Day 8: Troubleshooting space suits

Journalist Report

Crew 267 Sol Summary Report 07-11-2022
Sol: 8
Summary Title: Troubleshooting space suits
Author’s Name: Cristina Vazquez Reynel, Crew Exec Officer and HSO
Mission Status: Nominal
Sol Activity Summary: Our crew woke up at 8:00 am and while having breakfast, Cristina had her last Latency Governed Messaging session. The day started in the ScienceDome, the crew analysed the salinity of the soil collected in previous EVAs and started creating a map that will indicate the salinity in each area surrounding the MDRS.
For the rest of the morning, the crew continued with the troubleshooting of the EVA suits following the instructions from Mission Support. After a few iterations of measuring battery voltage and swapping chargers and suits, it was clear that 3 batteries were faulty and one suit had a different issue. The crew replaced the faulty batteries and continued troubleshooting the remaining suit.
The crew had a very tasty lunch together and straight after, Marta and Laurene started preparing for their EVA. During the EVA, they tested the robot Lazarus on new challenging circuits very successfully. Meanwhile, the crew in mission control continued checking the faulty EVA suit and found that it is discharging very quickly even with a new battery.
Look ahead plan: Tomorrow the crew will continue troubleshooting, Paula will have a braided session and the EVA crew will continue testing the robot from Dronomy and collecting soil samples.
Anomalies at work: EVA suit 6 still not working properly.
Weather: Sunny, 17 °C
Crew Physical Status: Good
EVA: 1
Reports to be filed: Sol Summary Report, Commander Report, GreenHab Report, Operations Report, EVAs Reports
Support Requested: EVA suit troubleshooting (ongoing), thank you Mission Support!

Commander Report

Sol: 8
Summary Title: A good start for the week
Author’s name: Marta Ferran-Marqués, Commander and Crew Scientist
Mission Status: Nominal
Commander Report: Our crew woke up this morning at 8 am, and had a light breakfast. Later on, Paula went to the GreenHab to water up the crops and the crew continued with the troubleshooting for the EVA suits. The troubleshooting activities are progressing well and almost all the suits seem to be working now. After, the crew downloaded, organised and sent some data from the visual odometry robot (Lazarus) to Dronomy. The EVAs are helping with the experiments and Dronomy is getting valuable data. Then, the crew went to the Science Dome and analysed some more rocks collected in previous EVAs. The crew is creating a salinity map based on the EVAs carried out and the rocks analysed up until now.
Laurene and Paula prepared lunch - an amazing lentils dish that brought me back to Spain! Thanks for that girls.
In the afternoon, Laurene and Marta went for an EVA around the MDRS to take some more data for Dronomy and explore new areas close to the Hab. The EVA was a success! The crew walked for 7 km and arrived at the station exhausted, but the views paid off. Meanwhile, Paula and Cristina continued with the troubleshooting activities and the WoMars website and outreach.
After a tiring and stressful day, tonight is a hamburger and movie night!

EVA Report

EVA #11
Author: Laurène Delsupexhe – Crew Engineer
Purpose of EVA: Testing of the Dronomy robot + Explore the surroundings of the Hab.
Start time: 2:10pm
End time: 4:30pm
Narrative: After double-checking the 2 suits were fully charged, the EVA crew waited for a final confirmation from Mission Support. Once they had it, they left the hab to reach an area east of the Marble’s Ritual, quite flat and less windy, where they set up the experiment of the Dronomy robot. The testing went well and the robot responded as predicted. The data was collected but the memory was full a little earlier than predicted. Once finished with the experiment, the EVA Crew headed back to the station to drop off in the airlock the robot and the necessary instruments. They then headed back north of the station, aiming for a hill north of the Marble’s ritual. Some photos were taken and soil was collected. The crew then headed back home, tired but satisfied
Destination: North MDRS station
Coordinates (use UTM NAD27 CONUS): 4251000-218000
Participants: Marta Ferran and Laurene Delsupexhe
Road(s) and routes per MDRS Map: N/A
Mode of travel: Walking

Health and Safety Report

No issues to report.

Operations Report

Sol: 8
Name of person filing report: Laurene Delsupexhe
Non-nominal systems: EVA Suit 6.
Notes on non-nominal systems: Troubleshooting of spacesuits done for EVA suits 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. Suit 6 sill doesn’t charge properly.
ROVERS
Spirit rover used: No
Opportunity rover used: No
Curiosity rover used: No
Perseverance rover used: No
Summary of Hab operations:
WATER USE:
Water (static tank): 311.0 gallons
Water (loft tank): N/A
Water Meter: N/A
Static to Loft Pump used - no
Static tank pipe heater (on or off): off
Static tank heater (On or off) off
Toilet tank emptied: no
Summary of internet: No issues
Summary of suits and radios: EVA spacesuit 6 not recharging its battery properly, troubleshooting, rest of suit nominal

GreenHab Report

GreenHab Officer: Paula Peixoto Moledo
Environmental control: 16% Humidity
Average temperatures: 28ºC/24,6ºC
Hours of supplemental light: N/A
Daily water usage for crops: 27,4L ≈ 7,1 Gallons
Daily water usage for research and/or other purposes: None
Water in Blue Tank 57.8 gallons
Time(s) of watering for crops: 9:30am – 8 pm
Changes to crops: Harvest microgreens
Narrative: I watered the plants 2 times today as every day since the beginning of the mission. Today, Laurene accompanied me and took care of watering the crops. We harvested microgreens for today's dinner, burgers!
Harvest: Microgreens (9gr)
Support/supplies needed: None