With the telescope disassembled, inspected and cleaned, it is ready to be put back together again. Then the mirrors get aligned in preparation for focus testing. Reassembly also starts in gondola land. On a nice sunny morning, I take a walk around the highbay. […]
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SuperBIT is preparing for a test flight in Palestine, TX. I arrive a day late with the Princeton team. We arrived half a day after the Toronto team, who had unpacked everything. I join the group preparing to test electronics in the Bemco: a big thermal/vacuum chamber. We use it to check that things will survive the cold and almost-vacuum of the stratosphere. Another group unpacks the telescope and disassembles it for a checkup and cleaning. […]