From November 26th to December 1st.
With Theo mounted on the gondola, more critical operations can proceed. The cryo team can start filling liquid helium to get things extra cold. And the space formerly occupied by Theo is used to assemble the sun shields. These need to be covered in aluminized mylar, which makes them shiny and pretty (plus opaque, cooler in the sun, and radio interference blocking). Several people are engaged in arts and crafts for several days to complete the covering.
Sean waves his (microwave source) dongle around
John's repurposed bamboo flag
Now a dewar-dunking calibration stick
Dino and Abu
Together on SPIDER. For luck.
Jon manages the dewar
During a liquid helium fill
Cynthia handles the stinger
Climbing on the sun shield frame
Before it's covered
Ed joins the fun
Contemplating a tricky bit
Ed battles against the tricky bit
Ziggy is hardcore
And does pull ups
Sasha performs surgery
Break out panel
One of the places where wiring messiness is condensed, in an effort to keep other cabling nicer
The Boss gets a workout
Before lifting any payloads
Anne and her reflection
Adjusting some plumbing
Cynthia's foam antennae
She finds good use for many scraps
Sean helps the taping operation
Providing support for a person on the other side
Cynthia is excited about having to undo some tape
Jamili taping
One layer complete
Sad-ostrich vehicle
Subkelvin!
Four thumbs up for when cryogenics decide not to fail
Johanna and more shinification
On the baffles
A woman's place is in
Antarctica
Effective use of tape backing
Cynthia fit checks foam panels
Peek-a-boo!
John, helping tape the next layer
This shinification takes a while
Supporting the fill tube
During yet another liquid helium fill
Jon, insertion
Detector land
A new work area is set up downstairs for people to work on tuning now-cold detectors
Inner layer complete
The spaces will be filled with foam panels/doors. The outer layer will be shinier
The pivot and its ropes are also shiny
To help cool, and protect from the sun
SPIDER
Because SPIDER
John cleans up the top of the sun shields
Ivan starts on the extra-shiny outer layer
Extra shiny group action shot!
Distorted eyeball
Chair waving
To test a hypothesis
People are amused and confused
The Magic Brick
Allows a misbehaving telescope to cool, just with its presence. The hat is purely cosmetic
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