EVA Report
Hello again CapCom,
Here is today’s EVA report:
EVA Report:
EVA #3 Crew members: Louis Mangin (EVA leader), Benoit Floquet, Laurent Bizien, Alexandre Martin
Author: Louis Mangin
Location: Around the Hab 12S-518100E-4250700N
Near Pooh’s Corner: 12S-518900E-4250900N
Cactus road: 12S-52200E-4252700N
Time: departure at 9:30 p.m. Duration: 2 hours
Purposes:
– Deploy the LOAC after reparation
– Check MegaARES status
– Explore around Cactus Road
– Shoot Media photos
Narrative:
We started by getting a lot of gear out of the engineering airlock: wastes, LOAC and tools. We then struggled to start the ATVs because of the coldness. When arrived on site, I had fog on my helmet because of the walk carrying the device, so that I didn’t see exactly chat happened, but while plugging the power wire, the power system overheated, and wires melted. I then disconnected the battery, but it was already too late. We evaluated then that only the power system was touched and apparently were right to guess so. Anyway, we packed everything back and went back to the hab to bring the sensor back. At the same time Benoit had checked the MegaARES and everything was fine there. After letting the broken LOAC in the engineering airlock, we headed to Cactus Road. We then climbed a hill, went to an entrance of Candor Chasma and shoot some group photos with our school’s banner. The fog intensified for the ones wearing the first version of the suits, and it was pretty cold, so that we headed back to the Hab early.
9:30 a.m.: EVA#3 left Airlock
9:40 a.m.: EVA left the Hab using two ATVs and one rover
9:45 a.m.: Arrival at place of interest
10:00 a.m.: Failure due to LOAC’s power system overheating
10:20 a.m.: Back to Hab to put back the LOAC
10:30 a.m.: Leaving the Hab to Cactus Road
10:40 a.m.: Exploration of Cactus Road surroundings
11:15 a.m.: Leaving Cactus Road
11:30 a.m.: EVA End
Louis Mangin
Sol Summary – February 21st
Crew 189 Sol Summary Report 21 Feb 2018
Sol 3
Summary Title: First results
Author: Louis Mangin
Mission Status: All nominal
Sol Activity Summary:
Normal start: everybody is now accustomed to the physical training even if some legs are already heavy. The third EVA was supposed to deploy the LOAC but it didn’t go that well. The power system had an issue and wires melted once I pluged it in. We then brought the equipement back to the hab, and went on for the EVA, going East to do a bit of exploration near Cactus Road, and shoot photos for the school.
This afternoon was dense: after lunch break, we answered to a French journalist interview, played the first session of Gabriel’s human factor experiment, installed a new shade on the GreenHab, worked on experiments, so that we didn’t have enough time to fix the backpack’s fans. Tomorrow EVA will then be done using the new version, before we take time to take care of these (this time, I really want to do it tomorrow).
Look Ahead Plan: Third deployment try of LOAC, data gathering of MegaARES, exploration of Candor Chasma, backpack’s fans inspection, end of shade replacement in greenhab.
Anomalies in work: Broken light in the bathroom (no replacement one found). Water leak in the Hab Lower deck, broken fans in spacesuits.
Weather: Cold and Cloudy
Crew Physical Status: Fine, already a bit tired, but everybody naped.
EVA: Second
Reports to be filed:
Commander
Journalist
HSO
Engineering
Greenhab Officer
EVA
Support Requested: New light for bathroom (see Engineering report)
Commander Report – February 21st
Crew 189 Commander Report 21Feb2018
Operations Report – February 20th
Crew 189 Operations Report 20Feb2018
SOL: 2
Name of person filing report: PAYEN Gabriel
Non-nominal systems: Backpack 3
WiFi
Solar panels < 70% without generator running
Notes on non-nominal systems:
Backpack 3 :
All engineering checks were nominals, but during the EVA both fans turned out of service. Also, the necklace which holds the helmet was not stretched enough so that the helmet fell on the neck of Gabriel during half of the EVA.
Backpack 3 joined backpack 4 to the list of backpacks the crew need to fix. We’ll certainly begin to fix them tomorrow.
WiFi :
Only 15 Mo were left this morning (immediately after the very connection of the day were established). Yet, the leak is unknow. I reported the problem this morning and the crew have communicated with CapCom to find a solution.
Solar panels :
I had to go out of the SIM to turn on the generator at 6:20 PM. Solar SOC was at 53%, I hope batteries are not injured.
Generator (hours run): Turned of at 12:00 and turned on at 6:20PM.
