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[Sep-2022] Time-lapse video of installing the Bus Star Tracker Sensor (STS) on the -Z Panel of the PACE spacecraft a ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] The red object is known as a "hat," which shields PACE’s Earth coverage antenna and prevents emissi ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] Time-lapse video of PACE Tilt mechanism moving inside the Thermal Vacuum chamber at NASA Goddard Space Ce ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] Transporting HARP2 polarimter to thermal vacuum chamber.
[Aug-2022] HARP2 polarimeter installed in chamber for pre-thermal testing.
[Aug-2022] Preparing HARP2 polarimeter for thermal vaccum testing.
[Aug-2022] Installating HARP2 polarimeter on thermal vacuum plate.
[Aug-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument team evaluates the instrument configuration in the Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVA ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument team pushes the instrument into the Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC) for environm ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] The flight Ocean Color Instrument is installed in the Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC) for environmental tes ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument is installed in the Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) chamber and prepared for thermal tes ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] Mechanical technicians crane lift the Ocean Color Instrument on to the Thermal Vacuum Chamber (TVAC) cart ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] Quality engineer Luiz Mendez observes mechanical technician Tyere Garner remove bolts before lifting the ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] Mechanical technicians crane lift the Ocean Color Instrument from the Multi-purpose Ground Support Equipm ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] Mechanical engineer, Eduardo Rodriguez, and Mechanical Technician, Joe Eddy, prepare the vertical lift sl ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] Ocean Color Instrument Team poses with the flight instrument behind them in a cleanroom tent on August 4, ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] Eric Gorman & Robby Estep pose with the instrument and integrated earth shade and Tilt fixture in the aco ... MORE »
[Aug-2022] Ocean Color Instrument managers (Brian Clemons, Eric Gorman, Ulrik Gliese, Leland Chemerys, Joe Knuble, R ... MORE »
[Jul-2022] The Earth Shade (ES) radiators on the Ocean Color Instrument are displayed as it is tested in a cleanroom ... MORE »
[Jul-2022] Technician Nathan Allen connects the purge line to the Ocean Color Instrument in preparation for X-Axis ( ... MORE »
[Jul-2022] Ocean Color Instrument mechanical team poses with the bagged instrument behind them after a successful en ... MORE »
[Jul-2022] Mechanical technicians transport the Ocean Color Instrument through the integration and testing complex t ... MORE »
[Jul-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument mechanical team stands on the balcony overlooking the bagged instrument after ... MORE »
[Jul-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument mechanical team poses with the bagged instrument after successfully installing ... MORE »
[Jul-2022] Thermal vacuum test of Ka-band Earth coverage antenna.
[Jul-2022] Thermal vacuum test of Ka-band Earth coverage antenna.
[Jul-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument is crane lifted onto the Y-axis vibration table.
[Jul-2022] The GSFC environmental testing team poses with the bagged Ocean Color Instrument in the acoustic chamber ... MORE »
[Jul-2022] Mechanical technicians crane lift the Ocean Color Instrument with Earth Shade onto the Flight Tilt Mechan ... MORE »
[Jul-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument integrated onto the Flight Tilt Mechanism with the Earth Shade.
[Jun-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument is prepared for environmental testing with installed thermal blankets, protect ... MORE »
[Jun-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) is prepared for environmental testing with installed thermal blankets an ... MORE »
[Jun-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) team poses with OCI and its integrated Earth Shade in June 2022 at Godda ... MORE »
[Jun-2022] Radiofrequency testing setup after spacecraft vibration test.
[Jun-2022] Setting up for radiofrequency testing.
[Jun-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) & Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGS ... MORE »
[Jun-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) Team pose in the EMI cleanroom at Goddard ... MORE »
[Jun-2022] Ocean Color Instrument time lapse video showing the integration and build up of hardware from April 2021 ... MORE »
[Jun-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument is prepared for testing in the Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) chamber sho ... MORE »
[Jun-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument is prepared for testing in the Electro-Magnetic Interference (EMI) chamber.
[Jun-2022] PACE Control room.
[Jun-2022] PACE Control room.
[Jun-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument Earth Shade (ES) is removed from a thermal chamber after successful testing.
[Jun-2022] The GSFC Trax team lifts the Ocean Color Instrument on a forklift into a truck to transport to the integr ... MORE »
[Jun-2022] Lifting Structural Verification Unit out of chamber for the Sine Vibration Test.
