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Gravity Probe B

Testing Einstein's Universe

WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 24 July 1998:

STANFORD HIGHLIGHT
Paul Ehrensberger and Bob Farley report that the fabrication of all flight boards for the Telescope Readout Electronics system has been completed. The digital boards have past receiving inspection and the analog boards are now in the process of being inspected.

SPACE VEHICLE HIGHLIGHT
An important milestone in fabrication of the Relativity Mission science telescope sunshade was completed on Wednesday, 15 July, when the assembly of the sunshade baffles, and forward and aft housings was completed at Schweizer Aircraft under the supervision of AlliedSignal. The operation went very smoothly and measurements indicate that the alignment of the hardware is within specification. The sunshade housing will be precision cleaned then integrated with the motor and shutter before the start of environmental system test. The sunshade assembly, which included the control electronics, will be delivered to LMMS in late Ocotber 1998.

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