THis morning: - The Apollo crew removed the walking plates at the dome flange. - Travis and I entered the chamber to resume EQ stop setting - Apollo craned the dome into place over the stack upstairs - Covered the QUAD with it's C3 cover when the Apollo crew removed all of the C3 covers above us (the dome flange was now hovering ~2ft above the flange) - Once the dome was mated to the flange and the "dust had settle for ~15 mins" we uncovered the QUAD and resumed prep work. - Performed peel of FirstContact of ITMy-HR, N2 filter blow, swab wipe dab-removal of some particulate (see a subsequent alog for details of this) - Removed most hardware and 2-step stool from chamber - Betsy left chamber, Thomas and Lisa entered - Travis, Thomas, Lisa swung ACB back into nominal position and removed stiffeneing hardware - - Broke a witness plate in the process so a quick cleanup and replacement of new witness plate in the same location - Took particle count samples from center of chamber - People swap again, Betsy in, Lisa/Thomas out - Removed balance of tools/hardware - Betsy/Travis removed internal Fiber Guards - Wiped floor from North-to-door, checking for tools/hardware - none found - Exited chamber - Leaned in and placed last 3 witness plates in center of chamber Door replacement preps are underway.
First Contact history for ITMy while at LHO: Oct 10, 2012 - TCP-AR Painted - Horizontal application in lab Oct 11, 2012 - TCP-HR Peeled - for chain mating Oct 11, 2012 - ITMy-AR Peeled - for chain mating Broken fiber Nov 8, 2012 - ITMy AR - Painted - after dab cleaning with Calum, including band-aiding 4 bump stop areas. Nov ~8, 2012 - TCP-HR Painted Nov 17, 2012 - TCP-HR Peeled - for chain mating Nov 17, 2012 - ITMy-AR Peeled - for chain mating, smudge remnants Nov 18, 2012 - ITMy-AR Painted Nov 18, 2012 - ITMy-AR Peeled - chains mated Cartridge cleanup prior to flight Dec 8, 2012 - ITMy-HR Peeled Dec 8, 2012 - ITMy-HR Painted Dec 8, 2012 - TCP-AR Peeled Dec 8, 2012 - TCP-AR Painted Dec 13, 2012 - ITMy-HR peeled partially for IAS - particulate observed: https://ligoimages.mit.edu/?r=15516 In-chamber cleanup prior to door shut Jan 31, 2012 - TCP-AR peeled - FC marks left behind near center Jan 31, 2012 - TCP-AR painted Feb 1, 2012 - TCP-AR peeled Feb 1, 2012 - ITMy-HR Painted Feb 2, 2012 - ITMy-HR Peeled - particulate observed: https://ligoimages.mit.edu/?r=17801 BSC8 chamber closed.