Category: Operations Report

Crew 238 Operations Report 04-01-2022

SOL:2

Name of person filing report: Simon Werner

Non-nominal systems: 1 CO- Sensor, lower deck, replacement in progress
(Atila), spacesuits, radio, please see details below.

Notes on non-nominal systems: Sensor broken on 2022/01/03, spacesuits/
radio defects detected today at 6.30 pm during post EVA checks, see
below.

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: (taken after Return from Marble Ritual): 149.4

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: yes

Hours: 79.2

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: yes

Hours: 158.8

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: unknown

Beginning charge: unknown

Ending charge: unknown

Currently charging: unknown

General notes and comments: Since today we are in SIM. A re-supply
mission from the outpost brought a new toilet. We’ve had an EVA to
Marble Ritual in the morning and afternoon, used Rovers, see EVA
report. Used rovers worked nominal, all plugged in. Rock samples have
been taken close to marble ritual, volvanic material (to be
estimated), Quartz, Flintstone and Achat (German).

Summary of Hab operations:

WATER USE:

Water (static tank): 480

Water (loft tank): 28 gallons, filled to 55 gallons

Water Meter: post pumping 01544074

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): installation by Outpost, unknown status

Static tank heater (On or off) unknown

Toilet tank emptied: no

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: Several spacesuit issues occurred.

Spacesuits next to airlock: Spacesuit nr. 2 is non-functional although
plugged in, will be checked in detail tomorrow. Spacesuit nr. 4 is on
low airflow, plugged in, will be re-checked tomorrow, Spacesuit nr. 5
was on low airflow, plugged to a different power socket, now full air
blow capacity availlable.

Spacesuits in the lower deck: Generation 1 type Spacesuit is on low
air flow, plugged in, re-check tomorrow, System nr. is out of order,
battery voltage reads + 5.1 Volts, fuse is ok (0.1 Ohms). Removed fuse
to check with the following connections: battery ground to multimeter
common, fuse into multimeter voltage (DC) in. Test procedure: switch
on, power supply plugged in. Voltage read was very instable, changing
from 0.0V to 13.75V. Repeatedly checked with 3 different power
supplies, same result. I suspect the power in socket or the switch to
have a half-lose cable connection. Each movement on the power supply
cable led to a different or even no voltage read. Suggested procedure:
move System to the RAM tomorrow, dis-assemble the Switch/plug unit and
check soldered connections/ for broken cables.

Same may be necessary for Spacesuit Nr. 1 and 4. Tomorrow is a day in
HAB, so here is time for this. All other spacesuits are nominal, incl.
those used during EVA.

Radio issues: One Midland-type radio (the yellow ones) does not
re-load, when taken out of the supply, it turns of. Asserted, tagged
as non-functional. Maybe the batteries died, re-supply of rechargeable
batteries, test again? All other radio systems are nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 210 gallons (guess)

Heater: On

Supplemental light: On

Harvest: none

Summary of ScienceDome operations: none

Dual split: status unknown, operated by outpost

Summary of RAM operations: Took screwdriver set back to RAM, checked
Lights and ventilators. All nominal, except fan in the airlock. Makes
some heavy noise/ sounds when turned on –> mechanical contact of fan
blades to frame? Should this be checked in detail?

Ram tools have been used to make a military style/survival kitchen
grater from a can – lid. Noticed the following instrument is not
working: dremel tool, motor can be switched on, but no rotation at the
end of the flexible arm.

Summary of any observatory issues: Still missing the astronomy box,
see Operations report Sol1, Image of Messier galaxy taken by crew
astronomer, details to astronomy operations are to be found in
astronomy report.

Summary of health and safety issues: none, see HSO report

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

All re-supply delivered, thank you.

Simon

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Crew 238 Operations Report 03-01-2022

SOL:1

Name of person filing report: Simon Werner

Non-nominal systems: 1 CO- Sensor, lower deck, Atila takes care for
replacing with new one

Notes on non-nominal systems: Sensor went to low battery alarm/ test
mode last night twice. Change of Batteries did not solve the problem.
Measured batteries voltages today with multimeter, all were fully
loaded, so the sensor itself is damaged, See separate mail to mission
control this morning.

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours: (before EVA) not noted (introduction)

Beginning charge: (Before EVA) 100%

Ending charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging) 98%

Currently charging: yes

Opportunity rover used: yes

Hours: not noted (introduction)

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 99%

Currently charging: yes

Curiosity rover used: yes

Hours: not noted (introduction)

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 99%

Currently charging: yes

Perseverance rover used: no

Hours: unknown

Beginning charge: unknown

Ending charge: unknown

Currently charging: unknown

General notes and comments: none

Summary of Hab operations: We’ve had an introduction to the spacesuits
today, the crew members selected their assigned suits and headsets.
New toilet was delivered.

