(Andres, Cheryl, Corey, Jeff)

Upper Mass Clamped To ISI

This morning the Upper Mass (already under the ISI on the Genie) was raised up on to the ISI (before that happened, Vibration Absorbers were moved to their correct positions)  This was fairly straightforward.  There were a few issues with a couple of clamps.  Two clamps had to vary from the drawing (D0902163) because the ISI's Stage0 made installing the dog clamp's screws not possible.  Then one of these screws also fell into a hole of Stage0 (think it can be fetched out by removing a dog clamp and using a tool to extract the screw).  So, Upper Mass for all intents and purposes is clamped/torqued on the ISI.

Table/Telescope Staged for Cleaning & Install

Next up is rolling the "lower Assy" (i.e. Table & Telescope) under the Upper Mass and connecting Upper Mass SUS wires to the "lower mass".  Before doing this, some tooling was staged, and then the Lower Assy was set up for inspecting/blowing dust off its optics.  I have the Table/Telescope set up in the TMS Lab in such a way that it is in a dark area of the lab and it is easier to inspect the mirrors with flashlight.  I went through a first round of blowing particles off the Telescope mirrors.  I probably removed 40% of particles.  But the remaining particles were pretty pesky, and I leave that for Cheryl to work on. 

Once the optics are clean, we'll be ready to roll the Lower Assembly into the VEA (probably after lunch on Wed) & attach it to the Upper Mass.