Category: Sol Summary

Crew 212 Sol 8 Summary Report 13-MAY-2019

Sol: 8

Summary Title: Sun is really strong right now

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: A-ok, one rover is down

Sol Activity Summary: For today, we had an EVA in the afternoon. Opportunity has overheated and had to be left on the road. Right now, one crew member and the director are going to retrieve it.

Look Ahead Plan: Right now, our priority is to a) discuss the issues in this EVA and b) retrieve the rover. We’ll probably be doing this.

Anomalies in work: Opportunity overheated and the crew members in EVA had to return without it. We’re also having trouble with the pump, because it has been leaking more water than usual.

Weather: Sun is strong.

Crew Physical Status: Although Opportunity overheated, crew members had water with them so they arrived from the EVA safe and hydrated.

EVA: 1

Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Daily Photo Report, EVA report, Astronomy report (please, wait while we’re trying to solve the trouble with Opportunity)

Support Requested: None.

Hi, CapCom! Thanks for being for us tonight.

Crew 212 Sol 7 Summary Report 12-MAY-2019

Sol: 7

Summary Title: We have a birthday crewmember.

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: A-ok

Sol Activity Summary: An EVA was programmed to explore the plant diversity around the hab. We also had the protagonism of our birthday crewmember. We will be celebrating him with cookies and Nutella. Experiments are advancing and reports are being written. Today has been a calm day.

Look Ahead Plan: EVA for tomorrow, and continue with the experiment.

Anomalies in work: We had a martian mouse. He was cute. We called him El Peanut. We had to free him.

Weather: A shining sun is looking upon us.

Crew Physical Status: We’re all fine.

EVA: 1

Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Astronomy Report, Journalist Report, Daily Photo Report, EVA Request, Space Suit Report, EVA Report, Commander Report

Support Requested: We’ve got bags of burnable and non-burnable trash in the airlock.

Crew 212 Sol 6 Summary Report 10-MAY-2019

Sol: 6

Summary Title: Finally, some nice sky

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: A-ok

Sol Activity Summary: For today, we had an EVA in the afternoon. We decided to experiment with some new recipes in the kitchen. We’re glad there’s some sun after some cloudy days.

Look Ahead Plan: An EVA for exploring around the hab some other plant sites.

Anomalies in work: Today, we found that there were 2 missing parts from the Rovers (see Operations Report). This was communicated by the Director. One part was found. The director is currently searching for the other one.

Weather: Sun is shining up.

Crew Physical Status: OK

EVA: 1

Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Daily Photo Report, EVA Request, Space Suit Report, EVA Report, Astronomy Report

Support Requested: We have 1 bag of burnable trash and 1 bag of non-burnable trash.

Crew 212 Sol 5 Summary Report 10-MAY-2019

Sol: 5

Summary Title: After the rain, it’s always the sun again

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: A-ok

Sol Activity Summary: There were 2 EVAs programmed for today. We had some issues with Spirit’s battery (see Operations report) that’ll we’ll need to keep an eye on. We’ll see how this rover handles itself in the following days. Oh. And we also had the visit of the LA Times!

Look Ahead Plan: 1 EVA for tomorrow, and new creative ways to prepare our meals (we discovered that this is an entertaining task!)

Anomalies in work: None

Weather: We had a cloudy day. After some heavy rain, now the sun is sure shining!

Crew Physical Status: A crewmember had an incident (please see HSO report)

EVA: 1

Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Daily Photo Report, EVA Request, Space Suit Report, EVA Report.

Support Requested: The Non-Burnable trash bag needs to be picked up. We’re also looking for some greens in our food, if possible. Broccoli is running out.

Sol: 4

Summary Title: It’s raining martians!

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: After some rain, we’re ok.

Sol Activity Summary: We had a morning EVA today. Weather was nice for experiment. Until this day, all of the crewmembers have some advancement in their experiments. We’ll be sending a Science Report today.

Look Ahead Plan: 2 EVAs for tomorrow and, hopefully, more good news for our experiments.

Anomalies in work: None.

Weather: Rainy at the afternoon.

Crew Physical Status: Still a crew member with cold sore.

EVA: 1

Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Daily Photo Report, EVAs Request, Space Suit Report, Astronomy report, Science Report

Support Requested: The Non-Burnable trash bag needs to be picked up. Also, the owl bag needs to be retired from the airlock.

Sol Summary – May 8th

Crew 212 Sol 3 Summary Report 8-MAY-2019

Sol: 3

Summary Title: Bad weather is hating our experiments part 1

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: Things are getting heated up! But ok.

Sol Activity Summary: We had a morning EVA. Lots of lessons to learn after that EVA. In the morning, Commander fell under the spell of a cold sore. Lip creams are adviced. We had a soup thanks to our creative crew members. Right now, waiting for the bread!