WATER USE:

Water (static tank): 507

Water (loft tank): 37 gallons, filled to 55 gallons

Water Meter: pre pumping 01543756 units, post pumping 01543757

Static to Loft Pump used – yes

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): New heater will be delivered and
installed tomorrow.

Static tank heater (On or off) unknown

Toilet tank emptied: yes

Summary of internet: nominal

Summary of suits and radios: suits assigned to team members, used for
introduction, Spacesuits in spacesuits storage room are nominal,
(number 3 had a red-light power supply, meanwhile turned green), all
plugged in. Spacesuits firstfloor: all nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations:

WATER USE: 240 gallons (guess)

Heater: On

Supplemental light: On

Harvest: none

Summary of ScienceDome operations: none

Dual split: Heat or AC, On or Off: OFF

Summary of RAM operations: Took multimeter and screwdriver set to Hab,
checked batteries and CO-sensor, will be brought back tomorrow.

Summary of any observatory issues: astronomy box is missing, lock of
observatory might be frozen in (Atila and Aga tested), Aga gets in
touch with Peter Detterline

Summary of health and safety issues: none

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

Please pick up trash. Mr. Clean, toilet paper, kitchen paper towels
and pasta (Spaghetti) is needed. Thank you

Crew 236 EVA Report 28-DEC-2021

EVA # 9

Author: Kasey Hilton

Purpose of EVA: Evaluation of soil and ground conditions for additional potential habitat locations

Start time: 10:30

End time: 14:00

Narrative: The crew entered the airlock at 10:35 and headed towards Candor Chasma shortly after. Once both rovers were parked on Galileo, the crew headed east toward the destination. After hiking down into Candor Chasma, 2 locations were measured to see if they were large enough for a habitat, but neither were, however the ground and soil conditions were acceptable. This leads Vladimir (GHO) to believe that further east into Candor Chasma, there could be locations large and solid enough for a potential habitat location. At 12:15, the crew turned around and headed back to the rovers. The crew arrived back at the Hab at 12:54. The EVA, although not producing the desired results, is still considered a success, since multiple sites were evaluated.

Destination: Candor Chasma/Region G

Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): N4251000, W521000

Participants: Kasey (CMD), Vladimir (GHO), and Ben (JOU)

Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: From the Hab, driving north on Cow Dung Rd to Galileo Rd and Galileo Rd to near area F; walking from area F east to Candor Chasma

Mode of travel: Driving and walking

Crew 236 Operations Report 30-DEC-2021

SOL: 11

Name of person filing report: Pavithra Ravi

Non-nominal systems: 1 radio and 2 suits didn’t function well on EVA.
It is possible they didn’t charge properly as they may have been
unplugged for part of yesterday (during power conservation).

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: Yes
Hours: 148.8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 96%
Currently charging: Left unplugged after last EVA to save power. To be
charged by Shannon.

Opportunity rover used: No
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: Left unplugged after last EVA to save power. To be
charged by Shannon.

Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 157.8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 99%
Currently charging: Left unplugged after EVA to save power. To be
charged by Shannon.

Perseverance rover used: No
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: To be charged by Shannon.

General notes and comments: None

Summary of Hab operations: we received some extra water today (woo!)

WATER USE:
Water (static tank): approx. 130 gallons
Water (loft tank): 40 gallons
Water Meter: 01542971 units
Static to Loft Pump used – yes or no: Yes. It was filled from 12 to 50
gallons this morning.
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): On
Static tank heater (on or off) Off
Toilet tank emptied (no or yes): No

Summary of internet: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: 1 radio and 2 suits died during the EVA.
It is possible they didn’t charge properly as they may have been
unplugged for part of yesterday (during power conservation).

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nominal
WATER USE: 7 gallons were used today. This leaves about 151 gallons
in the tank.
Heater (on or off): On
Supplemental light (on or off): On
Harvest: 79g cucumber, 14g tomato, 3g basil
Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nominal
Dual split, Heat or AC (on or off): off

Summary of RAM operations: Tools used, work done
Nothing used.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing new to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nominal

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:
None

Hello! We had a great first day. Thank you for your support!

SOL: 1

Name of person filing report: Pavithra Ravi

Non-nominal systems: Toilet at HAB

Notes on non-nominal systems: Toilet has a leak. A plastic container
is being used to collect the water, which is then sent down the
toilet.

