EVA # 1
Author: Riley McGlasson
Purpose of EVA: Training EVA to familiarize crew members with rover operation, suits, and navigation.
Start time: 1100
End time: 1230
Narrative: EVA began at 1100 led by Riley (out of sim due to broken leg) and joined by Hunter and Lipi. The crew took Perseverance and Curiosity rovers onto Cow Dung Road and then walked east until Marble Ritual. Perseverance started with 100% charge and 279.3 hours. Curiosity started with 100% charge and 2608 hours. The crew completed the ritual and then continued East to get more comfortable navigating terrain in the EVA suits. The crew stuck to conservative slopes of no more than 10-15 degrees and were comfortable going up and down the small hills near the Marble Ritual site. They also took photos and explored the local geology of the region, with Hunter and Riley teaching Lipi about differential erosion and sediment transport. Hunter gathered some small samples for use in training the rest of the team on how to use the spectrometer. The team made it back to the HAB with Perseverance at 78% charge and 279.4 hours and Curiosity at 82% 260.9 hours. They began the reentry process for the HAB at 1211.
Destination: Marble Ritual
Coordinates (use UTM WGS 84): N518700, E4250800
Participants: Riley McGlasson (Executive Officer), Hunter Vannier (Crew Geologist), Lipi Roy (Crew Journalist)
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Drive on Cow Dung Road and walk east until Marble Ritual.
Mode of travel: driving and walking (Perseverance and Curiosity)
Astronomy Report – December 12th
[category astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Cesare Guariniello
Crew: 288
Date: 12 Dec 2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF and MLC-RCOS16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: PGC69327, M31
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None, the telescopes are imaging right now
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Astronomy laptop and astronomy box are in the right location. The dome operates correctly (first slide is a little noisy out of friction). However, the telescope appeared to have the wrong orientation, as per photo attached. After turning it on, it went to “star alignment”, so I just used “last alignment”, which send it to what usually was the Home Location, aligned with the column and pointing towards the back of the dome. The alignment was very accurate. On sending the telescope back to the Home Location, it went back to the location to which I initially found it, that is sideways. If necessary, I can reset the Home Location to what was the usual location in the past years.
Solar Features Observed: None
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: Telescope seems to have the wrong Home location
Astronomy Report – December 12th
[category
astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Cesare Guariniello
Crew: 288
Date: 12 Dec 2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF and MLC-RCOS16
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: PGC69327, M31
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None, the telescopes are imaging right now
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Astronomy laptop and astronomy box are in the right location. The dome operates correctly (first slide is a little noisy out of friction). However, the telescope appeared to have the wrong orientation, as per photo attached. After turning it on, it went to “star alignment”, so I just used “last alignment”, which send it to what usually was the Home Location, aligned with the column and pointing towards the back of the dome. The alignment was very accurate. On sending the telescope back to the Home Location, it went back to the location to which I initially found it, that is sideways. If necessary, I can reset the Home Location to what was the usual location in the past years.
Solar Features Observed: None
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: Telescope seems to have the wrong Home location
Crew Photos – December 11th
Sol Summary – December 11th
Sol: 1
Summary Title: A Muddy Start (Drone Rescue Gone Bad)
Author’s name: Jilian Welshoff
Mission Status: Get prepped to start EVAs, started on Greenhab maintenance
Sol Activity Summary:
We started sol 1 at 7:30 woken by the lovely Apollo 13 music played by Commander Cesare followed by a breakfast of eggs and potatoes made by Jesus and Lipi! We took our time getting ready after breakfast because we were ahead of schedule and then suited up to take sponsor photos at 10:00AM. We took many fun shots for our sponsors and got to try out the drone for video. That is when disaster struck. The drone had flown out of range but was programmed to fly back to the landing zone when it does so. However, that is far from what happened. Cesare and Sergii decided to take the hab car to go retrieve it since it was a very far distance while the rest of the crew got to try on the official EVA suits, take more photos, and get adjusted to moving in them.
