Category: Sol Summary

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

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 09-03-2025

Sol: 21

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: Thay day started with everyone noticing the hour change! We saw that we “lost” one hour of sleep… But never mind, everyone was motivated for the sport session. We were planning to clean the station right after, but our Crew Astronomer and Crew HSo surprised us with an escape game they organized during the week, in week we had to find Didier, our mascot, who had disappeared! After searching for evidence in all the modules, we finally found him safe! It was a very fun game for all the crew members and everyone was very happy.

After that, we cleaned the station as planned and had lunch. Then, everyone enjoyed the rest of the day to rest, have fun, and play. Everyone enjoyed our last Sunday at the station!

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow, we are planning an EVA to have the last session of the photogrammetry experiment. The team will have the drone during the EVA and tale pictures of the area to then use photogrammetry software to create a 3D map. Meanwhile, experiments will continue to run in the MDRS and in the afternoon, we’ll try to have the team using a 2D map ready for the next day.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 40 F / 60 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Request #13, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 10-03-2025

Sol: 22

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This morning, Crew Commander, Crew Scientist and Crew HSO went out on an EVA. The aim was to go to Sea of Shells, which they did successfully to pick up the emergency EVA kit that was forgotten there last week. After that, they went to Kissing Camel Ridge W to take pictures with a drone and place checkpoints so the other crew members will find them during other EVAs with 3D and 2D maps. Meanwhile, experiment session continued to run in the Hab and the rover for SUPAEROMOON is finished!

During the afternoon, everyone worked on their experiment : computing the 3D map of the morning, data handling of our Core Data, Astronomy project, …

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow, we plan to perform the EVA of photogrammetry at KCR W (if the map is ready tonight after the com window). We also plan to continue to perform our experiment sessions and to begin to plan the deinstallation of everything in the station in anticipation of the end of the week.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 25 F / 70 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #13, EVA Request #14, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos, Astronomy Report.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 11-03-2025

Sol: 23

Summary Title: The rover has landed

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This morning, 4 crew members performed an EVA at Kissing Camel Ridge. The aim was to find all checkpoints placed here the day before thanks to a 2D map. They were successful and while they were searching, Crew Scientist was taking pictures again of the area to retry to create the 3D map for tomorrow’s EVA. Meanwhile, in the station, we started to organize how to uninstall and pack the experiments for the end of the week.

In the afternoon, we prepared the 3D map and continued working on the experiments, knowing that only a few sessions remained!

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will be the last EVA of photogrammetry of the mission, in the morning. In the afternoon, we’ll have our last session of brainstorming to bring up optimization solutions for the station. On Sol 25, no EVA is planned, and we’ll start to uninstall and pack experiments. On Sol 26 in the morning, we plan the last EVA of the mission to pick up the atmospheric instrument, and we’ll spend the rest of the day cleaning and packing, before breaking the simulation by the end of Sol 26.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 35 F / 70 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #14, EVA Request #15, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 06-03-2025

Sol: 18

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This morning, everyone worked on different experiments. In the Science Dome, Crew Astronomer worked on his astronomy project while Crew Scientist worked on a lesson she must study for her master. Meanwhile, in the Hab, Crew HSO worked on a personal project, Crew Engineer tried to figure out why our 3D-printer has recurrent bugs, and Crew Commander worked on documentation for Core Data. The GreenHab Officer took care of the GreenHab as usual.

After eating some potatoes with chicken, we gathered to start the measurement for EVOLSAN: everyone wore a microphone the whole afternoon to record everything we say. We went all together in the RAM and in the GreenHab in order to evaluate what could be done differently in those modules, while our Crew Journalist was taking notes and drawing our ideas. Thus was the second session of this type for the Orbital Architecture experiment!

The end of the day was calmer, every crew member was working on their project or experiments before filling in the daily questionnaires.

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow, we don’t plan to perform any EVA. We’ll stay at the station to continue working on the experiments we need, to run sessions, and to rest a bit.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Cloudy and windy, Temperature 40 F / 50 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 07-03-2025

Sol: 19

Summary Title: Happy Birthday Célyan!

