EVA-17:

Early in the morning the weather was clear, but windy and most mud puddles had disappeared again. Remon and Ricardo took the opportunity and finished up on the 'evacuation procedure' test they had to abandon the day before.

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EVA-18:

See geology report by K.Klaus

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EVA-19:

EVA-19 started at 15:00 and ended around 16:00. The 3 ATVs were used.

The EVA crew members were R. Annes, J. Waldie and M. Bonnet.

This EVA initially had multiple purposes. It was the first time the CRV mount was used on an ATV. We also intended to use the GPS holder mounted on the CRV, the idea being to draw a profile of the cliff. Our geologist Kurt also advised us to use a cliff that he had previously spotted and marked by a waypoint labelled "CMT TAIL". Kurt expected to see some Comet Tail rocks on this cliff. Unfortunately some technical issues with the CRV shortened our ambitions.

Shortly after the beginning of our ride on the ATVs we realized that the CRV central part was rotating dangerously around its axis. A simple piece of adhesive tape was enough to fix this problem.

Shortly afterwards we realized that one of the two crews that holds the min-cam and transmitter box was gone. The box was therefore removed. Finally the front of the main camera started to come off as well.

At this point we had reached the targeted cliff but due to the little amount of adhesive tape that was left, to serious radio problems with James and to the strong wind blowing on top of the cliff we decided to abort the mission and to get back to the Hab.

The ATV tanks were still about ū full when we got back so we did not refill them.

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EVA-20:

The afternoon was sunny but extremely windy. Not the perfect conditions to attempt to mount the Thermal hardware on the top of the reservoir of our Mars Leonardo-Sample Return flying Kurtīs samples back to Earth. The task, though, was challenging... The EVA took place just a few meter off the Hab a few minutes after 3pm. The mounting procedures had been repeated inside the Hab a few times. This time the procedure was followed with a nuance... The operator was wearing the MDRS suits with the bulky gloves! Mounting times were expanded by a considerable amount of time as the gloves and the wind introduced new īvariablesī and difficulties to the process! Tomorrow the same procedure will be repeated with the MarsSkins.