Category: Operations Report

SOL:9

Name of person filing report: Carlos Salazar

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems: none

Spirit rover used: No
Hours: 153.7
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100%
Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: No
Hours: 82.9
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100%
Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No
Hours: 165.4
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100%
Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: no
Hours: 226.5
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100%
Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations:
WATER USE: 28 gallons
Water (static tank): 277 gallons
Water (loft tank): 32 gallons
Water Meter: currently 0155133.5
Static to Loft Pump used – yes
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on
Static tank heater (on or off) on

Toilet tank emptied: yes

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 8 gallons
Temperature: 90°F
Heater: On
Supplemental light: Yes
Harvest: 9g Chamomile, 3g Mejorana

Summary of Science Dome operations:
SOC: 100%

Summary of RAM operations: none

Summary of any observatory issues: none

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

White flies are accumulating in the plants of the green-hab, especially in the red cherry tomatoes. The insect killer is almost over, is there any possibility to resupply?

Additionally, Felipe, the crew scientist measured the T° inside of the green-hab with a device that he brought and it appeared to be more than 20° F higher than what the sensor inside of the green-hab showed. He also performed a T° measurement with the same device in the main hab and the T° appeared to be the same of the sensor inside of the main hab, which means that is possible that the sensor of the green-hab is not working correctly which worries the green-hab officer a lot because the T° in the green-hab in the day rises up to 90-100°F, and the plants could be receiving much more heat than they actually need. For instance, today the T° that he measured in the green-hab was 134°F while the T° in the sensor inside was 103°F. María Paula says she is opening the door to lower the T° to 90° approximately.

SOL:8

Name of person filing report: Carlos Salazar

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems: none

Spirit rover used: No

Hours: 153.7

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: 82.9

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: 165.4

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: No

Hours: 226.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 29 gallons

Water (static tank): 307 gallons

Water (loft tank): 30 gallons

Water Meter: currently 0155133.5

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) on

Toilet tank emptied: no

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 10 gallons

Temperature: 90 °F

Heater: On

Supplemental light: Yes

Harvest: 28g lettuce, 88g tomatoes, 10g banana pepper, 1g cilantro, 49g swiss chard

Repotted: Micro-greens, Lettuce, Lemon Balm, Cilantro, Chives, Red Bunching Onion

Summary of Science Dome operations:

SOC: 92%

Summary of RAM operations: none

Summary of any observatory issues: none

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: none

SOL:7

Name of person filing report: Carlos Salazar

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems: none

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: 153.7

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 97%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: 82.9

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 165.4

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 90%

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: 226.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 16 gallons

Water (static tank): 325 gallons

Water (loft tank): 31 gallons

Water Meter: currently 0155091.1

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) on

Toilet tank emptied: no

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 10.6 gallons

Temperature: 85.23 °F

Heater: On

Supplemental light: Yes

Harvest: 21g Rockets, 14g Micro Lettuce, 89g Cherry Tomatoes, 4g Chives, 7g Cilantro, 9g Banana Pepper

Repotted: Micro-greens, Lettuce

Summary of Science Dome operations:

SOC: 95%

Summary of RAM operations: none

Summary of any observatory issues: none

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: none

SOL:6

Name of person filing report: Carlos Salazar

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems: none

Spirit rover used: No

Hours: 153.4

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: 82.9

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: 165.1

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: 226.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 45 gallons

Water (static tank): 347 gallons

Water (loft tank): 35 gallons

Water Meter: currently 0155063.9

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) on

Toilet tank emptied: yes

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: Commander Yael had some problems with her headset but it looks like the reason was that it was too tight and because of the way it works, it needs to be more loose on the ear.

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 10.4 gallons

Temperature: 75 °F

Heater: On

Supplemental light: Yes

Harvest: 194g Cherry Tomatoes, 3g Basil, 13g Miners Lettuce, 34g Micro greens

Summary of Science Dome operations:

SOC: 93%

Summary of RAM operations: none

Summary of any observatory issues: none

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: There is less than a quart of digester. We consider it may be just enough to empty the tank for the remaining times that we need, but we think it is a good idea to request more.

