Category: Sol Summary

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 05-03-2025

Sol: 17

Summary Title: “The potatoes are in the drop zone.”

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This morning, the EVA of the 2D team, searching for checkpoints at Sea of Shells, took place. It was successful and the team found all 10 checkpoints! Meanwhile in the Hab, the Crew Engineer built some shelves to better his room while the Crew Journalist was handling data for the EVOLSAN experiment, for which everyone had to do a special measurement today. The aim was to read a text while recording, as we did before the mission and we will do after the mission, in order to compare our voices.

In the afternoon, the Crew Commander took a huge break because she was tired due to the morning’s EVA. Other crew members worked hard on their different experiments, such as cognitive tests for the Orbital Architecture experiment or the code for the Astronomy project!

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will be a stay-at-the-station day. Experiments will continue to take place such as outreach actions. In the afternoon, we’ll conduct the second session of brainstorming about how to improve the station’s architecture.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Cloudy, Temperature 35 F / 55 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

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

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 27-02-2025

Sol: 11

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This morning, the HUMANISE session failed: we couldn’t teleoperate the rover because of the bad weather where the rover is located (Netherlands). It wasn’t a problem and crew members adapted their schedule to work on the mid-rotation video. Everyone participated by giving ideas and opinions while Crew Scientist and Crew Journalist specifically spent time editing. We also continued 3D-printing what we need for experiments or for everyday life in the station.

The afternoon started with the beginning of the common recording for the EVOLSAN experiment and we wore the recording equipment all afternoon long. We spent time writing reports for outreach purposes and Crew Commander and Crew HSO prepared their EVA to Candor Chasma with the 3D map, to find checkpoints tomorrow!

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will be centered on the last EVA at Candor Chasma with the 3D map to find checkpoints. Then, everyone will prepare the mid-rotation (mid-rotation video, mid-rotation scientific report, …) while continuing working on experiments.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 50 F / 60 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Request #07, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Astronomy Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 28-02-2025

Sol: 12

Summary Title: Silence, it’s (micro) greening!

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This morning, Crew 311 performed their last EVA to Candor Chasma. Crew HSO and Crew Commander had to find checkpoints thanks to drawings they did yesterday with a 3D map. They were very successful and found all 8 checkpoints in 48 minutes!

Meanwhile, in the Hab, everyone was working hard on the mid-mission video we’ll send tomorrow. The afternoon was centered on the same topic, we filmed images and edited. In parallel, experiments’ sessions continued to run.

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow is Sol 13, our mid-mission day. We plan to finish working on the video to be able to send it during the comms window. Meanwhile, we plan to do our daily activities and a mid-mission recap between every crew member and Crew Commander.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 50 F / 60 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #07, EVA Request #08, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 01-03-2025

Sol: 13

Summary Title: Life on March

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: For this first day of March on Mars, also being the mid-mission day, Crew 311 started the day with an EVA to pick up the resupply for the end of the mission. They also went to Marble Rituals to change batteries for the atmospheric instruments and walked around North Ridge to look for some areas to draw for the stratigraphy experiment.

In the afternoon, everyone was centered on the mid-mission video. The Crew Commander also conducted some interviews with everyone, to check on the crew’s global well-being!

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will be a rest day for everyone, as it is Sunday. We plan to clean the station and have a longer sport session after sleeping a little bit longer in the morning!

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 50 F / 65 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #08, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 24-02-2025

Sol: 8

Summary Title: Do you copy? …

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: Today, Crew Engineer, Crew Astronomer and GreenHab Officier went on EVA to Candor Chasma with the drone to take pictures of the canyon. The aim is to then use a photogrammetry software which creates a 3D map of the area, and then compares it to a 2D map.

Meanwhile in the station, experiments session continued. Crew Commander and Crew Scientist continued writing scientific papers and Crew HSO handled data from the Orbital Architecture experiment.

The afternoon was full of scientific experiment’s runs and data handling for everyone.

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will be dedicated to continue running experiment’s runs. We want to prepare the 3D map for the EVA of photogrammetry that will take place later this week.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 50 F / 70 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #05, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 25-02-2025

Sol: 9

Summary Title: Meddi, tell me a story!

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This morning, crew members started working on the mid-rotation video: music, images and editing. We work hard on it because we want it to be perfect for Sol 13! Meanwhile, sessions of other experiments such as HUMANISE, in which crew members must teleoperate a rover, took place. The 3D map and classical 2D map for the photogrammetry experiment are also ready to be used tomorrow and Friday for EVAs!

After a break, Crew started their activities again. Especially, Crew Scientist and Crew Journalist prepared their tomorrow’s EVA by taking notes with the 2D map to find checkpoints in Candor Chasma!

Look Ahead Plan: Sol 10 will be mainly centered on the EVA of photogrammetry for the 2D map team!

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Cloudy, Temperature 60 F / 70 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Request #06, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: We would like to organize the mid-rotation resupply during on EVA, having the EVA Crew putting food left by a “cargo rover” in the airlock. Will it be possible to organize it on Sol13 (Saturday) as we plan to do an EVA this day ?

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 26-02-2025

Sol: 10

Summary Title: 10 Sols, 10 experiments

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: This morning, Crew Journalist and Crew Scientist, monitored by GreenHab Officer, performed an EVA at Candor Chasma. The aim was for them to find checkpoints thanks to a 2D map they drew the day before. We don’t know if they were successful for now because we must wait for the team having a 3D map to perform the EVA on Friday, so we’ll be able to compare their performances!

