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Gravity Probe B

Testing Einstein's Universe

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 28 APRIL 2000:

PAYLOAD HIGHLIGHT
The Probe Rework Team has successfully completed the drilling and pinning operations on HEX#3 and HEX#2 (HEX stands for Heat Exchanger, four of which are installed in the flight probe).

Small Photo: A close-up of the pin installed in Heat Exchanger #2. The tiny, hollow pin is just left and up from the photograph's center.
Large Photo (click to view): The probe and members of the Rework Team during drilling on HEX #2.

SPACE VEHICLE HIGHLIGHT
The GP-B Space Vehicle Tilt Dolly was delivered from Process Fab, Inc. to B/3000 at Vandenburg Air Force Base on April 11, 2000.

Photo: LMSS Engineer Dennis St. Clair supervising towing tests of the Tilt Dolly with the Space Vehicle Mass Simulator at Process Fab, Inc. in Santa Fe Springs, CA.

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