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Day Six (05/09/2021):

Mission #9 Day Five

 

Day Five (05/08/2021):

Mission #9 Day Four

 

Day Four (05/07/2021):

On day four, we started off with a crew meeting. After that, we worked on homework and fixing a plate that had broken the day before during our EVA mission. We started our next set of EEG scans, this time focusing on building a pi-top robot. Sophie and Jacquelyn worked on building their robots, and saved the coding for the next day. We also got everything ready for Will and Sophie’s EVA walk the next day, which included charging batteries, fixing communications, setting up the drone, and more. The crew also worked out, studied, and

Daily brief by Jacquelin Emery

Mission #9 Day Three

 

 Day Three (05/06/2021):

Day Three was our first EVA! We started off the day with a crew meeting. Then, Steven worked on his EEG. The rest of us did homework, and then we got set up for the EVA. Once we got in the space suits, Steven’s undocking mechanism on the Blueberry suit did not work. We had to take off the suits and fix the problem. Once that was solved, we got back in and headed out. We were outside for over an hour, surveying the area and flying the drone. We also got the flag hung up. After coming inside, we had a post EVA crew meeting and ate dinner. We ended the night with games.

Daily brief by Jacquelin Emery

Mission #9 Day Two

 

Day Two (05/05/2021):

Day two was our first full day in the habitat. We kicked off the day with a crew meeting, which included our analog crew and mission control. After this meeting, we started working with the EEGs. Our first EEG scenario was with the Tower of Hanoi. We took turns throughout the next two days completing this research. Jacquelyn and Will did the first day. We also got everything ready for our first EVA walk the next day, which included charging batteries, fixing communications, setting up the drone, and more. It’s also finals week, so we worked on homework again. For dinner, we had tacos to celebrate Cinco de Mayo and watched Lego Batman.

Daily Brief by Jacquelin Emery

Mission #9 Day One

 

Day One (05/04/2021):

On the first day of the mission, we entered ILMAH at noon. Before this, we all met up at Clifford hall and got ready. We donned our flight suits and took crew photos. After this, we headed over to the habitat for more photos and ingress. After entering, we unpacked and ate quesadillas for lunch. It was our day to unpack and relax, so we worked on homework and got settled in. We also picked our pods and our favorite spots to study. After studying, we played Mario Kart. We ended the night with ravioli for dinner and watched Star Wars.

Daily brief by Jacquelin Emery

From left to right: Travis Nelson (Mission Logistics), Steven Russell, Will Green, Sophie Bielawski, Jacquelin Emery, Pablo de León (Principal Investigator). 

Mission #9 Started on 05/04/2021

 Analog Mission #9 started on May 4, 2021 at the ILMAH. This is a two-week, four crewmembers mission. During the next days we will be posting the daily brief reports written by the crew.

Mission #9 Patch (Displaying the planets of the Solar System and the initials of the support team). Designed by Terry Rector.

Mission #9 crew. From left to right, Will Green, Commander, Sophie Bielawski (Germany), Steven Russell, Jacquelin Emery.

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Crew Waits Out Rain While Teams Trouble Shoot Rover Power Issues and Conduct Biomedical Research

Mission VII Update – 04.30.19
Stefan Tomovic

EVA2 was scheduled for Monday (04.29.19) at 1400 CDT but due to uncooperative weather conditions the EVA was pushed back to Tuesday. While waiting for conditions to improve the team focused on fixing MACHO Jr. and conducting biometric data for a research study.
Blood Pressure and Oxygen Saturation checks were on schedule as the Mission VII crew continues an ongoing biomedical study. Scientists at Mission Control have been monitoring the habitat residents as they seek to better understand the effects of isolation on the crew.
In the meantime, the habitat residents have been filming life inside the research laboratory. Today, Mission Specialist Peter Henson set up a GoPro in the EVA module to record the crew while donning the NDX-2AT suits prior to egress from the habitat for EVA.
Mission Specialist Jared Peick and Commander Stefan Tomovic spent some time yesterday trouble shooting the MACHO Jr Rover. During a routine test trail of the rover the video feed cut out. The crew initially suspected the problem to be with the video system but through thorough debugging the two were able to isolate the problem and trace it back to a faulty connection on the power terminal supplying the camera. MACHO Jr is set to be used during EVA2, going on its first excursion outside the habitat.
EVA2 will be conducted on Tuesday (4.30.19) at 1400 CDT. It will involve a routine habitat inspection, and soil sample collection. The soil samples are part of a microbiology experiment taking place at the planetary habitat. The study is looking to characterize and quantify microbial diversity. Conducting this form of research helps us better understand the operations necessary for microbial analysis on Mars.

Mission 7 Crew Juggles EVA, Plant Care and Cognitive Space Research

Mission Specialist Peter Henson (left) and Commander Stefan Tomovic (right) cultivating plants for upcoming harvest

Mission VII Update - 04.27.19
Stefan Tomović

The three-member Mission-VII crew completed their first Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA-1) on Friday (04/26/19). Saturday (04/27/19) was a science-packed day for the crew members.  The team conducted research with an electroencephalogram (EEG) study, practiced emergency responses with simulation software and took care of the plants in the habitat’s Plant Production Module (PPM).
The habitat residents conducted EVA1 with Commander Stefan Tomović and Mission Specialist Peter Henson going out on EVA, and Mission Specialist Jared Peick serving as CAPCOM for EVA1. EVA1 lasted an hour and ten minutes with the objectives of inspecting the habitat, collecting water from a resupply drop, and gathering geological samples. The team met all their objectives for the EVA and returned to the habitat at 1510 CDT. The water will be processed, and the geological samples will be analyzed within the coming days.
ILMAH operators Stefan Tomovic, Peter Henson and Jared Peick set up the EEG instruments this morning for more cognitive studies. Researchers are exploring what happens to an astronaut’s behavioral health during long-term space missions. A research team for NTL Group is developing a wearable system that monitors an astronaut’s brain performance under different conditions during different tasks and using ILMAH as a research platform.
Mission Specialist Peter Henson also split the day by tending to the plants and monitoring pH and nutrient levels of the PPM’s hydroponics system. The study on the plants is investigating different growth strategies for edible plants intended for future long-duration space flight missions.
Commander Stefan Tomović focused much of his attention on EVA preparation in the EVA module of the habitat. Mission Specialist Jared Peick spent the day maintaining MACHO Jr, a small rover that will be utilized on EVA’s.