SOL:5

Name of person filing report: Carlos Salazar

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems: none

Spirit rover used: No

Hours: 153.4

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: 82.9

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: 165.1

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: 226.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 18 gallons

Water (static tank): 400 gallons

Water (loft tank): 27 gallons

Water Meter: currently 0154999.6

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) on

Toilet tank emptied: no

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: One of the spacesuit chargers seems to not be working well, but further testing is required.

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 10.6 gallons

Temperature: 89.6 °F

Heater: On

Supplemental light: Yes

Harvest: Lettuce 46g, Cilantro 4g, Banana Pepper 17g, Green Onion 6g

Potted: Lettuce, Microgreens, Chives

Summary of Science Dome operations:

SOC: 91%

Summary of RAM operations: A multimeter from the RAM was used to check voltage of the spacesuit chargers

Summary of any observatory issues: none

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: none

SOL:4

Name of person filing report: Carlos Salazar

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems: none

Spirit rover used: No

Hours: 153.4

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: 82.9

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: 165.1

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: 226.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 25 gallons

Water (static tank): 410 gallons

Water (loft tank): 35 gallons

Water Meter: currently 0154971.5

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) on

Toilet tank emptied: no

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 11.5 gallons

Temperature: 74.5 °F

Heater: On

Supplemental light: Yes

Harvest: Cherry tomatoes 50g

18g mint

Summary of Science Dome operations:

SOC: 62%

Summary of RAM operations: used the broom located in the RAM to clean the snow in the tunnels.

Summary of any observatory issues: none

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: none

SOL:3

Name of person filing report: Carlos Salazar

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems: none

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: 153.4

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 68%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: 82.9

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: 165.1

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: Yes

Hours: 226.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 50%

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 15 gallons

Water (static tank): 435 gallons

Water (loft tank): 30 gallons

Water Meter: currently 0154938.3

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) on

Toilet tank emptied: no

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 9 gallons

Temperature: 104 °F

Heater: On

Supplemental light: Yes

Harvest: Cherry tomatoes 323g

74g microgreens,

30g miners lettuce,

22g rockets,

12g basil

Summary of Science Dome operations:

SOC: 99%

Summary of RAM operations: none

Summary of any observatory issues: none

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: One of the earpieces is malfunctioning. We noticed it during today’s EVA and we’d like to request a change.

SOL:2

Name of person filing report: Carlos Salazar

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems: none

Spirit rover used: Yes
Hours: 152.8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 99%
Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: No
Hours: 82.9
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100%
Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 165.1
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 90%
Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: No
Hours: 226.1
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100%
Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 20 gallons
Water (static tank): 445 gallons
Water (loft tank): 35 galons
Water Meter: currently 0154910.1
Static to Loft Pump used – yes
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) on

Toilet tank emptied: Yes

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:
WATER USE: 9 gallons
Heater: On
Supplemental light: Yes
Harvest: Cherry tomatoes 131g
Mint 18g

Summary of Science Dome operations: None

Summary of RAM operations: The mousetraps in RAM were brought to the hab.

Summary of any observatory issues: none

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns, and requests to Mission Support: When EVA #1 was finished and we took off our spacesuits, spacesuit #4 had one of the couplers of the ventilation ducts loose, I think that would be necessary to repair it but I´d like to ask that to Mission support before taking further action. Also, about the electrical can opener, we couldn`t manage to get it to work, we would like to have some assistance with that.

SOL:1

Name of person filing report: Carlos Salazar

Non-nominal systems: none

Notes on non-nominal systems: none

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: 152.5

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 98%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes

Hours: 82.9

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 96%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 164.8

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 96%

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: No

Hours: 226.1

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

CrewCar used:yes
Why and Where:It was used to get to mdrs from Grand Junction, below you can check the info of the CrewCar checked

Grand Junction – January 16•Initial Mileage: 199,958 miles•Check gas: Full tank
•Oil level: OK

Hanksville (MDRS) – January 17
•Final Mileage: 200,241 miles
•Check gas: Full tank

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE: 32 galons

Water (static tank): 465 galons

Water (loft tank): 28 galons

Water Meter: currently 0154857

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on

Static tank heater (on or off) on

Toilet tank emptied: No

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: nominal

Summary of Hab operations: Training session: a visit was made to the structures in the campus, we tested and assigned our spacesuits and we learned how to check and use the rovers.