Look Ahead Plan: 2 EVAs for tomorrow, depending on the weather and the information we can achieve tonight.

Anomalies in work: Commander and her cold sore.

Weather: Strong winds with rain in the afternoon.

Crew Physical Status: … Commander and her cold sore is all that needs to be reported.

EVA: 1

Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Daily Photo Report (not zipped), EVA Request, Space Suit Report, Astronomy report, Space suit report, HSO report

Support Requested: None.

Hiya, CapCom!

Glad to have you too.

Crew 212 Sol 1 Summary Report 6-MAY-2019

Sol: 1

Summary Title: Exploring martian territory.

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: Two EVAs today. That’s tiring!

Sol Activity Summary: Crew 212’s first day on Mars! Commander reports some colon problems (no questions, please, she’ll just need more veggies). EVAs were done. Now we have an idea of how much time takes the pre-EVA process. That’ll help us in the future.

Look Ahead Plan: More science during EVAs.

Anomalies in work: We have lamp issues (check the operations report)

Weather: Sunny at 8 a.m. Kinda fresh at 3 p.m. For the late EVA, it was still sunny and windy.

Crew Physical Status: So far, no accidents.

EVA: 2 EVAs today. Please, find attached the EVAs report for more info.

Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, HSO Report, Daily Photo Report (not zipped), EVA Request, Space Suit Report, Astronomy Report.

Support Requested: None.

Additional notes: Hope you’re drinking something nice today! Maybe water or lemonade?

Hi, CapCom!

Gotta go fast!

Crew 212 Sol Summary Report 5-MAY-2019

Sol: 0

Summary Title: Mars being Mars

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: Tired after scrubing, brooming and washing. Excited after using rovers.

Sol Activity Summary: Crew 212 passed their first night in the hab. So far, nothing interesting happened during the night. We cleaned all the Hab, from the kitchen to downstairs to the toilet… It was hard work. We also had our training using the rovers. Surely a hard day.

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow, we’ll wake up in Mars!

Anomalies in work: Opportunity was having its overheating problem during the training.

Weather: Cloudy and quite windy at 3-4 p.m.

Crew Physical Status:So far, no accidents.

EVA: No EVAs today!

Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, HSO Report, Daily Photo Report (both these photos and the photos from yesterday with the fixed name-file), EVA Request.

Support Requested: None.

Additional notes: Hope you have a nice night, CapCom!

Hiya, CapCom!

Crew 212 Sol 2 Summary Report 7-MAY-2019

Sol: 2

Summary Title: Bad weather… It’s always the bad weather!

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: No EVAs today because of bad, bad, clouds! But overall, ok.

Sol Activity Summary: Crew 212’s second day in Mars! We could miss Earth, but instead, we’re doing burned bread and a new creation thanks to our beautiful cook-lovers crew members. We were going to have an EVA for today, but sadly, it couldn’t happen. The day was full of cooking ideas, experiments at RAM and depression at the Science dom.

Look Ahead Plan: EVA for tomorrow morning, hopefully… less cloudy.

Anomalies in work: None for today.

Weather: Sunny at the morning. Cloudy at 2 p.m, with a lot of wind.

Crew Physical Status: So far, no accidents.

EVA: None.

Reports to be file: Operations Report, Science Report, GreenHab Report, Mission plan (both english and spanish), Journalist Report, Daily Photo Report (not zipped), EVA Request, Space Suit Report.

Support Requested: For trash disposal.

Crew 212 Sol Summary Report 4-MAY-2019

Sol: 1

Summary Title: Mars, here we come!

Author’s name: Marlen Castillo Vilcahuaman

Mission Status: Getting used to things

Sol Activity Summary: Crew 212 just arrived today, at noon. We had a long conversation with Crew 211 about the state of the hab and how we could take our new roles. We ate an improvised meal made by the talented cooks at Crew 211. We also tried their carrots. Dwarf but tasty! We’re getting ready to taste the burgers at Hanksville.

Look Ahead Plan: Tomorrow, we have a day full of training and trying to figure out our roles in MDRS. We need to get used to our new habitat.

Anomalies in work: All the equipment was reviewed by us. No anomalies found.

Weather: At first sunny. Some clouds have been showing up. We’re fearing rain soon.

Crew Physical Status: So far, no accidents.

EVA: No EVAs today!

Reports to be file: Operations Report, GreenHab Report, Journalist Report, Daily Photo Report

HSO Report is going to be sent tomorrow. We’re going to go through the safety indications tonight.

Support Requested: None.

Additional notes: Hope you have a nice night, CapCom!