Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) Summary
04.21.10
Below you will find an overview of the daily NEEMO missions:
Mission Day 1:
| EVA #: | 1 |
| Est. time: | 1:00 hr |
| Title: | SL-17 Orientation |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will exit the habitat to perform an orientation dive to familiarize the crew with the SL-17 dive helmet, mockups to be used during the experiments, and the environment surrounding the habitat. |
| EVA #: | 2 |
| Est. time: | 1:00 hr |
| Title: | SL-17 Orientation |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will exit the habitat to perform an orientation dive to familiarize the crew with the SL-17 dive helmet, mockups to be used during the experiments, and the environment surrounding the habitat. |
Mission Day 2:
| EVA #: | 3 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight A, Part A |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will exit the habitat and don a center of gravity (CG) rig and extra weights to simulate the CG and weight of a spacesuit in reduced gravity. The EVA team members will perform exploration and cargo lander-based tasks to include ambulation, ramp climbing, kneel and recover, fall and recover, shoveling, rock pickup, ladder climbing, transferring small payloads and rovers from the surface (sea floor) to a lander deck, and uploading a simulated incapacitated crewmember to a lander deck. Three different CGs will be simulated at this simulated suit weight and the tasks will be performed over this EVA (i.e. part A) and EVA 5 (i.e. part B). |
| EVA #: | 4 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight A, Part A |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will perform the same tasks described in EVA 3. Three different CGs will be simulated at this simulated suit weight and the tasks will be performed over this EVA (i.e. part A) and EVA 6 (i.e. part B). |
Mission Day 3:
| EVA #: | 5 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight A, Part B |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will the remaining portion of the tasks and CGs not completed during EVA 3 (i.e. part A) for this simulated suit weight. |
| EVA #: | 6 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight A, Part B |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will the remaining portion of the tasks and CGs not completed during EVA 5 (i.e. part A) for this simulated suit weight. |
Mission Day 4:
| EVA #: | 7 |
| Est. time: | 2:00 hrs |
| Title: | Rover & Crew Lander-Based Tasks |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will exit the habitat and don a portable life support system (PLSS) backpack and add weights to simulate wearing a spacesuit on the lunar surface. The EVA team members will perform rover and crew lander-based tasks to include airlock and ascent module ingress and egress, transferring small payloads from the surface (sea floor) to a lander deck, uploading a simulated incapacitated crewmember to a lander deck, ingressing a simulated incapacitated crewmember to the rover, airlock, and ascent module, and rover hatchway translations. |
| EVA #: | 8 |
| Est. time: | 2:00 hrs |
| Title: | Rover & Crew Lander-Based Tasks |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will perform the same tasks described for EVA 7. |
Mission Day 5:
| EVA #: | 9 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight B, Part A |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will perform part A of the tasks described in EVA 3 at simulated suit weight B. |
| EVA #: | 10 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight B, Part A |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will perform part A of the tasks described in EVA 3 at simulated suit weight B. |
Mission Day 6:
| EVA #: | 11 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight B, Part B |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will perform part B of the tasks described in EVA 3 at simulated suit weight B. |
| EVA #: | 12 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight B, Part B |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will perform part B of the tasks described in EVA 3 at simulated suit weight B. |
Mission Day 7: No EVAs
Mission Day 8:
| EVA #: | 13 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight C, Part A, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will perform part A of the tasks described in EVA 3 at simulated suit weight C. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
| EVA #: | 14 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight C, Part A, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will perform part A of the tasks described in EVA 3 at simulated suit weight C. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
Mission Day 9:
| EVA #: | 15 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight C, Part B, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will perform part B of the tasks described in EVA 3 at simulated suit weight C. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
| EVA #: | 16 |
| Est. time: | 2:30 hrs |
| Title: | CG & Cargo Lander-Based Tasks, Weight C, Part B, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will perform part B of the tasks described in EVA 3 at simulated suit weight C. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
Mission Day 10:
| EVA #: | 17 |
| Est. time: | 2:00 hrs |
| Title: | Rover & Crew Lander-Based Tasks, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will perform the tasks described in EVA 7. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
| EVA #: | 18 |
| Est. time: | 2:00 hrs |
| Title: | Rover & Crew Lander-Based Tasks, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will perform the tasks described in EVA 7. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
Mission Day 11:
| EVA #: | 19 |
| Est. time: | 2:00 hrs |
| Title: | Science Exploration Traverse, Part A, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will exit the habitat, don the PLLS simulator, and add weight to simulate wearing a spacesuit on the lunar surface. The EVA crewmembers will perform part A of a science and exploration traverse, evaluating techniques for navigation and science sample collection. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
| EVA #: | 20 |
| Est. time: | 2:00 hrs |
| Title: | Science Exploration Traverse, Part A, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will perform part A of the activities described in EVA 19. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
Mission Day 12:
| EVA #: | 21 |
| Est. time: | 2:00 hrs |
| Title: | Science Exploration Traverse, Part B, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 2 will perform part B of the activities described in EVA 19. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
| EVA #: | 22 |
| Est. time: | 2:00 hrs |
| Title: | Science Exploration Traverse, Part B, Twice-per-Day Communications |
| Description: | EVA team 1 will perform part B of the activities described in EVA 19. During this EVA, real-time communication with the EVA team will only be performed by the IVA crewmembers. |
Mission Day 13: No EVAs
Mission Day 14: Return to surface
