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Sol Summary – March 9th

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

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GreenHab Report – March 6th

Crew 311 GreenHab Report 06-03-2025

GreenHab Officer: MOUMOUNI Meddi

Environmental control (fan & heater): Yes

Average temperatures (last 24h): 80 F

Maximum temperature (last 24h): 95 F

Minimum temperature (last 24h): 71 F

Hours of supplemental light: 5hrs

Daily water usage for crops: 9 ½ Gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 300mL

Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 140 ½ Gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9 am & 5pm

Changes to crops: None

Narrative: Some dust entered in some way the greenhab due to the wind. Other than that, everything is good.

Harvest: 13g Rainbow tomato

Support/supplies needed: None

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Operations Report – March 6th

SOL: 18

Name of person filing report: Robin GORIUS

Non-nominal systems: Robotic observatory, toilet alarm

Notes on non-nominal systems: Maintenance of the observatory planned for June

ROVERS

Spirit rover : not used

Opportunity rover: not used

Curiosity rover: not used

Perseverance rover: not used

General notes on rovers: None

Summary of Hab operations: Sport, experiments

Water Use (please use both methods to estimate water usage)

Time of measurements (collect data for the same time window): 6:28 pm
1) Per formula (see notes): 12.86gl
2) Smart Home Dashboard (see notes):12.43gl

Water (static tank, remaining gallons): 266.98gl

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: used from 7 pm to 9 pm for reports

Summary of suits and radios:

Suits :

1 -> 100%, not used

2 -> 100%, not used

3 -> 100% , not used

4 -> 100%, not used

6 -> 100%, not used

7 -> 100%, not used

8 -> 100%, not used

9 -> 100%, not used

10 -> 100%, not used

Radios : Nothing to report.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Plants were watered and harvested

WATER USE: 9.5 gallons

Heater (On or Off): On

Supplemental light (hours of operation): 5 to 10 pm

Harvest (name, weight in grams): tomato 13g

Summary of ScienceDome operations: experiments

Dual split (Heat or AC, On or Off): On Heat

Summary of RAM operations: (Tools used, work done): corded drill, cordless drill, saw, screwdriver, Experiment hardware preparation.

Summary of any observatory issues: None

Summary of health and safety issues: None

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None

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Sol Summary – March 6th

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

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Journalist Report – March 5th

SOL 17: “The potatoes are on the drop zone.”
11:02 AM: This morning, Erin and Célyan went out on another EVA for photogrammetry, accompanied by Meddi. This time, they used a 2D map instead of taking notes on beacons as they did yesterday. Before leaving the area around our habitat, our three crewmates brought into the airlock leading outside the station a small gift from elsewhere. Indeed, the “cargo ships” tasked with resupplying the station forgot two essential items for our kitchen: potatoes and especially salt. Regarding the salt, the crew will have to wait a few more days, but we had the pleasure of welcoming the potatoes into the station this morning.

Meanwhile, the rest of the crew worked in the HAB to the rhythm of music and the sounds of the 3D printer, which is slowly building the pieces of the rover SUPAEROMOON. It has given us a hard time, but we are now able to print very good parts that will constitute a robust rover. We did a blind test of Somaya’s playlist while performing our tasks. Some require little concentration, although they can be rather long. For example, I am transferring numerous audio files for the Evolsan lab with which we are working, and Robin built himself a small shelf. The music is welcome!

04:10 PM: The crew that went on the EVA returned at noon, very tired from this excursion. The beacons were more difficult to find than last week, it seems. The beginning of the afternoon was again quite calm, while Robin closely monitors the prints of our future rover, and Meddi and Quentin do their mid-mission recordings for the Twins2 experiment. I am writing these few lines, reflecting on what I will do next. To be honest, I never thought I would have time to draw during the mission, and here I am sketching every corner of the station for an experience. I believe it’s even time for me to start my evening sketches…

06:20 PM: Meddi and Célyan returned from the GreenHab with plenty of good surprises tonight! They harvested all sorts of herbs there, including microgreens. We can’t wait to eat them; our next meals are likely to be green, even if they won’t be salty.

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GreenHab Report – March 5th

Crew 311 GreenHab Report 05-03-2025

GreenHab Officer: MOUMOUNI Meddi

Environmental control (fan & heater): Yes

Average temperatures (last 24h): 81 F

Maximum temperature (last 24h): 95 F

Minimum temperature (last 24h): 71 F

Hours of supplemental light: 5hrs

Daily water usage for crops: 10 Gallons

Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: 500mL

Water in Blue Tank (200 gallon capacity): 150 Gallons

Time(s) of watering for crops: 9 am & 4:30pm

Changes to crops: Harvested some of the microgreens from a personal experiment

Narrative: Microgreens had a tough night, Harvested some. Other than that everything looks great

Harvest: 5g Chives, 40g Radish Microgreens, 100g Boston Cucumber, 7g Mint, 9g Parsley

Support/supplies needed: None

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Operations Report – March 5th

SOL: 17

Name of person filing report: Robin GORIUS

Non-nominal systems: Robotic observatory, toilet alarm

Notes on non-nominal systems: Maintenance of the observatory planned for June

ROVERS

Spirit rover : not used

Opportunity rover: used

Hours: 207.7

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 31%

Currently charging: ?

Curiosity rover: not used

Perseverance rover: used

Hours: 308.4

Beginning charge: 100%

Ending charge: 51%

Currently charging: ?

General notes on rovers: None

Summary of Hab operations: Sport, experiments, EVA preparation

Water Use (please use both methods to estimate water usage)

Time of measurements (collect data for the same time window): 6:23 pm
1) Per formula (see notes): 12.86gl
2) Smart Home Dashboard (see notes):11.96gl

Water (static tank, remaining gallons): 279.85gl

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: used from 7 pm to 9 pm for reports

Summary of suits and radios:

Suits :

1 -> 100%, not used

2 -> 100%, not used

3 -> 100% , not used

4 -> 100%, not used

6 -> 100%, not used

7 -> 100%,used

8 -> 100%, used

9 -> 100%, not used

10 -> 100%, used

Radios : Nothing to report.

Summary of GreenHab operations: Plants were watered and harvested

WATER USE: 10 gallons

Heater (On or Off): On

Supplemental light (hours of operation): 5 to 10 pm

Harvest (name, weight in grams):

boston cucumber 100g

mint 7g

persil 9g

radish 40g

chives 5g

Summary of ScienceDome operations: experiments

Dual split (Heat or AC, On or Off): On Heat

Summary of RAM operations: (Tools used, work done): corded drill, cordless drill, saw, clamp, stapler, creation of a small shelves for the mezzanine room.

Summary of any observatory issues: None

Summary of health and safety issues: None

Questions, concerns and requests to Mission Support: None