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 11 gallons

Heater: On

Supplemental light: Yes

Harvest: Cherry tomatoes 374g
Long Onion 3g
Basil: 8g
Mint 23g

Summary of Science Dome operations: None

Summary of RAM operations: none

Summary of any observatory issues: none

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: none

Supplemental Operations Report 16Jan2022

Name of person filing report: Atila Meszaros

Reason for Report: Routine

Non-nominal systems: Nothing to report

Action taken for non-nominal systems: n/a

Generator: Total run time 424.1 hours. Still being manually run at night. 76 more hours for the generator’s air filter and spark plug maintenance, parts have been already received. Generator’s oil filter maintenance was done today 100 hours after the last oil change. Oil filter was replaced and a new one was installed. Oil level is full.

ScienceDome Dual Split: Off

Solar—Nominal, charge controllers off at night. We turn the generator on before the SOC reaches 70%.

Solar— VDC Last daylight hours: (information obtained from

Average 51.35

Minimum 46.8

Maximum 59.3

Notes on solar: Nothing to report

Propane Reading, station tank – 25 %

Propane Reading, director tank— 30 %

Propane Reading, intern tank— 33 %

Propane Reading, generator— 65 %

Ethanol Free Gasoline – 4 gallons

Water (Outpost tank) – 300 gallons

Perseverance rover used: No

Hours: 226.1

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: Yes

Sojourner rover used: No

Hours: 160.8

Beginning charge: 100

Ending charge: 100

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: All rovers batteries have been checked and every cell has been refilled. Curiosity’s low performance on Thursday was definitely due to its battery’s cells being almost empty. All of the rovers needed refilled, except Percy, which was refilled some weeks ago. However, the batteries’ connection showed acid on the surface and has been deeply cleaned with baking soda.

ATV’s Used: (Honda, 350.1, 350.2, 300): none

Reason for use: n/a

Oil Added? No.

ATV Fuel Used: 0 gallons

# Hours the ATVs were Used: 0

Notes on ATVs: Oil checked on both, Honda and 350.1 again. Oil levels nominal.

HabCar used and why, where? Yes, for water runs for both Greenhouse and Hab’s static tank. Oil, transmission and coolant levels are looking good.

CrewCar used and why, where? Yes, to transport the last crew to GJT. Still awaiting for the new crew’s PCR covid test to have clearance to arrive at MDRS.

Luna used and why, where? No

Business internet: Nothing to report

General notes and comments: Nothing to report

Campus wide inspection, if action taken, what and why? Nothing to report

Summary of general operations: New propane tank for the generator is installed. It is 500 gallons (400 worth of propane), so it is double the size of the one we had before. Blackburn will come early on the week to refill all our 4 propane tanks. Science Dome foundation has been secured, all the structure is surrounded with gravel taken from the vicinity of the observatory. Furnace and lower deck space has been measured and plotted for new furnace installation. Generator still turned on every evening around 8 PM at a 70-80% SOC. Awaiting for new toilet installation in the next few days. Tomorrow will take the CrewCar to Ryan’s Auto for service and oil change. Fertilization of our crops is due tomorrow. 1 helmet of the previous report has additional scratches on the right side. Seems that it has a bit of white paint on it. Two helmets of suits 7 and 8 present grey scratches above forehead level (probably from hitting the Rover top part). CO monitors arrived and has been placed in the RAM. All the food and supplies for the crew is already on campus, all the water tanks are full and we are looking forward to having them here!

Summary of Outpost operations: Intern Trailer back side had some uncovered holes that have been gorilla taped after cleaning the surface from old tape. A section under the trailer was detected to be open, probably causing the freezing of our water pipes during cold nights, has been partially secured with clamps, but drilling is needed to secure the piece. Two jacks have been secured under the Intern Trailer in what would be the living room area. It is definitely more stable. Both plants from the Science Dome have been moved to the Intern Trailer.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nothing to report