| Barth demonstrates the principle of "Safety Third". (Note the precarious stack of books and jacks holding up the inner frame.) |
| Barth disconnects the gondola from the charge controllers. |
| Reassembling the optics box. |
| The McMaster-Carr catalogue has a thousand uses. |
| Jaspaul, Matt and Enzo remove the pivot from the crane so they can modify the crane to prevent the hook from turning. |
| Mark and Matt pose in front of Hotel Dagobert, our home on the base. |
| Party! |
| Jaspaul removes a bad helicoil. |
| Marie shows off her two laptops. |
| Jaspaul gets cheated out of five dollars: the cable ties in the mirror box held after all. |
| After extracting the mirror from the mirror box, we discuss how to proceed. |
| The cryostat window popped while we were taking out the mirror! |
| Gaelen plays under the mirror. |
| Attaching the eye bolts to the mirror. |
| Exterior of our highbay, the payload integration hall, also known as the Cathedral. |
| The other highbay, the flight train integration hall, also known as the Basillica. |
| The view west from the south door of the Cathedral. |
| The view of the launch pad from the south door of the Cathedral. |
| The view of the launch pad from the south door of the Cathedral. |
| Nitrogen dewars. |
| Marie holding the new cryostat window. |
| Removing the plastic bag from the primary mirror. |
| Lighting the barbecue for the party. This occurred after pouring two litres of lighter fluid on the coals. |
| Jeff secures the mirror to the primary. |
| The top of the pivot. The round white things are the NSBF's GPS antennas. |
| The second popped window. |
| Mark prepares to install a newer, thicker, window. |
| Installing the new window. |
| Marco prepares for the mounting of the secondary mirror. |
| Unwrapping the secondary mirror. |
| Mounting the secondary. |
| Mounting the secondary. |
| The party outside the third balloon integration buildings, the Chapel. |
| Barth opens up one of the charge controllers to modify the battery charging circuit. |
| The Telemetry à la Carte cart. On the top shelf is the SIP Simulator laptop and the variac which produces North American 115 Volts from European 220 Volts. On the second shelf is arwen, our grounstation computer, and the SIP Simulator electronics stack, and on the bottom shelf is the bit synchroniser. |
| Filling with nitrogen. |
| Uncabling the ACS Power Module to tighten some loose jack screws. |