Picture Gallery for Sun 2003-09-28 02:58:21 UTC


Click to enlargeGaelen shows off his mini-BLAST.
Click to enlargeMatt parks the car.
Click to enlargeGaelen in his NSBF hat.
Click to enlargeMLV coming to pick up BLAST again.
Click to enlargePicking BLAST up. Note the BLAST art.
Click to enlargeJPL is old-school.
Click to enlargePayload on the pin.
Click to enlargeBLAST outside.
Click to enlargeWheeling the ballast hoppers out.
Click to enlargeAttaching the ballast.
Click to enlargePhotographing 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 enlargeMore aerial photography.
Click to enlargeAttaching ballast and crush pads. The view from the stairs.
Click to enlargeAttaching ballast and crush pads. The view from the stairs.
Click to enlargeAttaching ballast and crush pads. The view from the stairs.
Click to enlargeAttaching ballast and crush pads. The view from the stairs.
Click to enlargeBLASTers watching the operation.
Click to enlargeGondola pre-flight.
Click to enlargeGondola pre-flight.
Click to enlargeGaelen taking pictures.
Click to enlargeGondola pre-flight.
Click to playPreflight.
Click to playPreflight.
Click to enlargeRemoving the ballast truck.
Click to enlargeParachute box on the front of the MLV.
Click to enlargeParachute box on the front of the MLV.
Click to enlargeUnrolling the antennas.
Click to enlargeGaelen sez: "It's not as comfortable as it looks."
Click to enlargeGondola at launch height.
Click to enlargeGondola at launch height.
Click to enlargeOut at the launch pad.
Click to enlargeOut at the launch pad.
Click to enlargeFrom behind.
Click to enlargeFrom behind.
Click to enlargeFog!
Click to enlargeFog + flash = bad picture.
Click to enlargeEven more fog.
Click to enlargeA view of the spool truck.
Click to enlargeDavid checks out BLAST in the fog.
Click to enlargeDavid checks out BLAST in the fog.
Click to enlargeBLAST.
Click to enlargeComing back in to dry off.
Click to enlargeComing back in to dry off.
Click to enlargeComing back in to dry off.
Click to enlargeThe JPL guys moving out.
Click to enlargeRemoving crush pads and ballast.
Click to enlargeRemoving crush pads and ballast.

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