[Jun-2022] Installing Low Gain Antenna on PACE Spacecraft bus.
[Jun-2022] Systems engineer, Joseph Knuble, adjusts the intensity of the studio lamp during the Ocean Color Instrume ... MORE »
[Jun-2022] Systems engineer, Joseph Knuble, adjusts the intensity of the studio lamp during the Ocean Color Instrume ... MORE »
[May-2022] Time-lapse video of lifting PACE Spacecraft SVU onto Aronson table, attaching Solar Array ETU, and liftin ... MORE »
[May-2022] Aligning the solar arrays and Structural Verification Unit to perform electrical tests.
[May-2022] Lifting PACE Structural Verification Unit onto Aronson Table for engineering tests.
[May-2022] Mechanical technician, Thomas Huber, integrates the Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Pulse Calibration Assembly ... MORE »
[May-2022] Manufacturing engineer, Roman Nilov, supervises the integration of the Short Wave Infrared (SWIR) Pulse C ... MORE »
[May-2022] Opened -Y Panel.
[May-2022] Installing bus Star Tracker Sensor on the PACE -Z Panel.
[May-2022] Installing the bus Star Tracker Sensor on the -Z Panel.
[May-2022] Installing Star Tracker Sensor on the -Z Panel.
[May-2022] Inspecting the PACE Star Tracker Sensor.
[May-2022] Inspecting Ocean Color Instrument Star Tracker command and data handling unit.
[Apr-2022] First powered deployment of engineering test unit’s solar array drive assembly.
[Apr-2022] First powered deployment of engineering test unit’s solar array drive assembly.
[Apr-2022] The Flight Ocean Color Instrument is installed onto the Ground Support Equipment Application for Tilt or ... MORE »
[Apr-2022] Inspection and electrical testing of PACE Flight Solar Array Panels.
[Apr-2022] Alignment team working on the PACE spacecraft.
[Apr-2022] Alignment team working on the PACE spacecraft.
[Apr-2022] Testing solar array drive assembly on PACE spacecraft bus.
[Apr-2022] Installing the solar array drive assembly on the PACE spacecraft bus.
[Apr-2022] Overall photos of spacecraft after solar array drive assembly install.
[Apr-2022] PACE spacecraft team checking alignment data.
[Apr-2022] PACE engineering test unit for solar array drive assembly wing setup.
[Apr-2022] PACE engineering test unit for solar array drive assembly walkouts on the gantry.
[Apr-2022] Tightening bolts on the PACE engineering test unit solar array drive assemblies wing setup.
[Apr-2022] Measuring PACE engineering test unit solar array drive assemblies wing setup.
[Apr-2022] Carlos Duran-Aviles with the PACE reaction wheel assembly.
[Apr-2022] Mechanical Technicians Daniel Dizon and Joseph Eddy transport the Ocean Color Instrument Earth Shade into ... MORE »
[Apr-2022] Mechanical Technicians Daniel Dizon and Joseph Eddy install the Ocean Color Instrument Earth Shade into t ... MORE »
[Mar-2022] Mechanical technician Joseph Eddy and mechcanical engineer Peter Steigner install the Ocean Color Instrum ... MORE »
[Mar-2022] Mechanical Technician, John Poulsen, installs flight hardware during the Ocean Color Instrument post Opti ... MORE »
[Mar-2022] The Optical Module (OM) and the Flight Instrument Deck Structure (IDS) are integrated together, creating ... MORE »
[Mar-2022] Mechanical Engineer Paul Dizon and Mechanical Technician Daniel Dizon with the Ocean Color Instrument.
[Mar-2022] Time-lapse video of closing +Y Panel and opening -Y Panel on PACE Spacecraft at NASA Goddard Spaceflight ... MORE »
[Mar-2022] Time-lapse video of working on the +Y Panel of PACE spacecraft at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
[Mar-2022] Time-lapse video of installing the -Y panel on the NASA PACE spacecraft bus at Goddard Space Flight Cente ... MORE »
[Mar-2022] Time-lapse video of installing a Qual Battery on the PACE Flight Spacecraft Bus at NASA Goddard Space Fli ... MORE »
[Mar-2022] Performing component functional testing on the PACE spacecraft.
[Mar-2022] Members of PACE spacecraft integration and test team.
[Mar-2022] Open panel (-Y) on spacecraft bus. Blue electronics boxes are for power system and attitude control elect ... MORE »
[Mar-2022] Installing qual battery on flight spacecraft bus.
