MARS DESERT RESEARCH STATION

EVA Report – April 20th

Crew 178 EVA #11 Report 20 APR 2017

Weather: very sunny
Temperature: around 24°C
Location: UTM NAD27 4253000 – 519000
Duration: 240 min
Team: Aurian d’Avernas (Crew Commander), Calogero Montedoro (Crew Biologist), Mathieu Vander Donckt (Crew Scientist), Damien Mertens (Crew Engineer) and Elke Mergny (Crew Geologist)
Purpose:
–    Collecting new soil samples
–    Telecommunication: final tests of mixed omni-and-unidirectional telecommunication relays
Outputs:
–    Collecting succeeded.
–    4 of the 5 tests succeeded. More details in telecommunication report tomorrow.