Journalist Report
Crew 267 Sol Summary Report 04-11-2022Sol: 5
Summary Title: Hanksville, we had a problem
Author’s Name: Marta Ferran-Marqués, Crew Commander and Crew Scientist
Mission Status: Nominal
Sol Activity Summary: Our crew woke up this morning at 7.30 am. Laurene prepared some pancakes for the whole crew and Paula, the coffee master, prepared some nice cups! Later in the morning, Laurene had her first Braided Communication session with her loved one, while the rest of the crew was working on the WoMars website and on some reports for Mission Support.
Early in the afternoon, Cristina and Laurene went out for an EVA towards The Overlook. Although they managed to reach the amazing spot, they had some troubles on their way back to the Hab. One of the rovers overheated and communications were not working. Concerned about coming back on time to the Hab, they decided to leave the overheated rover back and come both of them with the other rover. Once in The Hab, the crew contacted Mission Support, who managed to bring the overheated rover back.
Later in the afternoon, Paula and Marta went for an EVA to Zubrin's Head and Kissing Camel. The goal of the mission was to run two experiments with Lazarus, the visual odometry robot designed by Dronomy - a spin-off from Madrid, Spain. The EVA was successful, and the crew compiled valuable data.
After a busy and stressful day, the crew relaxed and had dinner together - Mexican night!
Look ahead plan: Tomorrow will be the mid-rotation day! 6 days at MDRS, time flies and the crew still has a lot of work and experiments to do. The main objectives for tomorrow will be to prepare a mid-rotation video, mid-rotation report and do a walking EVA mission to continue with exploration and Lazarus' experiment.
Anomalies at work:
- Opportunity rover overheated during the EVA towards The Overlook
- Communications are still not working while the crew is on EVAs
Weather: Sunny, 10 °C
Crew Physical Status: Good
EVA: 2
Reports to be filed: Sol Summary Report, GreenHab Report, Operations Report, EVAs Reports, HSO Report
Support Requested: Thank you Mission Support for finding and bringing the rover back!
Marta helping Cristina with the EVA suit.
EVA Report
EVA #7Author: Cristina Vazquez Reynel, Crew Exec Officer and HSO
Purpose of EVA: Overlook exploration
Start time: 12:15pm
End time: 2:45pm
Narrative: In order to prepare for the EVA, Cristina and Laurene discussed with Paula and Marta what was the best way to reach The Overlook, as they tried to go there two days ago and couldn’t find the cross road with Brahe Hwy 1572. As the GPS ran out of battery and the crew couldn’t find Brahe Hwy 1572 by only using the MDRS map, they decided to use the satellite images of google maps in order to determine where the path was, although they were told not to use google maps.
When the crew thought they found the path Brahe Hwy 1572 on google maps, they drove towards this direction. When they reached the cross road mentioned, the crew realised there were no tracks on the road but weren't sure how a 'rover road with caution' would look like and so, they thought that the fact of having no tracks could be due to the rain on the day before. The crew managed to reach what they believed to be The Overlook, explored the area on foot and took some nice pictures.
After a bit the crew decided to head back to the MDRS through the same path taken before, and 5 minutes after leaving The Overlook, the Opportunity rover stopped working and a red light turned on. After waiting 15 minutes and seeing that the issue was not solved, and given that the communications were not working and that the crew needed to head back to The Hab on time, the crew decided to leave the rover Opportunity and come back to MDRS with Curiosity.
The crew took the coordinates of the rover with google maps and left the rover with a red big flag in order to make it easier to find it again. On the way back, the crew communicated to the main hab the issue as soon as the comms were re-established.
The crew arrived to MDRS at 2:30 in Curiosity.
Later in the day, Mission Support let us know that we were off road and that the rover Opportunity was overheated. The crew feels sorry and apologises to Mission Support for any inconveniences this may have caused. It was not intentional at all to neither overheat the rover, nor drive off road.
Destination: Overlook
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): 4254500-516000
Participants: Cristina Vazquez Reynel and Laurène Delsupexhe
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110 north & Brahe Hwy 1572
Mode of travel: Driving and Walking
EVA #8
Author: Paula Peixoto, Crew Biologist and Journalist
Purpose of EVA: Zubrin's head and dronomy first trial with Lazarus robot
Start time: 3:30pm
End time: 5:00pm
Narrative: Communication with mission control was lost when the EVA crew arrived at Zubrin's Head. The goal of the mission was to explore the field in order to find two spots to run two experiments with Lazarus, the visual odometry robot designed by Dronomy - a spin-off from Madrid, Spain. The EVA was successful, and the crew compiled valuable data.
Destination: Zubrin's Head
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): 4248500-519500
Participants: Paula Peixoto, Marta Ferran
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: Cow Dung Road 0110 south
Mode of travel: Driving and Walking
Health and Safety Report
Issues to report: COMMS issues during EVAs.Operations Report
Sol: 5Name of person filing report: Laurène Delsupexhe
Non-nominal systems: Opportunity
Notes on non-nominal systems: Rover Opportunity overheated, was brought back to the station by Shannon and Sergii
ROVERS
Spirit rover used: Yes
Hours: (before EVA) 196
Beginning charge: (Before EVA) 100%
Ending charge: (On return from EVA, before recharging) 70%
Currently charging: As required, not re-plugged upon return
Opportunity rover used: Yes
Hours: 101.6
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: N/A
Currently charging: N/A
Curiosity rover used: Yes
Hours: 207.8
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 50%
Currently charging: As required, not re-plugged upon return
Perseverance rover used: Yes
Hours: 247.6
Beginning charge: 100%
Ending charge: 62%
Currently charging: As required, not re-plugged upon return
General notes and comments: Overheating of the rover Opportunity during EVA
Summary of Hab operations:
WATER USE:
Water (static tank): 372.3 gallons
Water (loft tank): N/A
Water Meter: N/A
Static to Loft Pump used - no
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): On
Static tank heater (On or off) On
Toilet tank emptied: yes
Summary of internet: No issues
Summary of suits and radios: Comms not working starting at 500 meters outside of the station (North or South)
GreenHab Report
GreenHab Officer: Paula Peixoto MoledoEnvironmental control: 18% Humidity
Average temperatures: 24ºC /26.2ºC
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 27L ≈ 7,1 Gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: None
Water in Blue Tank 71.6 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:30am – 8 pm
Changes to crops: None
Narrative: I watered the plants 2 times today as every day since the beginning of the mission. Some of them are getting big and I think in probably two days I would be able to harvest microgreens! The crew is excited to try our first greenies!!
Harvest: No
Support/supplies needed: None