[Mar-2022] Mechanical technician Andrew Scharmann aligns the Ocean Color Instrument Focal Plane Assemblies (FPAs).
[Feb-2022] Panel (-Y) being installed on the spacecraft structure.
[Feb-2022] Panel (-Y) being installed on the spacecraft structure.
[Feb-2022] PACE spacecraft bus structure.
[Feb-2022] Time-lapse video of installing the -Y panel on the NASA PACE spacecraft bus at Goddard Space Flight Cente ... MORE »
[Feb-2022] Assembling PACE spacecraft bus structure.
[Feb-2022] Panel (+Y) installed on the PACE spacecraft bus.
[Feb-2022] Installing panel (+Y) on the PACE spacecraft bus.
[Feb-2022] Assembling PACE spacecraft bus structure. Propulsion tank is in the middle.
[Feb-2022] View inside the PACE spacecraft bus structure.
[Feb-2022] Installing the top of the PACE spacecraft bus structure.
[Feb-2022] Checking the top of the PACE spacecraft bus structure.
[Feb-2022] Time-lapse video of installing the -X panel on the NASA PACE spacecraft bus at Goddard Space Flight Cente ... MORE »
[Feb-2022] Installing of panel (-Z) onto the PACE propulsion module deck.
[Feb-2022] Panel (-Z) installed on the PACE propulsion module deck.
[Feb-2022] PACE spacecraft bus structure with -Z panel on propulsion module deck.
[Feb-2022] Assembling PACE spacecraft bus (+Z and -Z panels) using keel lift.
[Feb-2022] Video of lifting the PACE passive ring and propulsion module onto the observatory dolly.
[Feb-2022] Installing the passive ring and propulsion module onto the PACE observatory dolly.
[Feb-2022] Lifting points proof test for spacecraft transport between facilities.
[Feb-2022] Mechanical technician Andrew Scharmann stabilizes harnesses while Daniel Dizon rotates the Ocean Color In ... MORE »
[Jan-2022] Paula Cain and Aldine Joseph-Pierre apply thermal blanketing to the Ocean Color Instrument Loop Heat Pipe ... MORE »
[Jan-2022] Electrical harnesses are installed and prepped for electronic box integrations on the Ocean Color Instrum ... MORE »
[Jan-2022] PACE assembly for structural testing.
[Jan-2022] Mechanical technician Daniel Dizon stabilizes the Ocean Color Instrument Optical Module after a rotation ... MORE »
[Jan-2022] Mechanical technicians reorient the Ocean Color Instrument Optical Module on the rotation fixture for add ... MORE »
[Jan-2022] The Ocean Color Instrument Optical Module (OM) at Goddard Space Flight Center.
[Jan-2022] Members of the Ocean Color Instrument Main Optics Sub Bench (MOSB) integration team pose with the hardwar ... MORE »
[Jan-2022] Installing torque circular connectors during panel integration.
[Jan-2022] Mechanical technician Joseph Eddy guides the Ocean Color Instrument Main Optics Bench (MOB) to the LISARD ... MORE »
[Jan-2022] Blanket technicians discuss thermal templates on the Ocean Color Instrument Instrument Deck Structure (ID ... MORE »
[Dec-2021] Optical engineer, David Kubalak, inspects the Ocean Color Instrument Main Optics Sub Bench (MOSB) interio ... MORE »
[Dec-2021] Ground system equipment setup for boresight alignment of HARP2 polarimeter.
[Dec-2021] Group photo with HARP2 polarimeter.
[Dec-2021] Reviewing data from the boresight alignment of HARP2 polarimeter.
[Dec-2021] Ground system equipment setup for boresight alignment of HARP2 polarimeter.
[Dec-2021] The Ocean Color Instrument Optical Alignment team poses for a group photo after successful alignment of t ... MORE »
[Dec-2021] Performing electrical integration of engineering test unit’s Ka-band transmitter.
[Dec-2021] Electrical integration of engineering’s test unit Ka-band transmitter.
[Nov-2021] Video of second deployment of NASA PACE solar assembly mockup wing at Goddard Space Flight Center.
[Oct-2021] PACE solar array deployment gantry.
[Oct-2021] PACE solar array deployment gantry.
[Oct-2021] Installing tilt and solar array drive electronics to a PACE spacecraft panel (-Y).
[Oct-2021] Installing GPS receiver box to a PACE spacecraft panel (-Z).
[Oct-2021] Installing stimulators on PACE course sun sensors.