After we had gotten close to our original sim start time, the crew decided to come inside for lunch, not including Cesare who was still on the Rescue Mission for the drone. We had an assortment of snacks for lunch including honey-roasted peanuts, bananas with peanut butter, and a newfound snack of graham crackers with Nutella and freeze-dried blueberries and strawberries. Completing lunch we got correspondence from Cesare. Yet another disaster had struck. After reaching the drone’s destination, the hab car got stuck! Cesare and Sergii tried to release the car by themselves but needed some extra hands and requested help. This officially put EVA #1 and EVA #2 on hold. We waited for Cesare and Sergii to walk back, and then sent Jesus and Ryan to go help! They took Sergii’s car and after a lumpsum of time, they made it back! Officially, it was too late to go on any EVA, but we were able to start on other tasks including working with the Greenhouse. Ryan, our HSO, Lipi, and I went to the Greenhouse and were able to harvest some plants, decide on what to plant next, and water what was already there!
We had a long day with many challenges and changes but morale is high and dinner is cooking!
Look Ahead Plan: Start EVA and sim officially. We plan to get more used to suits and go to Marble Ritual to start us off. We hope to set up CO2 sensors and plant peas tomorrow to get research started!
Anomalies in work: Lost drone and stuck hab car!
Weather: Sunny with some streaky clouds! Beautiful!
Crew Physical Status: People retrieving the drone and car have some fatigue and Lipi had a headache.
EVA: #1 and #2 were not completed but will be tomorrow.
Reports to be filed: Sol Summary Report, Mission Plan, Operations Report, Green Hab report, Journalist Report, EVA Request, Astronomy Report
Support Requested: Coffee grounds (instant or grounds), chicken bouillon, powdered milk } all were at lower supply level when arriving, not in dire need of.
Operations Report – December 11th
SOL: 1
Name of person filing report: Jesus Meza-Galvan
Non-nominal systems: All systems nominal.
Notes on non-nominal systems: No non-nominal systems.
ROVERS
Spirit rover used: No
Hours: x
Beginning charge: x
Ending charge: x
Currently charging: Yes
Opportunity rover used: No
Hours: x
Beginning charge: x
Ending charge: x
Currently charging: Yes
Curiosity rover used: No
Hours: x
Beginning charge: x
Ending charge: x
Currently charging: Yes
Perseverance rover used: No
Hours: x
Beginning charge: x
Ending charge: x
Currently charging: Yes
General notes on rovers: No rovers used.
Summary of Hab operations:
WATER USE: 56 gallons (combined sol 0 and sol 1).
Water (static tank): 494 gallons
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): on
Static tank heater (On or off): on
Toilet tank emptied: no or yes: no
Summary of internet: coms are nominal.
Summary of suits and radios: suits nominal
Summary of GreenHab operations: put notes here
WATER USE: 6.5 gallons
Heater: On
Supplemental light: On
Harvest:
Cilantro – 5g
Parsley –7 g
Red Cabbage –10 g
Kale- 15g
Arugula – 6 g
Plated carrots, preparing peas to plant.
Summary of Science Dome operations: Science dome not used.
Dual split: Heat or AC: Off
Summary of RAM operations: (Tools used, work done): Multimeter and measuring tape retrieved from RAM and placed in HAB lower deck. Will be used to measure spacesuit and radio voltage, and water level respectively.
Summary of any observatory issues: Observatory not used.
Summary of health and safety issues: No health or safety issues.
Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: Second map for EVA’s was not found in HAB or rovers. Please print and provide a second map.
GreenHab Report – December 11th
Crew 288 GreenHab Report 11-12-2023
GreenHab Officer: Ryan DeAngelis
Environmental control: Heater on (automatic), fan – not used, door – closed
Average temperatures: 75
Hours of supplemental light: 10 pm – 2 am
Daily water usage for crops: 6.5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: All plants
Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 186.5 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 1500
Changes to crops: Observed: N/A. Planted more carrots and prepared peas for planting tomorrow
Narrative: Planted more carrots and prepared peas for planting tomorrow by soaking the seeds. Also passively pollinated tomatoes by shaking plants with flowers, and manually cross-pollinated cucumbers with a Q-tip.
Harvest: Total: 43 grams. Cilantro – 5 g, Parsley – 7 g, Red Cabbage – 10 g, Kale – 15 g, Arugula – 6 g.
