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December 7, 2006: The THEMIS probes are in the process of being moved from California to Florida where they will be launched into orbit in February. So far they have been packed up December 6, 2006: The November 29th meeting at Kennedy Space Center concluded with a unanimous "Go!" given to transport the payload from JPL to Florida for launch processing. THEMIS continues onward toward a February 15th launch at 6:07 pm eastern. October 19, 2006: THEMIS probes are getting ready to be shipped from their storage place at JPL to the launch site. October 19, 2006: THEMIS probes are getting ready to be shipped from their storage place at JPL to the launch site. September 20, 2006: THEMIS FACT SHEET: THEMIS Mission to Determine the Cause of Disturbances in Geospace. September 18, 2006: Legion Magazine released a new article about THEMIS called Capturing The Light Fantastic. You can also view the article as JPEG: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. September 12, 2006: Take a look at our new patch and the poem that describes the mission from a new angle! August 17, 2006: See the THEMIS orbits movie - Artists conception - created by the NASA/GSFC Visualisation team: Walt Feimer and Tom Bridgman. August 9, 2006: A national conference for science educators at the Canadian Space Agency in Montreal. Dr. Eric Donovan, Canadian THEMIS Co-I is a keynote speaker to talk about THEMIS and Aurora Borealis. August 4, 2006: Article about THEMIS on the Canadian Space Agency website: THEMIS: The Stakeout for Northern Lights in the Canadian Tundra. August 2, 2006: Two more movies of Probe 5 (F5) during spin balance tests in two axes: The process measures the mass rotational symmetry of the probe and we place weights to ensure it is aligned with the geometrical axis of symmetry of the probe. This is like a car tire balance machine, only bigger and more accurate. The reason we put the weights is so that we are safe (we dont tip over) and we don't spin about the wrong axis (our look directions don't wobble). Kind of like what you care about balancing your tires. August 1, 2006: Pictures from Week 5: July 24-28, 2006: New pictures of THEMIS Probes' in the 4th week of the environmental test at JPL:
July 18, 2006: THEMIS Probes' Z-Axis Vibration test in the 3rd week of the environmental test at JPL: The probe carrier assembly (PCA) is hoisted onto the vibration table. Then, the PCA is fastened to the table, where the PCA is in the vibration test. July 17, 2006: New pictures of THEMIS probes from the 2nd week of the environmental test at JPL: The probes were moved to the probe carrier one by one until the probe carrier has all four probes. The fifth probe is then attached to the top of the probe carrier assembly. Probe carrier assembly has the Solar Array Covers on. The probe carrier assembly with covers removed is ready for the vibration test, which is then conducted. Lastly, the probe carrier assembly is then moved to the Dolly. July 13, 2006: Environmental test at JPL is in progress and all is going well. This image shows all five probes on the probe carrier without the covers. July 10, 2006: THEMIS probes at JPL are ready for the environmental testing. See the side view and top view of the probes. June 28, 2006: Three of the THEMIS spacecraft were packed up and transported over night to JPL. Please go to Gallery to view pictures. June 20, 2006: A virtual tour of the integration room with five spacecraft. June 19, 2006: The fifth spacecraft/probe arrived from Swales to UCB last Thursday and since then was checked out by itself and as side-by-side with the pre-integrated fifth instrument suite. Environmental Testing at JPL, starting June 29, and Launch Site processing in Florida, is starting in mid-August. A collage of the five spacecrafts is shown in this picture all in one room at SSL.
June 8, 2006: In March and April, the THEMIS probe, F2, was the first probe to be tested at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA with all it's instruments and solar panels in tact. Check out the slide show describing this process. May 30, 2006: Today, the fourth THEMIS probe, out of five, has been delivered to the University of California at Berkeley (UCB). This probe is labeled F1. Now all four probes, F1 through F4, are at UCB where they are in different stages of integration and testing.
April 24, 2006: THEMIS reached an important milestone, with the first of our probes having finished environmental testing and passing with flying colors. March 19, 2006: The THEMIS project hit a milestone this week. The lab bustled with activity as engineers and technicians packed up the first probe (satellite) to go to Pasadena at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for environmental testing. These tests are magnetic tests, thermal vacuum tests, vibration tests, alignments tests, shock test, and acoustic test. Tons of ground support equipment, computers, and documentation were packaged as well as the probe. A freight truck transported all this during the night between Berkeley and Southern California with two THEMIS engineers in a pilot car. Some of UC Berkeley Engineers will end up spending weeks away from home. Our lab will remain busy as the second and third probes are about to be delivered to have their instruments tested.
March 8, 2006:
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Supplies are running low on SEGway’s printed booklets of the Exploring Magnetism educator guide, plus we have just completed a new guide in the series: Exploring Magnetism in Solar Flares. To help us decide whether or not to print more copies of these guides or to produce CD-ROMs containing all the Exploring Magnetism guides please take our survey at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=671391810708 January 19, 2006: Recent news from November and December was moved to the 2005 archive page. Check out the archived news pages to learn more about major events in the THEMIS mission and education programs. January 18, 2006: THEMIS teacher, Wendy Esch of Wisconsin, together with 3 of her students and the school's superintendant, gave a presentation to the Shawano Optimist club about THEMIS. To find out more about Ms. Esch and her school's involvment in THEMIS, go to our Geomagnetic Events Observation Network by Students (GEONS) page and then visit the Wisconsin school page.
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