Picture Gallery for Tue 2003-09-23 08:44:40 UTC

	Reattaching the sun shield
	I was bored, so I made a pocketwatch...
	The Mark shrine.
	Pre-flight preparation.
	Mark and Frank inspect the payload.
	The MLV in the hangar.
	Switching to batteries.
	The MLV coming in to pick us up.
	Frank gets ready to put BLAST on the pin.
	Picking up BLAST.
	Putting the truck plate on the pin.
	Mark inspecting the operation.
	Attaching the flight train.
	Attaching the flight train.
	Attaching the flight train.
	Attaching the flight train.
	Attaching the flight train.
	Attaching the flight train.
	BLASTers milling about.
	The spool truck waiting for showtime.
	The MLV.
	Extracting BLAST.
	Mark taking pictures.
	Extracting BLAST.
	Extracting BLAST.
	BLAST outside.
	Enzo.
	A conversation.
	BLAST.
	BLAST.
	BLAST.
	Attaching the ballast hoppers.
	David.
	Barth.
	The ballast hoppers.
	BLAST with ballast and crush pads.
	BLAST with ballast and crush pads.
	Heading out to the pad.
	BLAST on the MLV.
	Heading out to the pad.
	Heading out to the pad.
	Heading out to the pad.
	Heading out to the pad.
	Holding.
	Out at the launch pad.
	The spool truck with the MLV behind it.
	The MLV.
	BLAST on the MLV.
	BLAST on the MLV.
	The Helium trucks drive out to the spool truck.
	MLV and spool truck.
	Getting light.
	Getting light.
	The MLV in the pre-dawn.
	The MLV in the pre-dawn.
	Another helium truck heading out to the launch site.
	Very light. Note that the MLV has turned around.
	Closer...
	Closer!
	BLAST hanging.
	BLAST hanging.
	Matt in front of BLAST.
	Greg and Matt.
	Dawn.
	Dawn + BLAST = Photo opportunity.
	BLAST and the MLV. In the distance, the NSBF crew is unrolling the tarps.
	The base.
	The parachute and release.
	Parachute release mechanism.
	Laying out the tarps.
	Laying out the tarps.
	BLAST with sun.
	MLV with spool truck in background.
	BLAST (again, surprisingly).
	Launching a small balloon to test the winds.
	Spool truck and tarps.
	Working on the parachute release.
	Marie waits for launch. Note the studded fleece.
	Tarps for the balloon.
	MLV and parachute.
	Blowing.
	Coming back.