Meanwhile in the Hab, crew members performed experiments’ sessions and modelized in 3D a little box to hold tools to retrieve data from the atmospheric instruments during EVA, and 3D-printed it!

During the afternoon, Crew Astronomer did beautiful pictures of the Sun while other crew members tried debugging AMAIA, our AI assistant, or continued working on the mid-rotation video.

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow will be a day in which all crew members stay at the station, performing experiments’ sessions and continuing editing the mid-rotation video. On Sol 12 we plan to perform the second EVA of photogrammetry with the team having a 3D map at Candor Chasma.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny, Temperature 60 F / 70 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #06, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Astronomy Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 21-02-2025
Sol: 5
Summary Title: Enjoying the sweetness of silence
Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander
Mission Status: Nominal
Sol Activity Summary: This morning sports session was the first one in the last three days with every crew member participating in it! It was a good start to a calm morning. Crew Engineer, Crew Astronomer and Crew HSO created signs to place near the atmospheric instruments and discourage “aliens” to approach. Meanwhile, Crew Commander and Crew Scientist worked on the writing of scientific abstracts and Crew Journalist sketched the station, as an additional activity to the Orbital Architecture experiment. Before lunch, we also took some luminosity measurements with a specific sensor to know if the lights we finished installing yesterday were well calibrated or not.
After a good lunch and a little break, everyone went back to scientific activities. GreenHab Officier explained to other crew members how to use the drone in preparation for the EVA of tomorrow, while Crew Commander was monitoring water usages since the beginning of simulation and Crew Engineer worked on a system to monitor the atmospheric instruments’ batteries from the station. Crew Astronomer enjoyed the sunny weather to take some beautiful sun pictures.
It was a calm day in the station, full of little (but essential!) scientific activities!
Look Ahead Plan: On Sol 6, Crew 311 will perform its fourth EVA, in order to go to the atmospheric instruments and then to walk around the station to take some drone pictures and videos, as well as for communication purpose than for the stratigraphy experiment. We plan to finish activities early in the day in order for the Crew to start enjoying the weekend and rest.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Sunny, Temperature 35 F / 45 F
Crew Physical Status: Nominal
EVA: None
Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Request #04, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Astronomy Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.
Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 22-02-2025
Sol: 6
Summary Title: The sky is no longer the limit!
Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander
Mission Status: Nominal
Sol Activity Summary: This morning, Crew HSO, Crew Astronomer, Crew Scientist and Crew Astronomer went out on an EVA. The aim of the EVA was to retrieve data from the atmospheric instruments and to change their batteries, and then for the EVA crew members to walk around the station, towards Hab Ridge. The EVA was successful, except for some problems with the atmospheric instruments: it seems that they didn’t take data for all the time they were outside on Mars… We’ll analyze the data and see!
Meanwhile, inside the station, Crew Journalist was HabCom for the EVA and took time to cook and copy files from the EVOLSAN recording session of yesterday. Crew Engineer worked on debugging AMAIA and helped Crew Commander with Core Data handling.
After a well-deserved lunch, everyone accomplished some tasks in the beginning of the afternoon, and then stopped around 4:00 PM and enjoy the beginning of the weekend in the station! LEGO building, crocheting, reading… The activities are restful!
Look Ahead Plan: On Sol 7, Crew 311 will enjoy a little more sleep in the morning and wake up at 8:30 AM. The crew will take advantage of the weekend day to have a larger sport session of an hour and then clean the station deeply. The afternoon is planned to be restful for everyone.
Anomalies in work: None
Weather: Sunny, Temperature 45 F / 55 F
Crew Physical Status: Nominal
EVA: None
Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Report #04, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Astronomy Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.
Support Requested: None

Crew 311 Sol Summary Report 23-02-2025

Sol: 7

Summary Title:

Author’s name: Erin Pougheon, Crew Commander

Mission Status: Nominal

Sol Activity Summary: The day started later than the other day, allowing the Crew to rest. We had a larger sport session organized by our Crew HSO. After that, we deep cleaned the station. Every module and every area of them is now shiny!

We enjoyed a good gratin and used the afternoon to rest, with a lot of activities such as Lego building or crochet. Some crew members played cards, read books, …

This Sunday in the station was really peaceful and resting for everyone !

Look Ahead Plan: On Sol 8, Crew 311 will perform the first EVA of photogrammetry, a mapping technique with a drone to create 3D maps. Meanwhile, other crew members will continue to perform some assessments for other experiments and Crew Journalist will start to work on the mid-rotation video. The afternoon will be dedicated to the analyze of the data to create the photogrammetry 3D map.

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: Sunny and cloudy, Temperature 50 F / 60 F

Crew Physical Status: Nominal

EVA: None

Reports to be filed: Sol Summary, EVA Request #05, Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Astronomy Report, Journalist Report, Crew Photos.

Support Requested: We have a problem with mousses. We catch one every evening, around 8:00 PM, with the cage. We try to let them go around the observatory to they are far from the Hab but they come back every time (we think we have different ones, it is not always the same one). We even tried to release one at North Ridge during our last EVA but we still have some mousses that come in the Hab. We saw 2 in a room during the night … We don’t know what to do to deal with them and it starts to be stressful for some crew members that fear they can eat our food. We thought maybe we could give the cage to you (through the RAM) every time we catch one, but I don’t know if it would be useful because it seems like we have a lot. Or maybe you have some product to make them go away? Please let us know if you have any solution.