WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 25 June 1999:
STANFORD HIGHLIGHT
A qualification unit telescope detector package (DPA) has successfully
passed radiation testing. The package was subjected to the total dose of
protons we expect on-orbit. Following this exposure, the DPA continued to
function nominally. The team members involved in this test included Howard
Demroff, Paul Ehrensberger, Bob Farley, John Goebel, Ali Kashani, and Nick
Scott.
Small Photo:
The Detector Package Assembly inside its "clean can", atop a
small dewar, undergoing testing. The clean can enables
the DPA to travel undamaged by particles larger than a micron (one one-millionth
of an inch).
Large Photo: The DPA itself (in black) mounted on a metal L-bracket
sitting inside the base of the clean can.
SPACE VEHICLE HIGHLIGHT
The LMMS and Stanford team has successfully completed thruster & porous plug
characterization testing. This testing verified that the thruster functions
nominally when supplied with helium from the science mission dewar.
Photo: Jeff Vanden Beukel and Mike Taber with thruster test console.