: Sol 1 began with inclement weather and EVA delays at the Commander's discretion. Instead, Crew 219 spent the morning polishing our mission plan, conducting maintenance tasks around campus, reorganizing and consolidating sundries, and preparing materials for scientific work. After a lunchtime reevaluation of the weather, both EVAs were cleared to go, and both were conducted to standard. The late afternoon consisted of sample processing in the science dome, herb harvesting in the GreenHab, report writing in the hab, and the successful execution of a toilet procedure provided by the Director. Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow holds plans for two proposed sample collection EVA's, maintenance on a couple EVA suits, and continued sample processing in the science dome. Anomalies in work: None Weather: Cold and foggy with intermittent light flurries in the early morning, to cold and overcast in the afternoon, with temperatures still holding just above freezing. Crew Physical Status: 1 minor infury (Non-EVA) annotated in today's HSO report EVA: EVA #1 - Terrain Familiarization and Sample Collection at Marble Ritual (0518700/4250700) EVA #2 - Terrain Familiarization and Sample Collection at Marble Ritual (0518700/4250700) Reports to be filed: Sol Summary EVA Reports 1 & 2 EVA Requests 3 & 4 Operations Report HSO Report GreenHab Report Research Report Journalist's Report Mission Plan Updated HSO Pre-Mission Checklist Photos (Including Photo of the Day) Support Requested: Sundries: Paper towels Medical: C-Spine needs to be replaced (broken/misshapen) 12x Medium Gauze Pads Anitbiotic Ointment
Sol Summary – January 5th
Crew 219 Sol Summary Report 05-01-2020
Sol:0
Summary Title:
Final Countdown to Launch
Author’s name: Dave Masaitis
Mission Status: Preparing for sim
Sol Activity Summary: Today Crew 219 spent much of the day conducting
pre-mission training, completing a proficiency quiz, inventorying food
and filling water, and of course, heating frozen pipes. Most
importantly, all maintenance attempted was completed and water got
filled, even in the loft tank. We will spend the evening polishing our
mission plan, and then we’re off to bed early, to start our simulation
fully rested.
Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will consist of two EVA’s to get researchers
out into areas of interest for sample collection, as well as orienting
the whole crew to our region of operations. We will also be closely
monitoring our water delivery system, though today’s work gave us some
good techniques to get water flowing despite our continuous cold
weather. We will be using down time around the campus to finish our
initial inventories. If time allows in the evening, we will also be
testing through our UAV in an attempt to make it operational after
transit.
Anomalies in work: None at present
Weather: Dominantly overcast and cold, with sporadic light flurries of snow.
Crew Physical Status: Nominal – No injuries
EVA: N/A
Reports to be file:
Sol Summary
Journalist Report
GreenHab Report
Operations Report
Photos (Including Photo of the Day)
Support Requested: See operations report
Sol Summary Report – Jan 04th
Crew 218 Sol Summary Report 04-JAN-2019
Sol: 13
Summary Title: Close Encounters of the Florida Tech Kind
Author’s name: Pat Pesa
Mission Status: Making New Friends.
Sol Activity Summary: Crew 218 vigorously cleaned the Hab before our new Crew 219 came around. The afternoon was spent training them in general crew operations, and then in specific job duties. The evening was spent taking some collaborative pictures, and an last meal at Stan’s Burgers Shack.
Look Ahead Plan: Flight Home to Earth
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Cloudy and 30 degrees.
Crew physical status: Healthy
EVA: none
Reports to be filed: sol summary, commander report, operations report, greenhab report, journalist report
Support Requested: none
Pat Pesa
Geologist, MDRS 218
Sol Summary – January 03rd
Sol: 12 Summary Title: Mars Stars Author's name: Pat Pesa Mission Status: Sad that our mission is coming to a close. Sol Activity Summary: Today we had our last EVA ( :( ) and then started the long process of packing and cleaning for the next crew coming tomorrow. Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow we look forward to finishing cleaning and welcoming Crew 219! Anomalies in work: None Weather: Foggy and cloudy, around 30 degrees Crew physical status: Healthy EVA: EVA #12 this morning was our last EVA of the mission. They went north on Cow Dung Road for continued radio signal and weather observations. Reports to be filed: sol summary, commander report, operations report, greenhab report, journalist report, EVA report, science report Support Requested: none Pat Pesa Geologist, MDRS 218
Sol Summary – January 02nd
Sol: 11 Summary Title: Mars Stars Author's name: Pat Pesa Mission Status: Can't wait until we recieve our Hollywood Walk of Fame Star! Sol Activity Summary: Our friendly neighboorhood Martian film crew came to document our daily life and some beautiful Mars landscapes. They followed us on our two EVAs (being very respectable of allowing us to still acomplish our work), and after we shared cookies, mission patches, and stories of travel. Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow we will perform our last EVA, and then start cleaning and preparing for the end of our Mission. Anomalies in work: None Weather: Partly Cloudy , around 34 degrees Crew physical status: Healthy EVA: EVA #10 this morning went to marble ritual for seismic tests. EVA #11 this afternoon went to the same location as EVA 8 of yesterday, Galileo road. Reports to be filed: sol summary, commander report, operations report, greenhab report, journalist report, EVA report, EVA request, science report Support Requested: none Pat Pesa Geologist, MDRS 218
Sol Summary – January 1st
Sol: 10
Summary Title: MARSching Into the Next Year
Author’s name: Pat Pesa
Mission Status: Best Crew of the Decade!
