WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 9 JUNE 2000:
PAYLOAD HIGHLIGHT
The Probe C rework and the related room temperature rework verfication have been successfully completed.
The probe has been fully reassembled and it has been moved into the class 1000 clean room for the next phase of
operations (a room temperature gyroscope health check).
Photo: Looking down the neck of the probe with window #4 removed.
SPACE VEHICLE HIGHLIGHT
The GP-B team successfully completed thermal conductivity testing on Probe C
Heat Stations 1 through 3. Preliminary analysis confirms that the Probe C redesign was successful.
Photo: LMSS engineer preparing Probe C for thermal conductivity testing.