WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 12 MAY 2000:
PAYLOAD HIGHLIGHT
The Lockheed Martin Probe Rework team has successfully drilled and installed the 2 zero degree pins in HEX #1.
Photo: The tooling used to align and drill holes before the pin installation in Heat Exchanger #1. The copper piece at the bottom is called a thermal shoe, which must be bent out of the way to drill the zero degree holes.
SPACE VEHICLE HIGHLIGHT
The Solar Array Deployment Mechanism (SADM) qual unit successfully completed qualification testing in B/255.
Photo: LMSS Engineer Shawn Shelton with the SADM qual unit installed in the thermal-vacuum chamber in LMSS B/255.