Generator:

Hours run: Information provided by Outpost

From what time last night: Information provided by Outpost

To what time this morning: 7:20 AM

List any additional daytime hours when the generator was run: None

Solar— SOC % (Before generator is run at night): Information provided by Outpost

Station Propane Reading – % Information provided by Outpost

Ethanol Free Gasoline: Not in use

Water (loft tank): 55 gallons

Water Meter: 1539024 units

Water (static tank): approx. 415 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used – yes. Refilled at 7:21 PM from 21 to 55 Gallons.

Water in GreenHab: approx. 240.5 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: N/A

Toilet tank emptied: yes, emptied at 11:45 AM

Deimos rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours (before EVA 1): 146.3

Beginning charge (Before EVA 1): 100%

Ending charge (On return from EVA 1, before recharging): 99%

Rover was charged before EVA 2.

Hours (before EVA 2): 146.4

Beginning charge (Before EVA 2): 100%

Ending charge (On return from EVA 2, before recharging): 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes, for EVA 2

Hours: 76.3

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes, for EVA 1

Hours: 154.6

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 100%

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: None

ATV’s Used (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): None

Reason for use: N/A

Oil Added? N/A

ATV Fuel Used: N/A

# Hours the ATVs were used today: N/A

Notes on ATVs: N/A

HabCar used and why, where? No

CrewCar used and why, where? No

General notes and comments: None

Summary of internet: MOS-MOCC wifi network is no longer available.
Only the regular Mars Hab wifi is in use.

Summary of suits and radios: Nominal

Summary of Hab operations: Nominal. Small concern: the window above
the couch in the Hab does not fit and is letting air in.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nominal

Summary of RAM operations: Nominal

Summary of any observatory issues: Problems with the dome movement
have been reported to the astronomy support team.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nominal

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None

Crew 236 Operations Report 21Dec2021

SOL: 2

Name of person filing report: Pavithra Ravi

Non-nominal systems:

Notes on non-nominal systems:

Generator:

Hours run: 13 hours 48 minutes

From what time last night: 18:07

To what time this morning: 07:55

List any additional daytime hours when the generator was run: None

Solar— SOC % (Before generator is run at night): Information provided by Outpost

Station Propane Reading – % Information provided by Outpost

Ethanol Free Gasoline: Not in use

Water (loft tank): 29 gallons

Water Meter: 1539449 units

Water (static tank): approx. 415 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used: No

Water in GreenHab: approx. 232 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: N/A

Toilet tank emptied: No

Deimos rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Spirit rover used: No

Hours (before EVA 1): N/A

Beginning charge (Before EVA 1): N/A

Ending charge (On return from EVA 1, before recharging): N/A

Hours (before EVA 2): N/A

Beginning charge (Before EVA 2): N/A

Ending charge (On return from EVA 2, before recharging): N/A

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: None

ATV’s Used (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): None

Reason for use: N/A

Oil Added? N/A

ATV Fuel Used: N/A

# Hours the ATVs were used today: N/A

Notes on ATVs: N/A

HabCar used and why, where? No

CrewCar used and why, where? No

General notes and comments:

Today the toilet leak worsened, requiring frequent dumping out of the
collected water. This has now been dealt with by keeping the water
valve closed, except for when flushing is required.

The exposed power outlets above the stove in the hab have been covered
with gorilla tape as a safety precaution.

The gaps surrounding the window above the couch in the hab have also
been blocked out with gorilla tape to minimize influx of (lethal)
martian atmosphere into our living area.

The temperature on the upper level of the hab has thankfully been
stabilized at around 70 F. The random bursts of cool air which we
received yesterday seem to have stopped (the trick was keeping the
thermostat at 70 instead of 75).

Summary of internet: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: Nominal

Summary of Hab operations: Nominal.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nominal

Summary of RAM operations: Nominal

Summary of any observatory issues: In correspondence with the
astronomy support team.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nominal

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None

Crew 236 Operations Report 29-DEC-2021

SOL: 10

Name of person filing report: Pavithra Ravi

Non-nominal systems: None

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: No
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: Left unplugged after last EVA to save power. To be
charged by Shannon.

Opportunity rover used: Yes
Hours: 77.8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 89%
Currently charging: Left unplugged after EVA to save power. To be
charged by Shannon.

Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 157.3
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 100%
Currently charging: Left unplugged after EVA to save power. To be
charged by Shannon.

Perseverance rover used: No
Hours: N/A
Beginning charge: N/A
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: To be charged by Shannon.

