WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 11 SEPTEMBER 1998:
STANFORD HIGHLIGHT
The gyroscope commissioning team of Robert Brumley, Bruce
Clarke, Chris
Gray, and David Hipkins, has completed the
commissioning of the fourth
flight gyroscope, FQH43 & 96FH14.
This significant milestone completes the
set of four gyroscopes needed for the Science
Instrument Assembly. The
team also held the
acceptance review of the third flight gyroscope, FHQ58 &
95FH3. Photo: Flight gyros in cabinet.
SPACE VEHICLE HIGHLIGHT
All eight Relativity Mission flight mass trim mechanisms
have been delivered
to LMMS building 205 in Palo Alto after
successful assembly and acceptance
testing. The mechanisms
were assembled and tested by Litton Poly Scientific
in
Blacksburg, Virginia. Seven of the units will be mounted
onto the space
vehicle. The eighth is a flight spare.
Photo: LMMS Engineer Dennis St. Clair and Quality
Assurance Representative Mike Sisley inspecting one of
the Relativity Mission mass trim mechanisms in LMMS
building 205 in Palo Alto. The spacecraft equipment
section is in the
background.