![Click to enlarge](img/th_1137.jpg) | A last view of the Japanese House. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1140.jpg) | A newspaper clipping from bygone times. (Actually it's something that Marie's husband, Adam, made for her. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1141.jpg) | The pivot once again off the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1142.jpg) | Enzo in the inner frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1143.jpg) | Enzo comes up with a new way of controlling BLAST. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1144.jpg) | Preparing the cryostat for removal. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1145.jpg) | The ROCC next to Galadriel and ecosmo. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1146.jpg) | Removing the cryostat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1147.jpg) | Gaelen working under the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1148.jpg) | Venting helium. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1149.jpg) | Venting helium. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1150.jpg) | Matt attaches a hose to the helium tank exhaust. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1151.jpg) | Raising the pivot again. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1152.jpg) | Marie and Jaspaul rebalancing the inner frame after the removal of the cryostat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1155.jpg) | Barth and Enzo discuss with the NSBF guys. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1156.jpg) | Mark installing the pivot shelf. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1159.jpg) | At dinner at the Penn House. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1160.jpg) | Larry, Curly and Moe. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1164.jpg) | David and Itziar. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1166.jpg) | The ostler's cat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1167.jpg) | Jaspaul and Marie carefully transport one of the wings. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1168.jpg) | A little scorpion. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1169.jpg) | Gaelen, Jaspaul and Marie attaching panels to the sun shields. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1170.jpg) | Greg mounts the magnetometer. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1171.jpg) | Attaching more sun shield panels. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1172.jpg) | Almost all the sun shields are on the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1173.jpg) | Almost all the sun shields are on the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1174.jpg) | The inner frame surrounded by sun shields. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1175.jpg) | Matt poses with the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1176.jpg) | Marie and Jaspaul tape the sun shield panels. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1177.jpg) | The magnetometer packaged and ready to go. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1178.jpg) | A view from the side. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1179.jpg) | The NSBF guys prepare to pick up the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1180.jpg) | Going up to turn the truck plate around. The truck plate is the rectangular plate with the round hole in it which the crane is attached to. A bolt on the Mobile Launch Vehicle passes through that hole and that is how it hangs on the vehicle. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1181.jpg) | Going up to turn the truck plate around. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1182.jpg) | Releasing the gondola from the crane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1183.jpg) | The bucket truck outside. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1184.jpg) | Frank, David and Barth watch nervously as the truck plate is turned around. The pivot is sitting on its shelf on the top of the sun shields. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1185.jpg) | About to turn the truck plate around. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1186.jpg) | The cryostat has wisely decided to sit this one out. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1187.jpg) | The truck plate is turned around. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1188.jpg) | Whew! They did it; now we're getting ready to transfer the payload to the Mobile Launch Vehicle (MLV). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1189.jpg) | Enzo prepares to lay Ethernet cable out to the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1190.jpg) | Frank considers the operation as the MLV is moved into place. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1191.jpg) | The Mobile Launch Vehicle moving into position. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1192.jpg) | BLAST awaiting extraction. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1199.jpg) | The MLV in position. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1201.jpg) | Aligning the hook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1202.jpg) | Aligning the hook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1203.jpg) | Aligning the hook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1204.jpg) | Frank walks up the MLV to attach the hook. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1205.jpg) | Coming back down after inspection. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1206.jpg) | Frank checking the alignment. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1207.jpg) | Attaching the hook to the truck plate. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1208.jpg) | Attaching the hook to the truck plate. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1209.jpg) | Enzo laying cable. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1210.jpg) | Attaching the hook to the truck plate. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1211.jpg) | BLAST hanging from the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1213.jpg) | At the reigns. |
![Click toplay](img/th_1215.jpg) | Extracting BLAST from the High Bay. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1216.jpg) | BLAST just outside. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1217.jpg) | BLAST outside on the Mobile Launch Vehicle. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1218.jpg) | BLAST outside on the Mobile Launch Vehicle at dawn. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1219.jpg) | BLAST hanging from the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1220.jpg) | BLAST hanging from the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1221.jpg) | BLAST hanging from the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1222.jpg) | The windmills silhouetted in the dawn light. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1223.jpg) | Moving the payload to the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1224.jpg) | Moving the payload to the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1225.jpg) | Moving the payload to the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1226.jpg) | Moving the payload to the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1227.jpg) | Moving the payload to the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1228.jpg) | BLAST hanging from the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1229.jpg) | BLAST hanging from the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1230.jpg) | BLAST hanging from the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1231.jpg) | BLAST hanging from the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1233.jpg) | Getting ready to hang the gondola on the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1234.jpg) | Getting ready to hang the gondola on the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1238.jpg) | Getting ready to hang the gondola on the Pi Frame. (Note: it didn't suddenly get brighter, I just changed the exposure settings on the camera. It was just getting light when we began the operation and the sun was up by the time we finished.) |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1239.jpg) | Getting ready to hang the gondola on the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1240.jpg) | Getting ready to hang the gondola on the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1241.jpg) | BLAST from the front. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1242.jpg) | Getting ready to hang the gondola on the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1243.jpg) | A view of the operation from further away. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1244.jpg) | Another. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1245.jpg) | Hanging the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1246.jpg) | Jeff, Ed, Mark and Barth watch the operation. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1247.jpg) | Hanging the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1248.jpg) | Hanging the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1249.jpg) | Hanging the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1250.jpg) | Hanging the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1251.jpg) | Barth, Mark, Jeff and Ed pose in front of BLAST. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1252.jpg) | Hanging the gondola. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1253.jpg) | The gondola hanging. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1255.jpg) | The gondola hanging. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1257.jpg) | The MLV moves out of the way. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1258.jpg) | BLAST hanging on the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1259.jpg) | Pre-dawn. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1260.jpg) | BLAST hanging on the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1261.jpg) | Pre-dawn. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1262.jpg) | The sun rises. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1264.jpg) | The sun rises. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1265.jpg) | Tying off the chain to keep it out of the way. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1266.jpg) | BLAST at sunrise. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1267.jpg) | BLAST at sunrise. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1268.jpg) | BLAST at sunrise. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1269.jpg) | From the front. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1270.jpg) | Ethernet routing out to the Pi Frame. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1272.jpg) | Hanging in the early morning. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1273.jpg) | Starting the pointing tests. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1274.jpg) | BLAST from the doors of the high-bay. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1275.jpg) | BLAST pointing away from the sun. We had to remove the chin in order to turn the gondola around. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1276.jpg) | Later in the morning, a hawk visits the airport. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1277.jpg) | One of the NSBF chase planes taxiing. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1278.jpg) | One of the NSBF chase planes taxiing. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1279.jpg) | Looking up between the secondary mirror struts at the primary at the pivot. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1280.jpg) | Cabling up the power supply to the gondola again in the evening after the test. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_1281.jpg) | The window purge system mounted properly. |