Sol Activity Summary: We once again embarked on two EVAs to continue catching up on our research from the first week. However we still ran into some troubles in the second EVA because we did not allow for enough time so that the Rovers were fully charged and thus the second EVA was limited to walking range of the Hab.
Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow along with more EVAs we also are expecting some TV crew to document the station and what we do on a daily basis.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Partly Cloudy , around 34 degrees
Crew physical status: Healthy
EVA: EVA #8 this morning went to Galileo Road where we performed some more seismic tests and a decision making matrix test. EVA #9 this afternoon was cut short due to Rovers not being fully charged yet, but there was still some research done close to the Hab.
Reports to be filed: sol summary, commander report, operations report, greenhab report, journalist report, EVA report, EVA request, science report
Support Requested: none
Pat Pesa
Geologist, MDRS 218
Sol Summary – December 31st
Sol: 09
Summary Title: New Years New Mars
Author’s name: Pat Pesa
Mission Status: Crew is feeling festive!
Sol Activity Summary: Another beautiful Martian winter day that led to two very productive but muddy EVAs.
Look Ahead Plan: More EVAs! We only have a few days left and the weather looks great so we want to make the most of it.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Sunny, around 29 degrees
Crew physical status: Healthy
EVA: EVA #6 this morning went slightly north of kissing camel ridge for Radio Signal measurements. EVA #7 this afternoon went slightly south of kissing camel ridge to the formation formerly known as "Hippo" for the Seismic Survey for the Ground Structure Project and taking Climate data.
Reports to be filed: sol summary, commander report, operations report, GreenHab report, journalist report, EVA report, EVA request, science report
Support Requested: none
Pat Pesa
Geologist, MDRS 218
Sol Summary – December 30th
Sol: 08
Summary Title: Martian Explorers
Author’s name: Pat Pesa
Mission Status: Crew is feeling accomplished!
Sol Activity Summary: Crew 218 had many sources of excitement today. We had two great EVAs that allowed for significant progress in progress in the Climate Monitoring, Detecting Radio Signals, EVA suit ergonomics, as well as starting the Geologist’s project of analyzing Sub-Surface Ground Structure.
Outside of our EVAs we also "solved" our water troubles (at least delayed them a day or two) by manually filling our Loft tank via human chain and buckets of water from the static tank (fireman’s style).
Look Ahead Plan: More EVAs! Also tomorrow will be New Years Eve, so we have some fun activities planned for the evening.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Partly Cloudy, around 32 degrees
Crew physical status: Healthy
EVA: EVA #4 this morning went to Galileo Road to take Climate data. EVA #5 this afternoon went nearly to the crossing of Brahe Highway (we had to stop slightly before due to Rover Battery levels), taking continuous Radio Signal Measurements, and a Seismic Survey for the Ground Structure Project.
Reports to be filed: sol summary, commander report, operations report, greenhab report, journalist report, EVA report, EVA request, science report
Support Requested: none
Crew 218 Sol Summary 29Dec2019
[title Sol Summary – December 29th]
[category sol-summary]
Sol: 07
Summary Title: Breath of Fresh Martian Air
Author’s name: Pat Pesa
Mission Status: Crew is excited about Today’s progress and the clear weather ahead.
Sol Activity Summary: Crew 218 Finally got out of the Habitat for an EVA this afternoon! Along with continued work on our Indoor/Outdoor Climate monitoring, we started our Journalist’s project in Detecting Radio Signal Strength in the local area.
Look ahead plan: Hoping for more EVAs for tomorrow after more melting occurs. Tomorrow we will also try to finish crew interviews and training videos.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Partly Cloudy, around 25 degrees
Crew physical status: Healthy
EVA: none
Reports to be filed: sol summary, commander report, operations report, greenhab report, journalist report, EVA report, EVA request, science report
Support Requested: none
Sol Summary – December 28th
Sol: 06
Summary Title: Still… Still… Waitin’ On A Sunny Day
Author’s name: Pat Pesa
Mission Status: Crew is excited for the good weather to come!
Sol Activity Summary: Today some progress was made towards making the crew video reports and training guides. Also some of the crew got to spend some time in the observatory to observe Sun granulation. Work also continued with the Engineer’s Indoor Climate-Comfort project.
Look ahead plan: Hoping for an afternoon EVA for tomorrow after more melting occurs.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Mostly Sunny, around 30 degrees
Crew physical status: Healthy
EVA: none
Reports to be filed: sol summary, commander report, operations report, greenhab report, journalist report, EVA report, science report
Support Requested: none
Pat Pesa
Geologist, MDRS 218