In the last two weeks, we completed the electrical hook-up of the Ka-band modulator and tested it with the C&DH, installed the +Z panel of the spacecraft (the last major structural panel), and installed and tested CRaTER and Diviner. LEND has arrived, and we are preparing it for integration. The LOLA instrument is nearing completion of its thermal vacuum testing.

Joe Hammerbacher removes the bagging from the Diviner instrument in preparation for its first testing on the Orbiter. Joe is standing on the scaffolding about 8 feet above the floor. The CRaTER instrument is visible to the left of Diviner mounted on the vertical panel. The connectors in the foreground on the left side of the picture feed the Instrument Module. The cables are wrapped with copper to protect them from the charging effects of high-energy electrons.