General notes and comments: None

Summary of Hab operations: The toilet flush is not functioning and
there is about an inch of waste stuck to the bottom of the tank that
we have not been able to flush away. In the past 24 hours, we have
flushed the toilet about 4 times (by filling buckets in the shower and
emptying it into the toilet), to no avail. Flushing the toilet for
individual use with a little bucket has not been too rough, so we can
make it work till the end of our rotation, after which a new toilet
will be installed.

We were in power conservation mode today due to cloud cover limiting
the available solar power.

WATER USE:

Water (static tank): approx. 100-150 gallons after all that flushing!
Water (loft tank): 21 gallons
Water Meter: 01542759 units

Static to Loft Pump used – yes or no: Yes. It was filled from 32 to 55
gallons this afternoon.
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): On
Static tank heater (on or off) Off

Toilet tank emptied (no or yes): yes, around 14:30

Summary of internet: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: Nominal

We ran out of one can of plexiglass cleaner and are onto a second one.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nominal

WATER USE: 7 gallons were used today. This leaves about 158 gallons
in the tank.

Heater (on or off): On

Supplemental light (on or off): On

Harvest: 5g of parsley, 2g of wheatgrass, 1g Thai hot pepper

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nominal

Dual split, Heat or AC (on or off): off

Summary of RAM operations: Tools used, work done

Nothing used.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing new to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nominal

Questions, concerns, and requests to Mission Support: None

Crew 236 Operations Report 27-DEC-2021

SOL: 8

Name of person filing report: Pavithra Ravi

Non-nominal systems: None

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: Yes

Hours (before EVA): 146.9

Beginning charge (Before EVA): 100%

Ending charge (On return from EVA, before recharging): 64%

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 156.3

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 71%

Currently charging: Yes

Perseverance rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: The front door got stuck in the wood and
had to be freed with a crowbar. The outer door has once again been
secured with a rope (held in place by the closed inner door).

The toilet has been successfully repaired (thank you!).

Summary of Hab operations: Nominal

WATER USE:

Water (static tank): approx. 239 gallons

Water (loft tank): 54 gallons

Water Meter: 01541216 units

Static to Loft Pump used – yes or no: Yes. It was filled from 28 to 54
gallons at about 19:30 today.

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): On

Static tank heater (on or off) Off

Toilet tank emptied (no or yes): No

Summary of internet: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: Nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nominal

WATER USE: 10 gallons were used today. This leaves about 272 gallons
in the tank.

Heater (on or off): On

Supplemental light (on or off): On

Harvest: Cucumber (132 g) and Basil (less than 1 g)

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nominal

Dual split, Heat or AC (on or off): off

Summary of RAM operations: Tools used, work done

Nothing used. Everything taken (zipties, wrench, Teflon tape) from the
RAM has been returned.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing new to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nominal

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

None

[Operations Report – December 24th]

Crew 236 Operations Report 24-DEC-2021

SOL: 5

Name of person filing report: Pavithra Ravi

Non-nominal systems:

1. Suits and radios — the suit issue reported on yesterday’s report persists.

Notes on non-nominal systems: The backpack was opened and the voltage
across the battery leads was checked with a multimeter, yielding 11.48
V. Since this is not too far from the ideal value of 12 V, the issue
may not be with the battery. When the air was turned on to max, one of
the fans did not turn at all, while the second fan spun very slowly.
Nothing appeared to be burned or abnormal.

2. Toilet — the leaking issue persists when the water valve isn’t turned off.
Today, we attempted to fix the leak by reapplying Teflon tape to the
threading on the fittings near the leak spot. Then, we proceeded to
tighten the fittings once more and then we turned on the water valve.
After about an hour, the leak started once more, though now it is
dripping from a different spot. While the water was initially coming
out just behind the black fitting (shown in with the blue arrow in the
attached photo), now it is coming out where the black arrow is.

ROVERS

Spirit rover used: No

Hours: (before EVA): N/A

Beginning charge: (Before EVA) N/A

Ending charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging) N/A

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Perseverance rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: Yes

General notes and comments: None

Summary of Hab operations: Toilet — the leaking issue persists when
the water valve isn’t turned off.
Today, we attempted to fix the leak by reapplying Teflon tape to the
threading on the fittings near the leak spot. Then, we proceeded to
tighten the fittings once more and then we turned on the water valve.
After about an hour, the leak started once more, though now it is
dripping from a different spot. While the water was initially coming
out just behind the black fitting (shown in with the blue arrow in the
attached photo), now it is coming out where the black arrow is.