Solar— SOC % (Before generator is run at night) /!\ 53%
Diesel – 70%
Propane – 40 psi.
Ethanol Free Gasoline (5 Gallon containers for ATV) – 7 gallons.
Water (trailer) – 0 gallons.
Water (static) – 65% gallons
Trailer to Static Pump used – NO
Water (loft) – Static to Loft Pump used – YES
Water Meter: 0.26m
Toilet tank emptied: NO
ATV’s Used: NO
Deimos rover used: YES
Hours: 109.1
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100% (the EVA team doesn’t travel a lot)
Currently charging: YES
Spirit rover used: NO
Hours: 20.3
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100%
Currently charging: NO
Opportunity rover used: YES
Hours: 16.6
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 45%
Currently charging: YES
Curiosity rover used: NO
Hours: 100%
Beginning charge: –
Ending charge: –
Currently charging: NO
General notes and comments: –
Summary of internet:
-Still seeking the leak.
Summary of suits and radios:
-Backpack 3 is put aside. Starting fixing backpack 3 and 4 tomorrow.
Summary of Hab operations:
-Two thermometers and the shape for the GreenHab received in the airlock. Jeremy (GreenHab officer) will set it up tomorrow.
-The pipe in the low desk seems not to flow anymore. All water devices in the Hab and GreenHab were tested one by one and none trigger the leak.
-Considering a Dr Rupert’s request, a mattress will be put in the airlock between 8PM and 9 PM.
Summary of GreenHab operations: –
Summary of ScienceDome operations: –
Summary of RAMM operations: –
Summary of health and safety issues: –
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: –
EVA Report – February 20th
EVA Report:
EVA #2 Crew members: Victoria Da-Poian (EVA leader), Jérémy Auclair, Gabriel Payen, Benoit Floquet
Location: – Around the Hab 12S-518100E-4250700N
Time: departure at 09:30 a.m. Duration: 2 hour 40 minutes
Narration: I was really happy to explore again the red cliffs with my new crew. Since this morning, everyone has experienced the EVAs. We managed to deploy one experiment (the MegaARES) but a small problem interrupted the LOAC deployment. We will fix it with Jérémy in order to try again tomorrow. Even if Gabriel had a very foggy helmet (fans problems), and everyone seems really happy and I have to say the photos Benoit took are really nice. During our EVA, we had a very nice teamwork. I am very proud of our common work and I am looking forward to going back to EVA with them.
Sol Summary – February 20th
Crew 189 Sol Summary Report 20 Feb 2018
Sol 2
Summary Title: First experiments deployment
Author: Victoria Da-Poian
Mission Status: All nominal
Sol Activity Summary: Our day began with our lovely physical training.
It is already adopted by each crewmember. Since this morning, everyone
has experienced the EVAs. We managed to deploy one experiment (the
MegaARES) but a small problem enabled the LOAC deployment. We will fix
it with Jérémy in order to try again tomorrow. Even if Gabriel had a
very foggy helmet (fans problems), and everyone seems really happy and
I have to say the photos Benoit took are really nice. During our EVA,
the rest of the crew fixed the water boiler, cleaned, cooked and
worked on experiments. After the lunch and a little break, Gabriel
showed us his humans factors experiment, and everyone worked on their
own experiments and reports.
Look Ahead Plan: After our first deployment, the second air sensor,
(LOAC) will normally be deployed tomorrow.
Anomalies in work: Water leak in the Hab Lower deck, broken fans in spacesuits
Weather: Nice
Crew Physical Status: Fine, already a bit tired from the first EVAs
Reports to be filed
:
Commander
Journalist
HSO
Engineering
Greenhab Officer
EVA
Support Requested: No more boiler is needed. Would it be possible to
have the RoverCal that is in the RAM delivered in the airlock please?
Greenhab Report – February 20th
Jérémy Auclair
20 February 2018
Environmental control:
Ambient with door open
Fan during 30 minutes
Shade cloth on
Average temperatures: I received the thermometers only tonight, I will use it tomorrow. Nevertheless I estimated the temperature around 1pm , about 30 °C.
Hours of supplemental light: from 6pm to 11pm
Changes to crops: Three cherry tomatoes harvested
Daily water usage for crops: 13 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 12:30pm and 6:45pm
Aquaponics: None
Narrative: I think I will have some work of reorganization of the plants. After all my experiments set I will do that.