[Oct-2021] Performing electrical integration of flight power system electronics and attitude control electronics box ... MORE »
[Sep-2021] Lift fixture within thermal vacuum chamber.
[Sep-2021] Aerospace Engineer, Daniel Senai, inspects the completed Ocean Color Instrument Solar Calibration Assembl ... MORE »
[Sep-2021] Installed multilayer insulation thermal blankets on PACE propulsion module.
[Jun-2021] Qualification of the spacecraft bus structure strength.
[Jun-2021] Installing the flight propellant tank into the frustum.
[Jun-2021] Assembling the structure, installing the mass simulators and tilt platform/solar array strength test fixt ... MORE »
[Jun-2021] Inspecting attitude control electronics box telemetry for fluctuations registered during testing.
[May-2021] Testing observatory lifting points and pull strength of tilt platform, solar array, SPEXone, HARP2, and b ... MORE »
[May-2021] Lift of PACE spacecraft into the testing modal facility.
[May-2021] Spacecraft structure with mass simulators, tilt platform & solar array strength test fixtures.
[May-2021] The optical alignment team performs gravity sag measurements on the Ocean Color Instrument Main Optics Su ... MORE »
[May-2021] Mass simulation assembly structure. Install of tilt platform/solar array strength test fixtures.
[Apr-2021] Optical technician Timothy Hahn measures the Ocean Color Instrument Collimator Slit Bracket on the Coordi ... MORE »
[Mar-2021] Technicians mechanically integrate the Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Detector Assembly into the Ocean Color I ... MORE »
[Oct-2020] Thermal integration of PACE propulsion tank.
[Aug-2020] Inertial reference unit electromagnetic interference testing procedure.
[Mar-2020] Installing the ETU SDA onto the Turnover Dolly.
[Mar-2020] NASA Technician Andrew Scharmann verifies correct spring deflection to properly preload the depolarizer o ... MORE »
[Mar-2020] ETU SDA Post Delivery Acceptance Testing side view.
[Mar-2020] ETU SDA Post Delivery Acceptance Testing front view.
[Mar-2020] ETU SDA in its shipping container for post delivery to Goddard Space Flight Center.
[Feb-2020] The OCI ETU rolls into the TVAC chamber. Lines are for electrical connections, temperature sensors, accel ... MORE »
[Feb-2020] The OCI ETU rolls into the TVAC chamber. Lines are for electrical connections, temperature sensors, accel ... MORE »
[Feb-2020] The OCI ETU rolls into the TVAC chamber. Lines are for electrical connections, temperature sensors, accel ... MORE »
[Feb-2020] Preparing the OCI ETU and TVAC Cart to enter the TVAC chamber.
[Feb-2020] Preparing the OCI ETU and TVAC Cart to enter the TVAC chamber.
[Feb-2020] Lead Mechanical Engineer Mitch Zavala observes OCI ETU integration activities.
[Feb-2020] Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer Brad Weideman witnesses the OCI ETU hardware installation.
[Feb-2020] A mechanical engineer reviews integration documentation with the QA Engineer.
[Feb-2020] NASA engineers prepare for crane lifting of the OCI ETU.
[Feb-2020] De-integrating the OCI ETU in preparation for lifting to the Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) Cart.
[Feb-2020] Crane lifting the OCI ETU from the GAToR to the TVAC Cart.
[Jan-2020] The OCI ETU with the spinning telescope scanning the calibrated light source.
[Jan-2020] Beauty photo of the ETU OCI installed on the GSE Application for Tilt or Rotation (GAToR).
[Jan-2020] De-integration of the OCI ETU from the Transport Dolly.
[Jan-2020] Crane lift of the OCI ETU onto the Calibration and GSE.
[Jan-2020] Mechanical installation of the Data Acquisition Unit (DAU) electronics box onto the OCI ETU.
[Jan-2020] Mechanical installation of the DAU electronics box onto the OCI ETU.
[Jan-2020] Mechanical installation of the DAU electronics box to the mock-up ETU radiator.
[Jan-2020] MLA and Fiber Bundle linking the OCI OM to the SWIR Detection Assembly (SDA).
[Dec-2019] The OCI ETU with the OM installed and ready for Integration & Testing (I&T).
[Dec-2019] The OCI ETU with the OM installed and ready for I&T.
[Dec-2019] The OCI ETU with the OM installed and ready for I&T.
[Dec-2019] The OCI ETU with the OM installed and ready for I&T.
