<\/a>Lifting partly assembled gondola <\/div>
To install the SIP<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Installing CSBF's Support Instrumentation Package <\/div>
Which allows us to communicate with the payload during flight<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Installed SIP <\/div>
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<\/a>Fun with little hands <\/div>
Cynthia tests whether she can replace parts from an installed telescope insert<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Mohawk time! <\/div>
John H jumps on the bandwagon<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>John R started the trend <\/div>
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<\/a>Ziggy gets a normal haircut <\/div>
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<\/a>John removes his mohawk the next morning <\/div>
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<\/a>Ivan saws a steel tube <\/div>
Becase<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Straight string <\/div>
Confirming that the tube has matched hole clocking<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>SPIDER shirt at work <\/div>
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<\/a>Ivan glues the replacement steel insert <\/div>
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<\/a>Glue <\/div>
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<\/a>Ride back to town on Ivan (the Terrabus) <\/div>
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<\/a>Tube curing <\/div>
Using a hacked-together cover on the vacuum oven<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Hanging out with the gondola <\/div>
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<\/a>Baffle test fit <\/div>
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<\/a>Glasses repair <\/div>
Required after a volleyball intersected with my face<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Barth wrestles with the gondola <\/div>
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<\/a>Tightening bolts <\/div>
On a fully assembled gondola<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Ed and the vacuum window tester <\/div>
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<\/a>The flight computer insides <\/div>
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<\/a>Cable routing <\/div>
Sasha and I are both very OCD about very neat cable routing<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Don opens computers <\/div>
To make sure nothing rattled loose during shipping<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Best seat in the house <\/div>
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<\/a>Johanna makes things shiny <\/div>
Starting with the suspension cables (to keep them safe from the sun)<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Pivot controller next <\/div>
Shiny things are good<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Jamil disassembles the computer box <\/div>
For a through cleaning after metal shavings were discovered inside<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Spacer installation <\/div>
On the cable-suspension turnbuckle<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Sasha likes having her picture taken <\/div>
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<\/a>Anne checks for leaks <\/div>
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