EVA-23 Report:
Crew 48 Reporting
EVA Name: GeoMars
Objectives: Acquire some geological samples at the following koordinates: point A: 515150 E, 4250560 N and south along Skyline Rim; Point B: around 514712 E, 4252416 N. Test Track and Trace suits: MSL and MSP with TT1= backward contamination

EVA Commander: C. Hutsteiner
EVA Navigator: C. Kandler
EVA Crew: M. Spiss, C. Hutsteiner, C. Kandler
Hab Comm: A. Soucek

Planned Route: MDRS - point B - point A - MDRS

Timeline:
Don Suits: 08:30
Enter Airlock: 9:15
Egress: 9:25
Ingress: 11:58
Enter Hab: 12:08

New Waypoints Established by EVA Crew:
Paul's Sandpit: 14254224m N, 514810m E, 1465m MSL (UTM S12 NAD 1927 Conus)

Sample Number: 23-1 / 23-2 / 23-3 / 23-4 / 23-5 / 23-6 / 23-7
GPS-Coordinates: 14252317m N, 514937m E / 14252369m N, 514733m E / 14252398m N, 514706m E / 14251831m N, 515101m E / 14250560m N, 515150m E / 14250616m N, 515210m E / 14250633m N, 515224m E
Time: 10:05 / 10:35 / 10:45 / 11:05 / 11:15 / 11:25 / 11:30
Photos: 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 /

Narrative: This EVA intended to serve two experiments: GeoMars and Track and Trace. While the first one meant that the EVA was to obtain specific samples on pre-defined waypoints, in this case the first point lead us up to the Skyline Rim which was a nice climb to get awaken, the later one implied that two EVA crew members were equipped with special EVA suits. C. Kandler and M. Spiss wore the sterilised silver-plated cover above the analogue space suit. On it were 8 biological sample collectors, they were added on only in the airlock, to collect samples throughout the whole GeoMars EVA to quantify backward contamination. Track and Trace was therefore from this perspective a major success, as was GeoMars itself, since we were able to obtain 7 samples.

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EVA-24 Report

Gernot Gröemer Reporting

EVA Number: 24 EVA Name: Scouting mission to Skyline Rim Objectives: go to Skyline Rim and take GPS Measurements.

EVA Commander: N. Frischauf
EVA Navigator: A. Soucek
EVA Crew: G. Groemer
Hab Comm: C. Hutsteiner

Planned Route: MDRS - Skyline Rim - MDRS

Timeline:
Don Suits: 14:10
Enter Airlock: 14:40
Egress: 14:50
Ingress: 19:30
Enter Hab: 19:40

New Waypoints Established by EVA Crew: 1 (Edelweiss Peak)

Sample Number & GPS-Coordinates and if new waypoint, labeled as:
Edelweiss Peak (N 14250980, E 515292,50, height: 1547,10 m

Narrative: This EVA lead us to Skyline Rim which has once again impressed us by a great scenic view. Being Austrians, we went for the highest point possible and named it Edelweiss Peak - one of the secondary objectives was to establish a radio voice communication from there - which worked just fine. Interestingly we found a forgotten solar panel set-up right there without any electrical device attached to it, so our guess was that previously another EVA-Tam from the MDRS was there, it can be easily reached via pressurized rover via the official streets (which we decided not to use in order to stay in the high-fidelity simulation). Our next objective was to proceed to WPT 25 and take a geological detour towards Tank Wash. Unfortunately two of our three radios showed malfunctions and mission rules say that loss of communication means also end of EVA, so we had to abort the EVA and return to the station.