![Click to enlarge](img/th_2210.jpg) | Gaelen shows off his mini-BLAST. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2211.jpg) | Matt parks the car. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2213.jpg) | Gaelen in his NSBF hat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2214.jpg) | MLV coming to pick up BLAST again. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2215.jpg) | Picking BLAST up. Note the BLAST art. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2216.jpg) | JPL is old-school. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2217.jpg) | Payload on the pin. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2218.jpg) | BLAST outside. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2219.jpg) | Wheeling the ballast hoppers out. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2220.jpg) | Attaching the ballast. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2221.jpg) | Photographing from the stairs ... Mark Halpern got a great shot of the gondola from this vantage during an earlier launch attempt, so all of us photographs had a go at it... |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2222.jpg) | More aerial photography. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2223.jpg) | Attaching ballast and crush pads. The view from the stairs. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2224.jpg) | Attaching ballast and crush pads. The view from the stairs. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2225.jpg) | Attaching ballast and crush pads. The view from the stairs. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2226.jpg) | Attaching ballast and crush pads. The view from the stairs. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2227.jpg) | BLASTers watching the operation. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2228.jpg) | Gondola pre-flight. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2229.jpg) | Gondola pre-flight. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2230.jpg) | Gaelen taking pictures. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2231.jpg) | Gondola pre-flight. |
![Click to play](img/th_2232.jpg) | Preflight. |
![Click to play](img/th_2233.jpg) | Preflight. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2234.jpg) | Removing the ballast truck. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2235.jpg) | Parachute box on the front of the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2236.jpg) | Parachute box on the front of the MLV. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2238.jpg) | Unrolling the antennas. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2241.jpg) | Gaelen sez: "It's not as comfortable as it looks." |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2242.jpg) | Gondola at launch height. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2244.jpg) | Gondola at launch height. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2246.jpg) | Out at the launch pad. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2248.jpg) | Out at the launch pad. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2251.jpg) | From behind. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2252.jpg) | From behind. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2258.jpg) | Fog! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2259.jpg) | Fog + flash = bad picture. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2260.jpg) | Even more fog. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2261.jpg) | A view of the spool truck. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2264.jpg) | David checks out BLAST in the fog. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2265.jpg) | David checks out BLAST in the fog. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2268.jpg) | BLAST. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2269.jpg) | Coming back in to dry off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2270.jpg) | Coming back in to dry off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2271.jpg) | Coming back in to dry off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2272.jpg) | The JPL guys moving out. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2273.jpg) | Removing crush pads and ballast. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_2274.jpg) | Removing crush pads and ballast. |