The payload during on the vibration table at White Sands missile range (Dr. Galeazzi transfering liquid helium):

Dr. Porter repairing a fault in the electronics section:

The payload on the launch rail:

Vertical integration testing the day before launch:

The students decorate the first stage booster fins:

Group photo on the launch rail:
Our group working in the blockhouse on the day of the launch:


Launch 3/28/99:


Recovery 80 miles up-range in the New Mexico desert:


And then we load everything back up and drive it back to Wisconsin.
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