CSBF’s SIP is ready to install in the Spider gondola, so that we can command and communicate like we will during the flight. This means that our flight engineer, Joseph, will be spending more time over in our highbay. And that means that I need to spend a couple days attacking him with the camera. He defends himself with frequent evasive manoeuvres. They are not always perfectly effective.
Shipping damage
Bent supports inside the hard drive pressure vessel
Don is not amused
The Standard Instrument Package (SIP)
Plus Joseph
More of Joseph and the SIP
When he let his guard down
Star camera tests
They successfully took pictures of stars, on a rare clear (-ish) night
Setting up a shiny new anetenna
Iridium Pilot
Allows internet connection to payload during flight!
Reaching moment
Bill fills the liquid nitrogen source in the FTS
The SIP
Ready to get into the gondola
More SIP
Still more SIP
Lots of little wires
The custom SIP-lifting fork-lift-cart
And the installed SIP
Safety stands
Keeping everyone safe from falling gondolas
Joseph's little corner of paradise*
*Spider highbay may not be as paradisical as advertised
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