WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR WEEK ENDING 18 SEPTEMBER 1998:
STANFORD HIGHLIGHT
Four SQUID (Super Conducting Quantum Interference Device)
packages have been accepted for flight and are now "available"
(four SQUIDs are required for the science mission). These SQUID
packages
are the first cyrogenic hardware system to be accepted
for flight and this
achievement completes GP-B NASA milestone #42.
In addition, a successful
SQUID kit acceptance review was held.
Photo: SQUID package
SPACE
VEHICLE HIGHLIGHT
Technical interchange meetings were held at Allied Signal,
Kearfott, and
Raytheon for the Relativity Mission science
telescope sunshade, control
gyroscopes and star sensors,
respectively. The flight hardware was examined
at each facility,
and preparations for acceptance testing were discussed.
All vendors are expected to begin flight hardware testing
shortly. Photo: LMMS Engineers Lim Mar and Jon Kirschenbaum
reviewing Test Readiness Review
(TRR) data for Relativity Mission
hardware.