STARDUST Status Report
May 1, 1998
Ken Atkins
STARDUST Project Manager
Assembly, Test, and Launch Operations activities this week
continued installation & testing of the Command and Data Handling
unit, the Dust Flux Monitor sensor, the Medium Gain Antenna, the first
Inertial Measurement Unit , and continuing interface work on the
Navigation Camera. The Sample Return Capsule spin balance testing was
initiated and will continue through next week.
The project announced a second opportunity for the public to participate in
the Stardust mission through its program to collect names that will be
inscribed on a microchip and flown on a round-trip to comet Wild 2 onboard
the Stardust Sample Return Capsule. The name collection
home page is at:
http://stardust.jpl.nasa.gov/microchip/signup.html