[Dec-2019] NASA technicians perform a flatness check between the OM and ETU Primary Structure.
[Dec-2019] Flatness check between the OM and ETU Primary Structure.
[Dec-2019] The fully integrated OM on the OCI ETU.
[Dec-2019] NASA technicians perform a flatness check between the OM and ETU Primary Structure.
[Dec-2019] The fully-integrated OM on the ETU.
[Dec-2019] The OCI ETU OM (with Red-Channel FPA installed) oriented for optical testing.
[Dec-2019] The OCI ETU OM (with Red-Channel FPA installed) oriented for optical testing.
[Dec-2019] The OCI ETU MOB attached to the Lisard GSE prior to installation of MOSB.
[Dec-2019] The OM on Lisard GSE. Lift shackles are installed in preparation for an upcoming crane lift.
[Dec-2019] Unbolting the OCI ETU OM from the Lisard GSE in preparation for a crane lift move to the Instrument Struc ... MORE »
[Dec-2019] The OM is installed to the OCI ETU Primary Structure.
[Dec-2019] Crane lift of the ETU OM onto the OCI Primary Structure. (In order to protect the OM from potential parti ... MORE »
[Dec-2019] Crane lift of the ETU OM onto the OCI Primary Structure.
[Dec-2019] Crane lift of the ETU OM onto the OCI Primary Structure.
[Dec-2019] The FPA installed on the ETU OM of the OCI.
[Dec-2019] Installation of the Focal Plane Assembly (FPA) on the ETU OM of the OCI.
[Dec-2019] The FPA installed on the ETU OM of the OCI.
[Dec-2019] Installation of the FPA on the ETU OM of the OCI.
[Nov-2019] MicroLens Array (MLA) and Fiber Optic Bundle attached to the OCI Optical Module (OM) during alignment and ... MORE »
[Nov-2019] Alignment of the MLA and Fiber Optic Bundle to the OCI OM. The OM is located in the middle of the optical ... MORE »
[Nov-2019] Joe Thomas and Alejandro Rodriguez Perez perform alignment of the MLA and Fiber Optics Bundle to the OCI ... MORE »
[Nov-2019] The MOSB installed onto the ETU MOB.
[Nov-2019] The MOSB installed onto the ETU MOB.
[Nov-2019] Integration of the populated ETU MOSB onto the ETU MOB.
[Nov-2019] Integration of the populated ETU MOSB onto the ETU MOB.
[Nov-2019] The OCI ETU MOB attached to the Lisard GSE prior to installation of the MOSB.
[Nov-2019] The MOB attached to the Lisard Ground Support Equipment (GSE), prior to installation of the Main Optics S ... MORE »
[Oct-2019] Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) ETU FlatSat End-to-End Electrical System Test - LTU Electrical Integration.
[Oct-2019] Andrei Sushkov operating the OLAF-2 Goddard Laser for Absolute Measure of Radiance source bench (green li ... MORE »
[Jul-2019] Ultraviolet Visible Risk Mitigation Unit Dichroic Assembly.
[May-2019] Installation of the ETU HAM mechanism into the Main Optical Bench (MOB) structure.
[May-2019] Installation of the ETU Rotating Telescope mechanism into the main optical bench structure.
[May-2019] Alignment of the HAM mechanism in the MOB structure.
[Aug-2018] Assembly of the BOLT stack-up frame support structure.
[Aug-2018] A NASA technician installs an optic reference cube to the HAM mechanism in order to perform alignment mea ... MORE »
[Aug-2018] Installation of an optical cover to prevent any debris from contaminating the HAM mechanism optics.
[Jul-2018] A NASA technician assembles the Half-Angle Mirror (HAM) mechanism in preparation for balancing activities ... MORE »
[Jul-2018] NASA technician, Wes Fincher, installs a temporary vibration sensor to prepare the ETU Rotating Telescope ... MORE »
[Jul-2018] Assembly of the BOLT unit stack-up prior to harness routing.
[Jul-2018] Assembly of the BOLT stack-up.
[Jun-2018] Setting up the Engineering Test Unit (ETU) for spindle axis characterization in order to measure the true ... MORE »
[May-2018] NASA technicians assemble the BOLT unit into the vibration fixture.
[May-2018] Performing BOLT vibration testing. A contamination cover is installed to protect the hardware from debris ... MORE »
[May-2018] A NASA technician installs the rotor mass simulator to the Bearing Only Life Test (BOLT) unit in preparat ... MORE »