WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 2 April 1999:
STANFORD HIGHLIGHT
During this past
week, the second and third flight gyroscopes were
successfully integrated
into the flight instrument. This installation
included optical measurements
of the gyroscope alignment as well as
electrical measurements of the gyroscope
high voltage cables, gyroscope
grts, and gyroscope heaters. The plan is
to integrate the fourth and final
gyroscope this week.
Small Photo:
A flight gyroscope rotor and its housing
Large Photo (Click small
photo to view): The quartz block during inspection. The
final gyro
assemblies will be placed inside the cylindrical holes along the side
of the quartz block.
SPACE VEHICLE
HIGHLIGHT
The Relativity Mission flight
Standard Power Regulation Unit (SPRU) has been
received from the vendor Engineered
Magnetics and is in LMMS building 205
for integration onto the space vehicle.
Photo: LMMS engineer Shawky Shehata with the Relativity Mission Standard Power
Regulation Unit (SPRU) printed wiring boards during SPRU fabrication.