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Sol Summary – March 14th

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 14-03-2025

Sol: 26

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This morning, we started our last day by the last EVA to uninstall the atmospheric instruments. Once back in the station, we packed them safely and continued to pack the rest of our materials and personal belongings.

After having our last lunch in simulation, we continued packing everything. Meanwhile, the last sessions of the Orbital Architecture experiments continued to run.

Everyone feels weird to break the simulation today, and to have to pack everything and clean means we’re leaving …

Look Ahead Plan: No look ahead plan, except we plan to clean the station and leave tomorrow morning.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Cloudy, Temperature 35 F / 50 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #16, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos, End of mission Research Report, Mission Summary.

Support Requested: None

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Operations Report – March 13th

SOL: 25

Name of person filing report: Robin GORIUS

Non-nominal systems: Robotic observatory, toilet alarm

Notes on non-nominal systems: Maintenance of the observatory planned for June

ROVERS

Spirit rover : not used

Opportunity rover: not used

Curiosity rover: not used

Perseverance rover: not used

General notes on rovers: Worked as expected

Summary of Hab operations: Sport, experiments

Water Use (please use both methods to estimate water usage)

Time of measurements (collect data for the same time window): 6:24 pm
1) Per formula (see notes): 10.29gl
2) Smart Home Dashboard (see notes):13.09gl

Water (static tank, remaining gallons): 184.65gl

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) : on

Toilet tank emptied (no or yes): no

Summary of internet: used from 7 pm to 9 pm for reports

Summary of suits and radios:

Suits :

1 -> 100%, not used

2 -> 100%, not used

3 -> 100% , not used

4 -> 100%, not used

6 -> 100%, not used

7 -> 100%, not used

8 -> 100%, not used

9 -> 100%, not used

10 -> 100%, not used

Suits : None

Radios : Nothing to report.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Plants were watered

WATER USE: 8 gallons

Heater (On or Off): Off

Supplemental light (hours of operation): 5 to 10 pm

Harvest (name, weight in grams):

Summary of ScienceDome operations: experiments

Dual split (Heat or AC, On or Off): Off

Summary of RAM operations: (Tools used, work done): None

Summary of any observatory issues: None

Summary of health and safety issues: None

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Trash bags have been left in the RAM airlock.

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GreenHab Report – March 13th

Crew 311 GreenHab Report 13-03-2025

GreenHab Officer: MOUMOUNI Meddi

Environmental control (fan & heater): Yes

Average temperatures (last 24h): 78 F

Maximum temperature (last 24h): 92 F

Minimum temperature (last 24h): 71 F

Hours of supplemental light: 5 hours

Daily water usage for crops: 8 Gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: None

Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 74 Gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:30 am & 5pm

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: Nothing in particular to note other than the coldness of this Sol.

Harvest: None

Support/supplies needed: None

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Journalist Report – March 13th

SOL 25: The End of the Mission is Approaching

03:17 PM: Over the past few days, everyone was supposed to perform teleoperation of a rover via a virtual reality headset for the HUMANISE experiment, but it turned out there were persistent issues. The start of this activity kept getting postponed until today, which was the deadline by which we could carry it out. It won’t be possible for Crew 311 to pilot a rover in this way, but to gather as much data as possible anyway, the researcher in charge of the experiment allowed us to try the headset by playing racing games. He collects data such as our heart rate during these short sessions, allowing him to analyze our reactions. Everyone takes turns participating in this new activity alongside other tasks. These racing sessions disrupt the inner ear, and many of us had a spinning sensation when we took off the headset!

Robin finalizes his program for managing “Core Data.” Core Data is an experiment by the MDRS crews of ISAE-Supaero that collects physiological data on crew members. This allows the researchers we work with to use it to achieve results. Meanwhile, Erin writes a detailed document explaining all aspects of the experiment, to execute it better and more easily in the coming years.

The end of the mission is approaching, and with it come many questions. We received questions from students at the French Lycée in New York with whom we had conducted science outreach sessions. Célyan and Erin are taking care of answering them via video!

The end of the mission is approaching, but the astronomy project has already concluded! Quentin worked hard over the past few days, and he finally finished it. There are still a few details to refine, but it’s excellent news to know the project was completed during the mission. It can serve as a tool for astronomers on future crews, as Quentin’s program allows measuring the movement of solar spots from images of the Sun.

The end of the mission is approaching: this afternoon, Robin and Célyan disassembled the lamps from the LättaLL experiment, took apart the 3D printers, unplugged some of our extension cords… The evening is quite ordinary in appearance; we work on our reports in the HAB with music playing on the speaker, as if we were going to stay here for months more. No one quite realizes yet that the end of the mission is approaching.