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: Today was a special day in the station because it was the birthday of our Crew HSO! So, in the morning, while our GreenHab Officer kept him away from the Hab, the rest of the crew worked hard to transform the Upper Deck to surprise him. Balloons, lights, a brownie, … everything was perfect for his birthday! He was very happy, so were we.

The afternoon was calm. Work started again, and Crew Scientist and Crew Engineer worked on the rover we 3D-printed for the SUPAEROMOON experiment. At the end of the day, Crew Scientist and Crew Journalist prepared they EVA of tomorrow thanks to a 3D map of Sea of Shells. Tomorrow, they’ll have to find 10 checkpoints and try to have a better chrono than the 2D team who performed the EVA earlier this week!

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow, we will perform the last EVA of photogrammetry at Sea of Shells, with the team having a 3D map to search for the checkpoints. In the afternoon, we plan to gather all the crew to discuss the architecture of the station for the third time, talking about the Science Dome.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 45 F / 50 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Request #11, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 08-03-2025

Sol: 20

Summary Title: « SOS d’un tunnel en détresse »

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: The day started with the nominal sport session and then, Crew Scientist, Crew Journalist and Crew Engineer went out on EVA to Sea of Shells. The aim was for Crew Journalist and Crew Scientist to find 10 checkpoints that were placed at the beginning of the week thanks to maps they drew with a 3D map generated with drone pictures. They were very successful and found every checkpoint in less than an hour!

After that, everyone had lunch in the Hab. An alarm rang at 3:06 PM indicating that the hole in the tunnel system had caused its depressurization! We organized an emergency EVA to save the station. Crew HSO, Crew Scientist and Crew Journalist went out on EVA both inside and outside the tunnels to repair the tunnels. The operation was successful and after two hours, the tunnel system was operational again!

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow it’s Sunday and it will be a calm day in the station. We’ll wake up later than usual, at 8:30 AM and have a longer sports session. After that, we’ll clean the station and have some rest for the rest of the day.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 35 F / 55 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #11, EVA Report #12 (emergency EVA), Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 02-03-2025

Sol: 14

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: Crew 311 started the day by sleeping a little bit later than usual, with a longer sport session in the morning! After that, we cleaned the station: Science Dome, GreenHab, Hab, … Everything is now very clean!

For lunch, we ate home-made tortillas with vegetables and beef in it, it was very delicious! We all gathered in front of a movie in the afternoon. After that, every crew member wrote their report and continued resting for the end of the day, without forgetting to fill out their daily questionnaires!

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow we’ll be centered on the second week of the photogrammetry experiment, with the first EVA of the week. A team will try to go near sea of shells, with the drone, to take pictures and create maps for the other EVAs of the week. Meanwhile, in the Hab, every other experiment will continue to run!

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 60 F / 70 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Request #09, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 03-03-2025

Sol: 15

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This third week in the MDRS started with a big EVA for some crew members. They went to Sea of Shells to take pictures with the drone and create a 3D map for the photogrammetry experiment. They had to go back to the station earlier than planned because of the rain, but they were okay with the schedule, so it was not a problem!

In the afternoon, we gathered to talk about the architecture of the station for the Orbital Architecture experiment. The aim was to try and identify possible ways to upgrade station’s equipment in order to create a better station, helped by the sketching skills of our Crew Journalist!

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow, everyone will stay at the station and conduct experiment sessions. We want to have the 3D map ready for the next EVAs of the week, when it will be needed.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Cloudy, Temperature 35 F / 45 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #09, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 04-03-2025

Sol: 16

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: Today, the first session of the experiment HUMANISE was cancelled because of a “Martian storm” were the rover we’re supposed to teleoperate is located. Meanwhile, Crew Engineer and Crew Journalist tried to debug AMAIA, our AI assistant, but once again it didn’t work. Crew Commander was monitoring water usage while everyone was working on their own experiments.

After a break, everyone got back to work: Core Data documentation, preparation of the EVA of tomorrow with the 2D map of Sea of Shell, …

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will be centered on the EVA of photogrammetry. A team who prepared the EVA with a 2D will try to find all checkpoints at Sea of Shells. In the afternoon, everyone will perform a session of the EVOLSAN experiment, that we need to do after the mid-mission. Everyone will continue to work on their experiment’s session.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 40 F / 55 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Request #10, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None