Reports until 17:03, Wednesday 08 July 2026
LHO General
ryan.short@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:03, Wednesday 08 July 2026 (90957)
Ops Day Shift Summary

TITLE: 07/08 Day Shift: 1430-2330 UTC (0730-1630 PST), all times posted in UTC
STATE of H1: Planned Engineering
INCOMING OPERATOR: None
SHIFT SUMMARY: Work on the CRS and the ISI in HAM3 finished up this morning, so the LVEA went Laser SAFE and doors were put back on HAM3. The corner vacuum volume is now fully closed, and pumping has started on the annulus. Additionally, scaffolding is now in place on GV7 and caution tape is up; exercise caution around the Y termination slab.
LOG:

Start Time System Name Location Lazer_Haz Task Time End
14:47 FAC Kim LVEA - Technical cleaning 15:55
14:55 FAC Randy LVEA - Craning skid box from hi-bay 15:24
16:03 FAC Tyler, Randy LVEA - Craning scissor lift to W-bay 17:16
16:05 VAC Gerardo LVEA - Starting BSC1 annulus pumping 17:01
16:08 VAC Jordan LVEA - Starting BSC1 annulus pumping 17:01
16:15 SQZ Camilla, Madi LVEA Local Checking beam height on ZM2 17:46
16:18 SAF Tony, Shoshana LVEA - Transitioning to Laser SAFE 16:38
16:19 TCS Matt Prep Lab - Unpacking lens 16:26
16:21 SEI Jim, Mitch LVEA - HAM3 HEPI actuators (Mitch out @ 17:49) 18:01
16:36 SUS Rahul LVEA - Looking for torque wrench parts 16:54
16:38 SEI Shoshana LVEA - HAM3 HEPI actuators 18:18
16:39 SAF Fil, Jackie LVEA - Measurements for interlock on HAM1/2 19:23
16:52 FAC Kim FCES - Technical cleaning 18:00
16:54 SQZ Rahul LVEA Local ZM4 strain gauge adjustment 18:50
17:00 AOS Betsy LVEA - Check in with HAM3 17:22
17:13 SAF Richard LVEA - Safety checks 17:33
17:15 SQZ Sheila LVEA - HAM7 work 18:50
17:37 FAC Randy, Eric, Chris LVEA - Building scaffolding 19:02
18:22   Richard LVEA - Checking in on scaffolding guys 18:33
18:38 VAC Travis LVEA - Looking for viewport blanks 19:04
18:50 TCS Madi OptLab - Looking for lens boxes 18:58
19:41 FAC Randy, Eric, Chris LVEA - Building scaffolding 21:08
20:36 FAC Tyler LVEA - Check on scaffolding progress 20:50
20:45 VAC Jordan LVEA - HAM3 doors 23:54
20:47 SQZ Sheila, Nergis LVEA Local HAM7 beam alignment 23:07
20:50 TCS Camilla, Matt PrepLab Local CHETA work 22:21
20:51 VAC Gerardo LVEA - HAM3 doors 00:50
20:51 VAC Tyler LVEA - HAM3 doors 23:24
20:53 VAC Travis LVEA - HAM3 doors 23:46
20:56 AOS Betsy LVEA - Assisting w/ HAM3 doors 21:38
21:01 SAF Fil, Jackie LVEA - Drilling unistrut on HAM1 22:06
21:08 FAC Randy LVEA - HAM3 doors 23:23
21:26 SAF Richard LVEA - Checking on door crew 23:23
22:00 AOS Betsy, Corey LVEA - Setting up for viewing HAM3 doors (Betsy out @ 22:36) 23:23
22:45 TCS Camilla, Madi EX Y Removing temp laser from table 23:45
23:24 SAF Fil LVEA - Drilling unistrut near CO2X table 00:24