Support/supplies needed: None.
Journalist Report – December 11th
Lipi Roy, Crew 288 Journalist
12.11.2023
Sol 01? Or in-transit?
12 Noon @ Upper Deck – The crew is eagerly waiting to ‘arrive on Mars’, when we get the message from our commander, Cesare, that an unfortunate situation has occurred! A rescue mission will have to be executed, even before we begin sim!
The day started at 7:30 AM, as the crew woke up to a hearty Apollo-13 theme song played by our commander. After our first night, we realized Cesare wasn’t kidding when he said that the staterooms got really hot! In any case, I will try out Riley’s hack of keeping the door slightly ajar to let the cool air in.
For breakfast, Jesus prepared a delicious assortment of fried potatoes and eggs, which we all enjoyed with hot sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese (We have apparently concluded that parmesan cheese can be topped over anything). With our stomachs filled, we dressed up in our flight suits (for the first time, yay!) to say ‘thank you’ to our sponsors. Umm, 17 sponsors didn’t feel so good when we had to take the same picture those many times! (Just kidding, we love you, our sponsors! Thank you for making this happen for us!)
Following the photoshoot, we went to explore the nearby hill, except Cesare who stayed back to test the drone. Little did we know that a simple drone test could result in a 4-hour long rescue mission!
As we got back from our 15-minute exploration, Cesare informed us that he had lost communication with the drone, and it did not automatically come back as he expected it to. So, he had to go with Sergii, up to somewhere west of Amazonia Planitia to bring back the drone. Everything was still on schedule, as planned, up till then. Until, at about noon, we realized our day would be very different from what we expected it to be. We were informed that while bringing back the drone, the Hab-car was heavily stuck in a ditch! Sergii and Cesare had to walk for 45 minutes, all the way back to the Hab to bring back help. Together with Sergii’s tools and added experience of Crew Engineer and GHO turned rescuers, our crew showed exemplary teamwork and problem-solving skills as they got the car out of the ditch!
As thrilled as everyone was to achieve this, it was already past 3 PM when they returned, and this meant we still couldn’t arrive on Mars today. I like to call this day ‘in-transit’. We still have tomorrow! The day paced slower after that, mostly with me and Jilian (HSO) helping Ryan (GHO) in the Green Hab. It was a wonderful (and a first for me) experience to harvest microgreens. We got a few grams each of kale, cilantro, red cabbage, arugula, and parsley which will probably be a part of much-awaited tomorrow’s meal.
In the evening, we enjoy a wonderful stew cooked by Hunter (Crew Geologist) and the sight of baby Yoda as we decide which movie to watch tonight. Stay tuned for our adventures as we finally enter simulation tomorrow!
GreenHab Report – December 10th
Crew 288 GreenHab Report 11-12-2023
GreenHab Officer: Ryan DeAngelis
Environmental control: Heater on (automatic), fan – not used, door – closed
Average temperatures: 75
Hours of supplemental light: 10 pm – 2 am
Daily water usage for crops: 6.5 gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: All plants
Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 186.5 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 1500
Changes to crops: Observed: N/A. Planted more carrots and prepared peas for planting tomorrow
Narrative: Planted more carrots and prepared peas for planting tomorrow by soaking the seeds. Also passively pollinated tomatoes by shaking plants with flowers, and manually cross-pollinated cucumbers with a Q-tip.
Harvest: Total: 43 grams. Cilantro – 5 g, Parsley – 7 g, Red Cabbage – 10 g, Kale – 15 g, Arugula – 6 g.
Support/supplies needed: None.
Astronomy Report – December 11th
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astronomy-report]
Astronomy Report
Name: Cesare Guariniello
Crew: 288
Date: 11 Dec 2023
MDRS ROBOTIC OBSERVATORY
Robotic Telescope Requested (choose one) MDRS-WF
Objects to be Imaged this Evening: PGC69327,
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None
MUSK OBSERVATORY
Initial photos of Astronomy laptop and Musk observatory will be sent tomorrow.
Solar Features Observed: None
Images submitted with this report: None
Problems Encountered: None
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