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<\/a>Neatened up wires <\/div>
Neat cable routing makes me happy<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>The fine guidance system: the tip-tilt mirror and a focus actuator for the tracking camera <\/div>
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<\/a>Installing the fine guidance camera <\/div>
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<\/a>Fully assembled box <\/div>
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<\/a>Leeav builds another box. For the batteries. <\/div>
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<\/a>Two telescopes. The main one on the right, and the collimator telescope to make a fake star <\/div>
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<\/a>John models with the telescope <\/div>
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<\/a>The telescope <\/div>
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<\/a>Installing the (bottom half of) the inner frame into the middle frame <\/div>
Most of what you see is the black baffle that surrounds the telescope<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Installed inner frame. The middle frame, like the outer frame, looks like a boat <\/div>
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<\/a>Test fitting the battery box <\/div>
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<\/a>Assorted parrots act as greeters at the zoo <\/div>
Noisy greeters<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Some birds. Oh, and Ivan. <\/div>
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<\/a>People with phones photographing weird animals <\/div>
This happened a lot<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Eagles with no cage <\/div>
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<\/a>I ended up with as many photographs of animals <\/div>
I think there's a bear or something behind them.<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Pelicans being fed <\/div>
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<\/a>The CIP arrives <\/div>
This is NASA's electronics to support our flight<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Our flight engineer: Dell. <\/div>
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<\/a>Inspecting the CIP <\/div>
People try to figure out the balance<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Installation by lifting the outer frame over top. <\/div>
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