Yesterday we put the cold cryostat and everything back on the gondola, in an attempt to have a fully complete instrument for Friday. Because I’m leaving soon, I also decided to do some exploring.
Calibrated nut
To thump the cryostat in a "controlled" way
Natalie, Barth, and Laura marvel at our new flight train
The flight train
I expect that the little taggies don't fly
DAS cables
Dangling on a strain-relief chair, before the preamps and DAS are moved to the gondola
Umbilical bag
To protect the many delicate cables on the cryostat-preamp umbilical
Cryostat insertion
Featuring Elio and Tristan
Building 16, barrels, and Tristan
I had to visit building 16 before I left. Tristan came with me. There were barrels there
LHe Moonrise
Over the (empty) liquid helium dewars
The pi-frame
At sunset
BLAST (and team) in action
Scanning the sky to test star cameras
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