Support/supplies needed: Wooden sticks to support different plants
Commander Report – February 20th
Crew 189 Commander Report 20Feb2018
Sol 2
Today was probably our first “normal” day: everything is now almost
set up, excluding our experiments, that are for most of them already
facing some predictable minor issues. It is also the day I started to
monitor our water consumption. Like during our previous rotation, we
keep track of filtered water, greenhab water, cooking water, flushes
and showers, to understand our consumption better.
We woke up at 7:00 am, exercised together, and took extra time to
prepare ourselves better for our second EVA. This one had a bigger
scientific role than yesterday’s one: we wanted to deploy both the
MegaAres and the LOAC near Pooh’s Corner, in the spot we had chosen
yesterday. My fellow commander Victoria who was EVA leader today, went
with Jérémy, Gabriel, Benoit and one of our school’s mascot to the
work place. They first tried to deploy the LOAC experiment, but a wire
connection blocked the deployment. After this first failure, they
worked altogether on the MegaARES. Two hours, 10 nails, and many
screws later, it was operational and they all went back happy of this
EVA, looking forward to deploying the other experiments. Stay tuned
tomorrow to know more about the LOAC deployment.
At the same time in the hab, we cooked, kept assembling Laurent’s
solar panels cleaners, and dissembled the water boiler to try to fix
it. It was only when Benoit came back with the voltmeter that he
managed to fix it with a little soldering. This may seem secondary,
but the whole food needs to be rehydrated using boiling water so that
a working boiler allows us to accelerate every meal preparation. I
then tried to bake bread and ended up messing with cups and US
tablespoon so that we had to rename it “the Rock”…
This afternoon started by a victory from the commander’s duo in our
French card game “coinche” at the end of lunch break. Then, we
experienced several informatic problems while trying to launch our
human factor experiments, but nothing serious. We will just have to
wait for one more day to launch these. The end of the afternoon was
quiet as everybody was busy working on experiments and reports.
Ad Astra!
Journalist Report – February 20th
Journalist report, 02/20/18: First scientific and gastronomic hitches
Our first own made bread prepared by Victoria was welcomed after such a long day we had. Though it was somehow a bit compact, it was yet tasty, and with some strawberry jam it made a nice dessert! After having filled our stomachs, it was yet time to go to sleep, to prepare for the second day of mission.
And sleeping early was crucial, as today’s sport beginning time was 7am … Some of our fellow crew members wore their nicest outfits : Benoît put on his shirt of Paris Saint-Germain, while Gabriel chosed the winning combo : fitted black shirt and (very) fitted flashy yellow legging. However, the sport session was shortened for the ones who would go on EVA: Gabriel, Jérémy, Benoît and Commander Victoria were the ones to go out this morning. The EVA followed the purpose of the last one: it was now time to place the measurement instruments, after having chosen the location, according to our observations of the previous day.
However, everything did not work as we expected. The team took a lot more time to be ready than they thought, as they had a lot of material to bring on the rover. The team first went placing the instrument of Jérémy’s experiment, the LOAC. Though it was perfectly working in the Hab, it did not give any result on the outside. After a small check, the team realized the alimentation was broken, and that they had to bring back the LOAC to the station to fix it. The second instrument, Gabriel’s MegaARES, took almost 2 hours to the team to be placed. Gabriel had indeed some issues with his helmet, which started to be covered by fog: he was blinded, and had thus to give instructions to the others members of the EVA team, which was not an easy thing to do. The team learned that some tasks which were usually easy became nearly impossible wearing a spacesuit: to tighten a lonely screw took the team over half an hour, yet they finally succeeded with the help of a perfect teamwork. At the same time in the Hab, Louis wanted to follow Victoria’s example in baking new bread. However, he realized later that he did not put the ingredients in good quantities (especially because of American cooking units, which Louis was not happy to be forced to use).
After the team got back in the station, Jérémy was happy to find 3 red cherry tomatoes in the GreenHab : our first fresh products from there. Those were not really large (especially the one we named Victoria), yet it did not reduce our satisfaction. The afternoon was slower: Benoît learned to play French game “coinche”, but he and Jérémy lost nonetheless in a large way against Louis and Victoria. As we reached the middle of the afternoon, Louis’ bread was finally ready. Yet, even though it looked at first more like a Martian rock than like a French baguette, it was quite comestible after all. It was then time for Gabriel and Jérémy to launch their human factors experiments. However, they suffered some software issues, and so were not able to make their first tries today: these will so normally begin tomorrow. These missed tries conclude a day full of small issues, yet things will certainly get better as soon as tomorrow!
Alexandre Martin, Crew 189 Journalist