WATER USE:

Water (static tank): approx. 334 gallons

Water (loft tank): 50 gallons

Water Meter: 01540146 units

Static to Loft Pump used – yes or no: Yes. It was filled from 19 to 55
gallons at about 17:30 today.

Static tank pipe heater (on or off): Off

Static tank heater (on or off) Off

Toilet tank emptied (no or yes): No. The tank was last emptied at
about 20:45 on Dec 22nd. This was done after the report on the 22nd
was sent and accidentally left out on yesterday’s report.

Summary of internet: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: The suit issue reported on yesterday’s
report persists. The backpack was opened and the voltage across the
battery leads was checked with a multimeter, yielding 11.48 V. Since
this is not too far from the ideal value of 12 V, the issue may not be
with the battery. When the air was turned on to max, one of the fans
did not turn at all, while the second fan spun very slowly. Nothing
appeared to be burned or abnormal.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nominal

WATER USE: 9.5 gallons were used today. This leaves about 203.5
gallons in the tank.

Heater (on or off): On

Supplemental light (on or off): On

Harvest: 2g basil, 37g tomato, 1g green onion

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nominal

Dual split, Heat or AC (on or off): off

Summary of RAM operations: Tools used, work done

A multimeter was used to obtain a voltage reading for the suit that
was malfunctioning. Teflon tape and a wrench were used to fix the
toilet leak.

Summary of any observatory issues: Nothing new to report.

Summary of health and safety issues: Health status nominal. A minor
incident occurred which has been detailed in the HSO report.

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support:

There is trash left in the back airlock.

We require additional support on solving the suit and toilet issues.

Crew 236 Operations Report 23DEC2021

SOL: 4

Name of person filing report: Pavithra Ravi

Non-nominal systems: None

Notes on non-nominal systems: N/A

Generator:

Hours run: 16 hours 2 minutes

From what time last night: 16:58

To what time this morning: 09:00

List any additional daytime hours when the generator was run: None

Solar— SOC % (Before generator is run at night): Information provided by Outpost

Station Propane Reading – % Information provided by Outpost

Ethanol Free Gasoline: Not in use

Water (loft tank): 32.5 gallons

Water Meter: 1539893 units

Water (static tank): approx. 370 gallons

Static to Loft Pump used: No

Water in GreenHab: approx. 213 gallons

Water in ScienceDome: N/A

Toilet tank emptied: No

Deimos rover used: No

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Sojourner rover used: ASSIGNED TO DIRECTOR

Hours: N/A

Beginning charge: N/A

Ending charge: N/A

Currently charging: N/A

Spirit rover used: No

Hours (before EVA 1): N/A

Beginning charge (Before EVA 1): N/A

Ending charge (On return from EVA 1, before recharging): N/A

Hours (before EVA 2): N/A

Beginning charge (Before EVA 2): N/A

Ending charge (On return from EVA 2, before recharging): N/A

Currently charging: Yes

Opportunity rover used: Yes

Hours: 76.6

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 75%

Currently charging: Yes

Curiosity rover used: Yes

Hours: 155.1

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 97%

Currently charging: Yes

Notes on rovers: One of the rovers was accidentally not turned off after the EVA today. This was identified about three hours after the return from the EVA and resolved with an emergency EVA.

ATV’s Used (Honda, 300, 350.1, 350.2, 350.3): None

Reason for use: N/A

Oil Added? N/A

ATV Fuel Used: N/A

# Hours the ATVs were used today: N/A

Notes on ATVs: N/A

HabCar used and why, where? No

CrewCar used and why, where? No, but we did not report mileage when leaving Grand Junction and heading to MDRS. Mileage – 198640. Tank is full. No damage besides normal wear and tear. Oil was checked — it’s about 75% full (oil level was around the 4th of 5 dots).

General notes and comments: None

Summary of internet: Nominal

Summary of suits and radios: Nominal. The new headset works properly.

Today, the fan on one of the suits slowed down considerably about two hours into the EVA, causing the crew member’s helmet to fog up. The EVA was immediately halted, and the crew attempted to return to the Hab before the fan stopped. Unfortunately, the fan completely failed just about 10 minutes after. It was later found that the suit was only plugged in partially, resulting in an incomplete charge.

Summary of Hab operations: Nominal

Summary of GreenHab operations: Nominal

Summary of ScienceDome operations: Nominal

Summary of RAM operations: Nominal

Summary of any observatory issues: In correspondence with the

astronomy support team.

Summary of health and safety issues: Nominal

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None