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Sol Summary – March 13th

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 13-03-2025

Sol: 25

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: For our last full day of mission, we worked a lot! With no EVA in the morning, we had plenty of time to perform the last sessions of experiments, such as the VR for HUMANISE. We also had time to finish documentation for our Core Data and Crew Astronomer finished his code for the astronomy project!

In the afternoon, we filmed some videos for outreach purposes and continued the VR sessions. We also started to uninstall and pack some experiments, such as the Lattal’s lights and the 3D printer.

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow, we’ll perform an EVA in the morning to pick up the atmospheric instruments that are at Marble Rituals. Then, we’ll pack them, such as every other experiment material we have with us at the station. Meanwhile, the last sessions for Orbital Architecture will continue to run in parallel. We’ll break the simulation at 5:00 PM, by leaving the station!

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Cloudy, Temperature 50 F / 55 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Request #16, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

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EVA Report – March 12th

EVA #: 15

Author: Isolde Louzier-Ricalens (Crew Journalist, EVA Leader)

Atmospheric instrument batteries change and collection of data, then Kissing Camel Ridge West exploration thanks to notes from a 3D map.

Start time: 09:30 AM

End time: 01:18 PM

Narrative: The crew drove to Marble Rituals and changed batteries of our atmospheric instruments, then at 10:18 PM we drove to Kissing Camel Ridge West, and explored the area until 01:08 PM.

Destination: Kissing Camel Ridge W

Coordinates 518000 E, 4249500 N

EVA Participants: Meddi Moumouni (GreenHAB officer), Erin Pougheon (Commander), Isolde Louzier-Ricalens (Crew Journalist and EVA leader)

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Hwy 1575

Mode of travel: Driving to the atmospheric instruments, then driving to Kissing Camel Ridge W, walking in the area. Coming back to the station using the rovers.

Vehicles used: Spirit and Opportunity

Spirit: Start 83%, 268,3h/ End 67%, 268.6h

Opportunity: Start 100%, 207.9h/ End 73%, 208.1h

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Operations Report – March 12th

SOL: 24

Name of person filing report: Robin GORIUS

Non-nominal systems: Robotic observatory, toilet alarm

Notes on non-nominal systems: Maintenance of the observatory planned for June

ROVERS

Spirit rover : used

Hours: 268.6h

Beginning charge: 83%

Ending charge: 67%

Currently charging: no

Opportunity rover: used

Hours: 208.1h

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 73%

Currently charging: no

Curiosity rover: not used

Perseverance rover: not used

General notes on rovers: Worked as expected

Summary of Hab operations: Sport, experiments

Water Use (please use both methods to estimate water usage)

Time of measurements (collect data for the same time window): 6:33 pm
1) Per formula (see notes): 10.29gl
2) Smart Home Dashboard (see notes):13.51gl

Water (static tank, remaining gallons): 194.94gl

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) : on

Toilet tank emptied (no or yes): no

Summary of internet: used from 7 pm to 9 pm for reports

Summary of suits and radios:

Suits :

1 -> 100%, not used

2 -> 100%, not used

3 -> 100% , not used

4 -> 100%, not used

6 -> 100%, not used

7 -> 100%, used

8 -> 100%, used

9 -> 100%, used

10 -> 100%, not used

Suits : None

Radios : Nothing to report.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Plants were watered

WATER USE: 11.5 gallons

Heater (On or Off): Off

Supplemental light (hours of operation): 5 to 10 pm

Harvest (name, weight in grams):

Radish 49g

Tomato 87g

Chives 26g

Arugula 82g

Summary of ScienceDome operations: experiments

Dual split (Heat or AC, On or Off): Off

Summary of RAM operations: (Tools used, work done): None

Summary of any observatory issues: None

Summary of health and safety issues: None

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None

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GreenHab Report – March 12th

Crew 311 GreenHab Report 12-03-2025

GreenHab Officer: MOUMOUNI Meddi

Environmental control (fan & heater): Yes

Average temperatures (last 24h): 79 F

Maximum temperature (last 24h): 94 F

Minimum temperature (last 24h): 71 F

Hours of supplemental light: 5 hours

Daily water usage for crops: 11 ½ Gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: None

Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 82 Gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 10am & 5pm

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: Watered the crops as usual. Harvested a lot for the veggie
burgers we’ve had for lunch

Harvest: 48g Radish, 87g Tomato, 26g Chives, 82g Arugula

Support/supplies needed: None

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